Reply #74: We don't know the details of any SS cuts, so that is speculative [View All]

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Will I support it? Maybe, but I would have to know the details, i.e. who's affected and how, to take a position. SS is different in the sense that it is not "assistance". People receive SS benefits on the basis of what they have paid in over their working careers. A resident alien who's paid in shouldn't be treated differently.

I too have worked overseas and paid taxes to the country in which I worked. I never needed or expected to have access to social services there and I accepted that as part of the deal. I don't think it is reasonable to expect any country to provide for non-citizens on an equal footing with citizens. If you really want that, then you should beome a citizen of the country in question.