when he gets to retirement age he will probably claim U.S. Social Security
payments as well ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One collects a regular benefit at 65 after paying into the system for ten years, at least. It is around 8% of your income. One collects even when living abroad. Those who did not pay into the system, like senior immigrants and the disabled, pick up a smaller 'supplemental' amount of around a thousand a month. Joe Pinto-Clarke lived off the British system, in Goa. He had never worked in Britain, but his father was a Kent native who had moved to India. Joe had lived in Canada, so he also collected -------: you get the picture. eric.
