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*** So you have no problem paying taxes so Government employees can retire overseas on a Taxpayer paid pension at 48 and 55? ***

I don’t have a problem with people doing what is right for them,and kudos to them for being smart enough to retire early enough to enjoy it.

If he was in TX’s Teacher Retirement System, he paid in to that system, and can never draw Social Security.

[EVO X]

If he was in TX’s Teacher Retirement System, he paid in to that system, and can never draw Social Security.

If he had enough quarters he could draw SS, but at a reduced rate. He would have to make Windfall Elimination Provision(WEP) calculations.

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he paid in to that system,

He paid a pittance compared to what he's getting back, both in terms of pension and health bennies.

This story smells.