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- From: lars@spectrum.CMC.COM (Lars Poulsen)
- Newsgroups: misc.taxes
- Subject: Re: Social Security for non-citizens
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.080433.27830@spectrum.CMC.COM>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 08:04:33 GMT
- References: <9301112025.AA24306@oodis01.hill.af.mil> <1993Jan11.230123.6681@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan11.230123.6681@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
- vijay@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Vijay Rangarajan) writes:
- >.............................................. (even though residents who
- >don't intend to take up citizenship end up losing to reverse abuse by the
- >gov't).
-
- What on earth might you be referring to ? Permanent residents have all
- the rights and obligations of citizens, except the right to vote. The
- obligations include the obligation to serve in the military when called,
- and the rights include the right to collect social security benefits.
-
- I am a resident alien myself; I've been in California 12 years, and
- intend to retain my citizenship of Denmark for a while longer.
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