In article >,
Leon Manfredi > wrote:

> Nowhere will you find that a public employee, may contribute to both
> State/Municipal pensions system, and the Govt's SS System, under one
> jurisdiction.

Things have changed over the years. Some public employees are able to
opt out of Social Security, but many are not. I worked for the State of
California for 25 years, and they took Social Security out of my check
every month. I will start collecting Social Security benefits at some
point.

> It's quite possible that if that person has/had outside employment,
> part time or otherwise, previous or after, outside the hours of their
> public employment..... most assuredly will as required by law, pay
> into the SS System, and therefore be eligible for SS Benefits

> On Sun, 07 Nov 2010 13:35:31 -0800, JL > wrote:

> >I know an elementary school teacher in Ca. that tells me she is not
> >allowed to contribute to the Social Security system. And thus she will
> >never get Social Security Benefits.

People can only opt out of Social Security if they have certain other
types of government retirement plans. In California, that is STRS
(State Teachers Retirement System). I know someone with many years in
the system who retired at 105% of her pay! As she said, how could she
justify working anymore if she made less working than retiring? There
are a very few teachers who are hurting, I don't remember the
circumstances. I do know that STRS provides no health benefits.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA