Dan Abel wrote:

> In article ,
> Leon Manfredi wrote:
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> >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.
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> 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.
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> >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
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> >On Sun, 07 Nov 2010 13:35:31 -0800, JL wrote:
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> >>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.
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> 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.
>
I will re-quize her about what she told me but from what i understand
her pension will be a pittance.

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