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I knew that, but I meant to add the other link... sorry I forgot. Here it is: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4a3.html I keep forgetting to hold your hand at every step.

If I didn't read it with my own eyes I wouldn't believe anyone could be so incompetent at reading and understanding how the SS trust investing in US treasury bills actually works.

LOL.... you're the one continually wrong. Here's the skinny: US government is continually borrowing money through the sale of Treasury bills. They only borrow what they actually need. Instead of selling those Treasury bills to a US person, or a US bank, or a foreign person... etc. they sell those special bills to the SS trust funds at almost exactly the same rate. So wether the Treasury pays the interest to the usual Treasury bill buyers or it pays the SS trust fund the result is the same. The tax payer in the end pays the same amount of interest regardless if the SS trust fund or somebody else lent money to US gov't. This is like the ABC's of finance but it continually soars over your head. Open your eyes, do the math, wake up!

And from the horse's mouth, instead of a partisan web site: https://www.ssa.gov/history/tftable.html The reason the #'s disagree is because the CRFB arbitrarily decided that interest on the trust funds shouldn't be included. OK.... I guess I should have told the bank holding my mortgage that "the interest shouldn't be included".. LOL CRFB has an agenda and they made an arbitrary choice to exclude data that didn't support it.

Thank you for another steaming pile of crap. Please beg someone with a brain to help you with your reading (and writing) skills. The SS trust fund did not regularly pay out more in benefits than it received in income until 2021. And... Golly.... that was under #45. The SS trust fund did fall short for a few earlier years but a bipartisan bill in 1983 ensured the SS trust funding was secured until demographics took it into a decline starting in 2021. Take your typical GOP fake history and go to the library.

lol a scoop of ice cream rolled in crushed corn flakes then coated with egg white and then deep fried. You need to leave your Mom's basement and see the world.

I heard he tried to stiff her but failed.

good choice of words ..... I notice avoided the word TRUTH, instead substituting answers. We don't need any more answers from MAGA asshats.

OK... you must have the GOP style blindfold.... obviously very effective. Do you know if the GOP earplugs are good as well? Both of those will be useful when sleeping in prison.

Is there an AN user guide so that you could learn about skipping over topics you don't wish to read?

I don't think you're familiar with every embassy/consulate, especially not the Canadian versions. They checked my benefit letters from the governmental agencies closely. It was not a forensic investigation but I think it is reasonable that TH Immigration accept it.

I requested my letter from the 🇨🇦 consulate on Feb 6.... not a whisper of the upcoming change.

And.... when you personally know where you want to go but don't know all the twists and turns between your destination and your current location.... have you ever taken a wrong turn?

Do you always make such nonsensical extrapolations of posts? What triggers you?

In my long time home of NV, Michele Fiore, collected charitable donations to install a commemorative statue to two police officers gunned down while they were having lunch. Instead.... she spent the money on her daughter's wedding, cosmetic surgery and rent..... complete paper trail entered in trial. Exactly 0 spent on the stated purpose. She even conned her fellow Republicans. I guess the only President convicted of cheating his own charity has a soft spot for that kind of criminal.

Maybe you should read more about Trumps latest pardons. The article you linked is long out of date and obviously doesn't mention the much more egregious pardons done after its publication.

If they had strip searched her... they would know she was unarmed? Did that happen?

Perhaps you've heard.... criticisms are quite often well founded.

Actually rat holing is a more appropriate term. Non-gamblers will likely have to google that term.

Better? That word is too vague to use in a matter which most likely will impact so many Thai lives. Is it better if more Thai people can visit the casino if it's located in Thailand? Is it better if the regulatory bodies that oversee the casino's operation are inexperienced Thai or foreign? Is it better if the tax revenue is increased by facilitating what can be described as a tax on gambling addicts? Despite a 25 year career as a professional gambler, I would vote NO on the introduction of casinos when given the chance. By far most casino patrons have reasonable limits on their gambling activities, but the impacts on the customers that don't is often tragic. Many of the societal costs that occur are not considered along with the legalization of gambling. I did my best to make the Las Vegas casinos lose money and leave, but I failed despite having great results and an exciting lifestyle.

Do you think that repatriating funds implies that the extension applicant doesn't have documentation of income? That's not a logical deduction. If I choose to do repatriation of a portion of the 65K transfer for a retirement extension it would be to retain more of my investment income rather than accumulating funds in Thailand where investments are less secure and less productive.

The term entitlement is a synonym for benefit. Recipients are entitled to their pension payments.

You shouldn't generalize how embassies/consultates perform their duties. In my case, the CM Canadian consulate would only accept official pension benefit documents from US SSA and Service Canada as 'proof' of pension income when asked for the income letter. I hardly call that 'blindly'. Fortunately both US and Canada make such documents easily available.

My suggestion is that you take great care with those rose tinted glasses. They're probably irreplaceable.

Education is most effective if you put forth the effort on your own.