On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:55:20 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> The kicker there is that if you end up working somewhere and are FICA-
>> exempt, apparently you can NEVER collect social security, even if
>> afterwards you take a job in the private sector and have to pay into
>> FICA.
> 
> I don't think that's always true. I know people who after they retire
> from police work, > they take a job for 5 years to get social security 
> and such. Maybe it's state vs federal, or maybe it's if your *last* job 
> is FICA-exempt, or maybe it's just the medicare or other "non-pension" 
> part of the social security deal I heard about, or something like that.

Not all people who work for the government are considered FICA-exempt - 
so it's possible that cops aren't (since FICA is federal, not state, and 
police are generally state, not federal).

I had a bit of a chat with someone who falls under that, and he 
researched it and told me what his research found, and that's essentially 
what I've said above - so it's secondhand info that's sourced from 
someone who falls under those rules.

Jim

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