• darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    There’s no lump sum option for a military pension, at least not in the US, and renouncing citizenship also forfeits any future pension or social security entitlements.

    Edit: VA and healthcare benefits too.

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      17 hours ago

      AFAIK, once you qualify for Social Security, you get it even if you stop being a citizen. I looked into it at some point as I plan to renounce once my parents pass (I already live overseas)

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        13 hours ago

        I’ve never heard of it. Doesn’t that require the pension to have a buy-out value? Military pension doesn’t have that.

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          10 hours ago

          If you have a pension worth $1 mil, that trickles in over time, you sell it for $600,000 lump sum and just get pension payments deposited into an account of their choosing. You got some immediate cash. They get more money over time.