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Re:A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willing to j... by reacharavindh on Monday January 16, 2017 @03:09PM (#13412592)
>Pension contributions and retirement benefits

I live in the US with H1B. I still pay Social Security, and Medicare/aid every paycheck. Don't you? Isn't it the same as what you said? Paying into a social system that probably won't be in a shape to pay you later?

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Re:A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willing to j... by rubber_duck on Monday January 16, 2017 @03:14PM (#13412632)
I don't know why people assume I live in the US :/ I have no idea how the US system works in practice, I'm just saying to the OP that as a person who did emigrate for work within EU the arguments he listed mean very little to me.
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