You may think this is a minor issue but I get a ton of hits whenever I post anything about it. It's a really big deal in India. This totalization agreement negotiation with India has been going on forever. From Rediff.com:
India on Friday asked the United States to move ahead with an agreement which would exempt professionals from payment of [Social] security taxes to mitigate the impact of a visa fee hike last year.
Both the sides are negotiating Bilateral Totalisation Agreement (BTA), which once signed, would benefit lakhs of Indians who are working in America and paying social security but are unable to get any benefit out of it.
By the way, lakhs means hundreds of thousands in the Indian dialect of English. India has the second largest population of English speakers on the planet. I think they're entitled to add a few words of their own to the English language.
Why not--they've taken all our jobs--might as well get our Social Security, as well.
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