On 1/6/2025 at 2:49 PM, TheVat said:

Or I have.  I am not sure which way this works.  Also I don't know what proportion of your payment is from the SS trust funds (which accrue interest) and what is from incoming payments (which don't, I would guess).  I wonder how "transparent" our government really ever is, on such matters.  🙂

Hi. It was almost a year ago, but I think I owe you the result of this test. And the answer is,

On 1/6/2025 at 2:25 PM, Genady said:

the payment amount is determined by the month I've applied for it rather than by the first month I received it.

Thanks, Genady. Good to hear from you.

The way the US fed government is going, we're all going to be on "Island Time" pretty soon. I hope that, if you visit the US, they don't require you to show five years of your social media activity, which new rules are asking for some visitors. I'm sorry, I don't recall your citizenship status - maybe it's not a problem.

9 minutes ago, TheVat said:

Thanks, Genady. Good to hear from you.

The way the US fed government is going, we're all going to be on "Island Time" pretty soon. I hope that, if you visit the US, they don't require you to show five years of your social media activity, which new rules are asking for some visitors. I'm sorry, I don't recall your citizenship status - maybe it's not a problem.

Dutch citizens would be required to show that, but I have dual citizenship and would enter the US with the US passport. Then, I guess, it shouldn't be a problem.