u/Bitter-Ice945

Hey, I am an Expat who left a few years ago. I qualified for social security distributions when I'm 62 or whatever, since I worked for like 20 years in the US. If I remember corretly, the last 3 or 4 years of top pay is what they use to calculate SS distributions. I think I'll get like 2k/month from this, as was stated on the SSA website.

Thing is... can I just not work US jobs now and just expect 2K/month? Would the 2k/month increase with inflation? I'm like almost 40 and who knows how high inflation will go in next 20 years you know. 2k/month might be nothing by then.

Could I just work 3 or 4 years at a high paying job in my last few years to boost my SS distribution later on?

Any ideas anyone? sorry for dumb question.

Hey,

so I am dreaming about a vacation home in Aosta for skiing and hiking. I really like the area. Pont Saint Martin seems to have a lot of apartments for sale but is 1 or 1.5 hours from the ski resorts. I have not been to the ski resorts and have not driven from Pont Saint Martin to a ski resort.

Does anyone know if it is feasible to just drive there and back every day to go skiing from Pont Saint Martin?

Hiking would be fine but I'm worried about skiing.

Tuition in the US is out of control but no one blames academia. It is as if the place that is all about criticising the current culture can't stand any criticism itself. What do you think?