Topic: NEWS english - on May 26, 2004 at 11:10:00 PM CEST
Florida Rolf is back
German Retiree Forced Home from Florida Beach Pad
A German pensioner living in a Florida beach pad paid for out of his $2,200 monthly social security payments has been forced to return to Germany after the government cut his benefit, authorities said Tuesday.
The former banker, who left Germany in 1979 saying living in the country made him depressed, has a doctor's certificate of disability and was granted the money because he lacked independent financial means, Frankfurt social welfare said.
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