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Originally Posted by Bill14564
It’s not quite that simple, right?
If you earned a pension at a job, quit for a while, then returned for enough time to qualify for a pension you wouldn’t put really expect to collect two pensions from the same company.
If you and your spouse both qualify for SS benefits you don’t expect to collect both your SS plus spouse or widow(er) benefits.
If you worked 80 quarters you don’t expect to get two SS checks.
The thought behind the WEP and GPO seems to be that the Govt pays two types of retirement, a pension for some and SS for others, and you cannot collect two retirements from the same source.
This new bill, which eliminates WEP and GPO, says yes you can collect two separate retirements from the Govt.
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This is named the Social Security Fairness Act.
WEP and GPO was only enacted in 15 states. By repealing these punitive laws public employees in all 50 states are now all treated the same.
My husband paid the maximum into Social Security his entire career. He collected SS for two years but sadly died at 67. Because of WEP and GPO I never received another dime, because my pension as a retired teacher was somewhat more than his Social Security. I know many women who stayed home and never worked. When their husbands were alive their household collected two Social Security checks. After his death, the widow collects the larger amount. Now that these acts are repealed, I, too, will receive the widows benefits.
No one will be getting two Social Security checks. As an Ohio teacher, my Ohio pension is through the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System. That is what I paid into and that is where my retirement checks come from. Fire fighters, police officers, and many public servants also receive their pensions from other State Plans. If this household also is fully vested in Social Security then they are entitled to receive a benefit.
This act corrects an injustice to public servants in 15 states. Congress has been working on it since 2003. It is called the
Social Security FAIRNESS Act and was supported by Biden and Trump. Long, long overdue.