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Old 12-24-2024, 09:11 AM
Jerry F2 Jerry F2 is offline
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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy View Post
Senate passes Social Security bill to repeal WEP and GPO

Not sure what this means, other than more people can collect, and that means the insolvency is now approaching sooner.

Lets hope the Congress can fix social security without all the continuing resolutions to fix the debt ceiling and the budget ever increasing spending

good luck to us!
Explain the repeal of WEP and GPO. People who worked as Civil Service Employees...Firefighters, Police, Teachers, USPS and other jobs...paid into Civil Service Pension and not into Social Security...However 2.7 million of those people (the ones people always praise for their job) also worked at other jobs before during or after their Civil Service time and earned the needed 40 quarters to receive a monthly payment. Example: I worked USPS and my "second job" was a company maybe you heard of them U.S. Army. During my career at USPS..I would leave for time to time for training or war. Desert Storm, Somalia, Bosnia and Afghanistan(injured), a year each time. During my times away from USPS, I was not paid by them (understandable) and they listed me as "unavailable for work" and USPS stopped any benefits for my family until my return to work. When I filed for my SS they cut check it half 50% because of my Civil Service Pension. Wait, it gets better. Then a few years later, when my wife (Civil Service Employee) filed for SS, they took 50% from her check ...then they took another 50% because her husband..me..was a Civil Service Retiree. So, she gets $0.00. Thank you for working two or three jobs...Thank you for your service.... Really??? This WEP bill will fix a 40 year wrong (1983) .... People may not like it, but we earned it, this is not a handout. As a four-time Combat Veteran any negative comments about my explanation will prove that "Thank you for your service" has a hollow ring to it.