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Originally Posted by Craftylady
My husband worked for the VA and is collecting a pension, which he paid into, from there. He also worked many part time jobs and paid into social security. Currently he gets 1/3. Of money he paid into social security. Is that fair, no.
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Exactly. I worked over 30 years for a federal pension. I also worked part-time as police and paid into Social Security for 20 years--I paid the SAME amount into Social Security as everyone else at my PD. My weekly SS contributions were NOT reduced because I also paid into CSRS.
I earned a stipend of $1,089 per month from Social Security. But since I started collecting at full retirement age they have reduced my SS payment by $547 per month--simply because I am receiving a federal pension. I get $542 per month. To me--that is not fair. I did NOT pay a reduced amount for my Social Security--I paid the same as everyone else.
My wife collects a pension from her NY Hospital. AND she gets her entire Social Security every month. Is this different?
The GPO/WEP was enacted to have federal employees help bail out SS.
This is a great explanation:
GPO WEP EXPLAINED VIDEO - Google Search