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H.R.1795 - Repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provision

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  • Nov 11th, 2017
    Someone from Hingham, MA writes:
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    This bill should ONLY apply to individuals and spouses who collect a FULL pension and try to get FULL or partial SS in addition. There are those of us who changed employment after paying into the system for many years and then loose our fully contributed SS amount because of a lousy 1/4 pension. If the individual is divorced it is even worse in most cases because the ex=spouse gets their full SS and collects HALF of the pensioner's fund. VERY UNFAIR. If you are taking my SS away from me and I loose half of my pension to a divorced spouse, THEY should also loose their SS! I am a professional nearing retirement, took time off to raise my children then returned to work I have very little retirement and will be living in poverty because of this Bill. Repeal!
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  • Nov 10th, 2017
    Someone from Oxford, MI writes:
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    Repeal this extremely unfair provision that penalizes Police & Fire employees who gave up their nights, weekends and holidays for years to protect the public for lower wages than the private sector.
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  • Nov 7th, 2017
    Someone from Waverly, OH writes:
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    I was a public school teacher for 15 years, taught in private schools part-time, and other private sector jobs for 27 years. Because I made the decision to educate youth as well as adults, I am as well as other public servants are being penalized for working two jobs. I did this to make ends meet because school teachers do not make very much money. I worked two jobs and paid into two systems = this is not a windfall = I worked for every penny or dollar. Why am I and others being treated so unfairly? Especially since I and others have worked hard to educate, to deliver mail, to fight fires, to keep the public safe for America. Is this a why to treat American workers? Please help us and repeal this horrible law. Thank You.
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  • Nov 6th, 2017
    Kimberly A. from Buffalo, KY writes:
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    As I have learned more about these provisions, i feel that my I am being penalized for choosing to be a teacher. I will loose the much needed spousal benefits from my husbands social security if he passes first. So I will not be able to maintain my living needs. This is a social injustice for the service that teachers,firefighters, police officers, and other government workers are penalized because of our chosen professions to serve the communities in which we live.
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  • Nov 6th, 2017
    Kimberly A. from Buffalo, KY signed.
  • Nov 3rd, 2017
    Someone from Longmont, CO writes:
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    I paid into SS for almost 20 years and because I got a job with the state, I lose 2/3 of my SS benefits. How can this be fair? Workers with private pensions get their pension and their SS. Please repeal the Government Pension Offset. It's unfair.
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  • Oct 27th, 2017
    Someone from Bossier City, LA writes:
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    WEP is like putting money into a 401K and then having the government take part of that 401K money away from you for no reason other than you choose to work for the government after having spent years working private industry. I wasn't working both at the same time, but at least I work all those years, unlike so many today. But now I am being punished and my money taken from me. WEP should never have been established!
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  • Oct 26th, 2017
    Roy P. from Salem, OR signed.
  • Oct 25th, 2017
    John H. from Bandon, OR signed.
  • Oct 18th, 2017
    Robert N. from Lebanon, OH signed.
  • Oct 13th, 2017
    Gloria A. from Marrero, LA signed.
  • Oct 11th, 2017
    Someone from Mcdonough, GA writes:
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    If we can give 9 billion dollars a year to illegal imigrants then teachers like me should not have to live in poverty because of Wep and Gov. Offset. I paid into SS for 21 years, I stayed at home to raise my three sons, when i returned to work as a single Mom I had to put two of those sons through high school and college, I was hit in the face when I went to apply for SS, and told I would only get 225. A month. Wish I could sue the government. I am now 70. Very poor.
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  • Oct 4th, 2017
    Someone from Swannanoa, NC signed.
  • Oct 3rd, 2017
    Judith A. from Oceanside, CA signed.
  • Oct 2nd, 2017
    Someone from River Edge, NJ writes:
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    Why should one be penalized when working ten years or more in the private sector? What is the point other than punishing government employees who had the temerity to also work in the private sector?
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  • Sep 27th, 2017
    Someone from Modesto, CA writes:
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    Just went through my bills for October, looks like I should have around $51 to get me through the month; groceries, gas etc. without the offset I could get through the month with a little leftover! I wouldn't call that a windfall! I also have to figure out how to pay DMV for my tags... apparently they don't accept credit cards... I think the offset should depend on your income!
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  • Sep 27th, 2017
    Melissa L. from Mount Hermon, LA signed.
  • Sep 16th, 2017
    Someone from Venice, FL signed.
  • Sep 16th, 2017
    Katherine K. from Henderson, NV writes:
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    When one works for 10 years in private sector then enters a government job where no social security was taken out, they should not be penalized. I earned my 40 credits and should receive the amount owed (which is not very much I might say). To take money from that small amount is not right.
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  • Sep 11th, 2017
    Someone from Saint Louis, MO writes:
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    I should be allowed to have social security money I paid for work completed attributed to my record. As it currently stands, because I will retire with a federal pension, and if I don't meet an arbitrary minimum on certain years, I get zero credit for social security-credited work I completed. If I weren't a federal employee, I would never be subject to this kind of arbitrary reduction of benefits. Please eliminate the unfair WEP.
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  • Sep 2nd, 2017
    Kenneth B. from Brick, NJ writes:
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    It's time to stop steeling from the American People who worked for the Government and private sector. We didn't work multiple jobs and pay multiple pensions to get robbed. We did it to survive. Meanwhile The Government gives money to other countries. Well it's time to take care of your own people first. We are not asking for something special, we want what we paid for. When you pay into two buckets, you should receive from two buckets. The problem is, the government stole from the national bucket. Stop robbing the Americans who supported you.
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  • Aug 31st, 2017
    sandra v. from Gonzales, LA writes:
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    please support this bill to amend title 11
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  • Aug 27th, 2017
    Ed F. from Opelika, AL writes:
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    I retired from State service after 32 years. Prior to and during my state employment I worked and paid into Social Security. Now retired I find that I need to return to work due to rising costs and the loss of a portion of my SS Benefits due to WEP.
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  • Aug 20th, 2017
    Charles L. from Litchfield, IL writes:
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    My career in (non-Social Security contributing) law enforcement was shorter since prior to that, I spent over 10 years as a power plant worker, contributing to Social Security. Then the rules of the game were changed and my earned Social Security benefit was reduced. UNFAIR and should have been illegal. Restore my earned benefits by supporting HR 1795.
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  • Aug 20th, 2017
    Linda B. from Yorba Linda, CA signed.
  • Aug 14th, 2017
    Someone from Riverside, CA writes:
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    I worked under Social Security for 12 years and then entered the teaching profession. I have now worked in education for 30 years. No one told me about Windfall Elimination. This is so unfair. Repeal this unfair act.
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  • Aug 14th, 2017
    Someone from Englewood, CO writes:
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    My wife paid into SS for 20 years. State college retires, 2/3 less benefit on SS because she worked at a college
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  • Aug 12th, 2017
    Joseph T. from Las Vegas, NV writes:
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    "Its about time."
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  • Aug 9th, 2017
    Someone from Loudon, TN writes:
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    I paid into the SS system for 15 years prior entering the education profession. It is a gross injustice to not be able to claim my full benefit from Social Security.
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  • Aug 6th, 2017
    Charles D. from New Philadelphia, OH writes:
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    I think it's totally unfair. I worked 31 years in a state position in Ohio. When I retired I worked 5 years in a county position and then 13 more years in another position and all that time I paid into social security. When I fully retired at age 70 I was greatly penalized by having the social security I had paid into all of these working years stripped away because of this ridiculous rule. I fully believe it should be overturned. Thank you.
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  • Jul 29th, 2017
    AL L. from Port Charlotte, FL writes:
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    How unfair to deprive people worked enough credits to receive social security benefits while giving it away to others that didn't! Also, they fail to take into account that a government pension is TAXED like ordinary income while SS is NOT. For example if you and your spouse each receive $30,,000 a year in SS for a total of $60,000 only 50% of SS benefits are taxable if under the threshold limits. In this case only $30,000 is taxable but you pay NO tax because it is under the threshold. You get to keep the entire $60,000 as income. But with a government pension the govt workers pension is not divided in half but is subject to taxation like any other income. So since that same $60,000 results in income exceeding the $44,000 threshold , the spouse that earns the SS has 85% of their SS income taxed ($25500) while the govt pension is 100% taxable. Instead of an AGI of $30,000 it is instead $55500 resulting in significant tax payment compared to two SS incomes. How fair is THAT? Government workers are being penalized from TWO angles!! Reduced SS benefits and full tax on their pension.
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  • Jul 29th, 2017
    AL L. from Port Charlotte, FL writes:
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    How unfair to deprive people worked enough credits to receive social security benefits while giving it away to others that didn't! Also, they fail to take into account that a government pension is TAXED like ordinary income while SS is NOT. For example if you and your spouse each receive $30,,000 a year in SS for a total of $60,000 only 50% of SS benefits are taxable if under the threshold limits. In this case only $30,000 is taxable but you pay NO tax because it is under the threshold. You get to keep the entire $60,000 as income. But with a government pension the govt workers pension is not divided in half but is subject to taxation like any other income. So since that same $60,000 results in income exceeding the $44,000 threshold , the spouse that earns the SS has 85% of their SS income taxed ($25500) while the govt pension is 100% taxable. Instead of an AGI of $30,000 it is instead $55500 resulting in significant tax payment compared to two SS incomes. How fair is THAT? Government workers are being penalized from TWO angles!! Reduced SS benefits and full tax on their pension.
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  • Jul 29th, 2017
    Someone from Cumming, GA signed.
  • Jul 26th, 2017
    Rebecca S. from Fairdealing, MO writes:
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    I am entering my fourth year of teaching which was preceded by a dozen years of paying in SS. I WAS NOT INFORMED AT ANY POINT DURING MY CARRER CHANGE THAT TEACHING AND BEING ENROLLED IN THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION WOULD REDUCE MY PREVIOUSLY EARNED SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.
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  • Jul 26th, 2017
    Willema H. from Alexandria, VA signed.
  • Jul 25th, 2017
    Someone from Venice, FL writes:
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    Please pass this petition on to your friends, family, colleagues and most importantly, union leaders for distribution. We need to increase awareness among government employees!
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  • Jul 24th, 2017
    Pam B. from Shawnee, KS signed.
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  • Jul 24th, 2017
    Someone from San Antonio, TX writes:
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    I paid 14+ years into Social Security and then begin a teaching career. Next year will be my 20th year of teaching and I was hoping to retire. However I didn't realize until this summer how much the WEP will reduce my Social Security. In addition my spouses railroad retirement means it's also reduce because of the GPO. I need your help to get rid of these two offsets. They are very unfair policies especially to teachers.
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  • Jul 24th, 2017
    Someone from North Bend, OH writes:
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    Having worked at the county for 31 years and in the private sector long enough to earn my SSA credits, I am very upset to find that I will not benefit from the funds I have given to Social Security. Even worse, I will be penalized should my husband pass before me.
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