H.R.1795 - Repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provision
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May 11th, 2017Someone from Englishtown, NJ signed.
May 11th, 2017Someone from Haddon Heights, NJ signed.
May 7th, 2017Someone from Gurley, AL writes:
I am an RN who has contributed to social security for 37 years. I never made more than 50,000 a year and I am still working and contributing to SS on a very low yearly income. My husband worked as a civil service employee for almost 35 years and receives a government pension. If I die before age 62, he does not receive any of the survivor's benefits that I worked so hard as a nurse to earn. Who should get MY money if I die- my husband of 37 years! Where does MY money go if I die? It should go to my husband and no one else! This law is unfair and steals my money if I die before I am eligible to receive any of MY SS benefits. Lawmakers, I will be voting for those who can help repeal this law. Congressmen of Alabama, please help repeal this law; in the North Alabama we have many government employees who deserve their survivor's benefits. I EARNED THIS MONEY DOING A VERY DIFFICULT JOB FOR VERY LOW PAY!May 6th, 2017Joseph P. from Brentwood, NY writes:
Repeal WEP/GPO, we the people should get our full benefit that we paid for. It is not a windfall, we paid into it, we deserve our full benefit.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 3rd, 2017Someone in Maryland from Clinton, MD writes:
Please repeal this bill. It is totally unfair when someone works for over 30 years, pays into SS and dies before retiring and their spouse cannot receive his benefits because she worked in a government job. Where does his money go? It is total unfair that the spouse is not entitled to receive this benefit.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 28th, 2017Someone from Derwood, MD signed.
Apr 25th, 2017Someone from Toledo, OH writes:
Govt Pension Offset penalizes employees who have served the public for the majority of their working career and also worked in the private sector for a minimum of 10 years. When you pay into two funds you should receive the same consideration of benefits, not penalized. I want my money I paid into SSN, because of the WEP deduction, I find it hard to support myself!1REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 21st, 2017Terry P. from Keene, TX writes:
Who ever designed this bill in the first place was an idiot, makes no sense. I started collecting my benefit at the age of 66 while I was still working. Got my whole benefit of $944.00 a month. As soon as I retired it dropped to $377 a month because of the WEP and the $134.00 I have to pay for medicare part B. The $134. I don't mind gotta have health insurance. So yes we need Bill H.R 1795 to repeal these unconstitutional eliminations.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 20th, 2017Someone from Wooster, OH writes:
Govt Pension Offset penalizes employees who have served the public for the majority of their working career and also worked in the private sector for a minimum of 10 years. When you pay into two funds you should receive the same consideration of benefits, not penalized. You had to pay a percentage of your wages under each plan and they were not prorated so your benefit should not be prorated.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 18th, 2017kenneth a. from Wellington, OH writes:
action needs to be taken on this bill H>R> 1795REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 18th, 2017Steven H. from Panaca, NV writes:
Please pass this legislation. WEP takes away benefits that hard working Americans have earned. It is highly discriminatory in nature. If my US senators and Representative don't vote to pass this, they will lose my and my wives vote.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 17th, 2017Deborah R. from Waco, TX writes:
Please eliminate these unfair and harmful rules which only serve to penalize hard-working individuals who have dedicated their lives to public service! WEP and GPO are VERY unfair!! I have worked all my life and completed by 40 quarters for Social Security. I know work in a school district and am eligible to retire. I continue to work because of the WEP and GPO. I just want what I should be eligible to receive.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 9th, 2017Raymond R. from Valrico, FL writes:
The government offset is a slap in the face. Write your representatives to repeal this ruling on Social Security benefits.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 9th, 2017Raymond R. from Valrico, FL writes:
The government offset is a slap in the face. Write your representatives to repeal this rule,g on Social Security.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 5th, 2017Marilyn B. from Coupeville, WA writes:
After spending my own money yearly to provide needed items for students it is sad to see how much my Social Security will be diminished by the WEP. Please eliminate the WEP!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 5th, 2017Jeanne F. from Holiday, FL writes:
Please help! We earned our pensions and SS.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 5th, 2017Someone from Englewood, FL writes:
H.R. 1795 is very unfair to workers who have earned their 40 quarters as well as the impact on survivor to a spouse that has passed away. My husband passed away in 2015 and along with his loss also went his social security which was $1225 per month and has put me in a financial dilemia. President Trump has to correct this as it impacts so many people. I was told that the reason that this bill was put into effect was to help thoughs who needed it more by a Social Security Spokesperson. I and my husband worked very hard for what we had and I am very disappointed that the system thinks the people who worked so hard should take care of illegal immigrants as they are entitled to everything that we the people of the United States are not. This must be changed. Another item that must be addressed is that we the people should be able to have the same health care as the House and the Senate. They are not special and should have to have the same crappy insurance we have.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 3rd, 2017Michael B. from Dallas, TX signed.
Apr 3rd, 2017Someone from Burlington, MA writes:
This is corruption and theft. We worked for both entitlements.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 30th, 2017Someone from West Chester, OH writes:
I'm confused - Federal Postal Employees can receive SSA , their Federal Pension and their Thrift Savings monies, but State and local workers (teachers included) who have paid into SSA and have 40 qtrs will be subjected to the WEP, The PLOP or other offset. I'm not understanding the difference in "Government affiliation". If it's good for the goose it should be good for the gander!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 29th, 2017Reggie B. from Detroit, MI writes:
I am a retired Detroit Police Officer who has proudly served to protect the citizens of this City, who has been wounded in street battles serving for the City of Detroit and the State of Michigan School Board in Detroit for a combined service of over thirty years. My income was supplemented throughout my career with secondary jobs that I paid into Social Security and have now become eligible with 40 Quarters to collect Social Security Benefits, was unaware of the WEP. However, since the offset has reduced my Social Security Benefits, we are also suffering with the loss of our medical insurance due to the bankruptcy of Detroit, plus a Michigan State Tax was added into our pension has caused our income to fall to the poverty level with the higher cost of living that we are now experiencing. The insurance coverage that we can afford is not affordable and is paid out of our pension check because we are now on a fixed income was not agreed upon before separation from the Police Department. Many of us experience higher co pays, out of pocket expenses and many of our prescribed prescriptions that are written as (DAW) are not covered by insurance because of the specialty insurance coverage that we lost was designed to cover the higher cost medications for the type of injuries we received in our line of work. As we have gotten older, so has our injuries, areas of pain that has stricken our bodies we now are suffering with, as illness prevents many of us from returning back to work, most of us who are now in our late sixties and seventies. I hope with faith and pray that this H.R. Bill 1795 is passed in legislature because it is unfair for all of the persons who have served in the capacity of helping other people throughout their career who have paid into the system, deserve the right to collect what is due us. Shame on the Political Politics if this bill does not pass. Thank you to the Co-sponsors Representatives who have initiated this Bill. Thank you to all that have served and sacrificed themselves in their chosen professions to help make this world a better place. God Bless You All, and to our Teachers too, because without them how do you think we got to where we are.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 28th, 2017Karen S. from Hemet, CA writes:
My retirement is affected by both WEP and GPO! I am a military veteran and a widow. I served 9 years in the United States Air Force (1976-1985) and upon separation (decorated, honorable discharge) from the armed forces, I went into the teaching profession. I served our nations' children as a public school educator for 25 years, and have dedicated my life to the service of others. I am fully vested in the Social Security system, having paid my 40 quarters, yet, due to my eligibility to receive a pension from my teaching career, I am penalized by WEP. I am also a widow, having lost my husband six years ago to cancer. My husband was of Social Security retirement age, and was receiving benefits, however, the Government Pension Offset (GPO) rules make me ineligible for Survivor Benefits otherwise provided to individuals. Please eliminate these unfair and harmful rules which only serve to penalize hard-working individuals who have dedicated their lives to public service! WEP and GPO are VERY unfair!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 28th, 2017Barbara P. from Grandview, MO writes:
I am currently 66 years old and started paying Social Security taxes when I was 16. I did work part time while raising my two daughters. When I decided to return to the workforce full time I followed my life long dream of being a teacher. During the 10 years that I paid into the teacher retirement system, I also paid into Social Security because of part time jobs. Because of becoming a teacher my retirement check based on my late husband's Social Security is reduced by $900 a month. This is because I did not have 30 years of "substantial earnings" of paying into SS. It does not matter that I paid SS on wages over $384,000 and that many of my years were over "substantial earnings". It does not matter that I am collecting on my late self-employed husband's benefit which was based on earnings until he died at age 52. Ads are on TV to become a teacher and to make a positive impact on a child's life. Never did I hear an ad that said becoming a teacher as a change of careers would decrease or in most cases wipe out the SS benefit you earned.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 28th, 2017Someone from Nampa, ID writes:
I had earned the require 40 quarters to quality for Social Security before I became a government employee. Some of those credits were earned while serving on the battlefield in Vietnam not once but twice. I worked for the federal government for a combined total of 38 years. At age 62, I applied for my social security and was told that my social security benefits would be cut by 3/4 because I retired from the government and receive a government pension.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 28th, 2017Mic B. from Corsicana, TX writes:
I am 70 years old. I currently receive Social Security and am unable to live on that amount. I, therefore, have another job- for a city- that does not participate in Social Security If and when I (if ever I live to ) retire I will be hit by WEP. The pension I might receive from the government job will reduce what little I get from Social Security-and I still will not be able to survive on that amount. I have no children or other support systems to substitute for the loss of income I will be faced with. I worked for Social Security and should receive it I am working for my government pension and shoudl receive it as well Each was a different time in my life I accepted my government job after being layed off from a former industry so there was no choice as to whether I should have taken the new job or not. Eat and pay bills or not eat and pay no bills. Both pensions were earned and I feel I deserve both HR 1795 will not solve my income problems but at least it will allow me to receive what I have legally, lawfully and earnedREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 24th, 2017Richard R. from Saint Petersburg, FL writes:
Good God, I hope this happens! Worked for 16 years in Fed (1983-1999), and was a very hard worker. Afterward, volunteered for US Peace Corps, became crippled and was medically separated (2000) from Peace Corps. Have been on again/off again 'TEMPORARY' Disability DOL OWCP roles (and now arbitralily "off" for the third time) (2000-2016). Reaching 62 --a year an half ago- OWCP threw me off again because I was eligible to receive a small non-disability deferred CSRS federal pension. I needed to supplement that small federal pension with my eligible Social Secuity (about $600/month)...but after applying for that Soc Sec. I was told my Soc Sec would be cut by about two-thirds because I also had that small deferred federal pension. Please, please pass this, for this crippled 63-year old military veteran, past public servant, who got badly injured while Volunteering for the US Peace Corps (2000-2001) at 48-49 years old. ThanksREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 24th, 2017Richard R. from Saint Petersburg, FL writes:
Good God, I hope this happens! Worked for 16 years in Fed (1983-1999), and was a very hard worker. Afterward, volunteered for US Peace Corps, became crippled and was medically separated (2000) from Peace Corps. Have been on again/off again 'TEMPORARY' Disability DOL OWCP roles (and now arbitralily "off" for the third time) (2000-2016). Reaching 62 --a year an half ago- OWCP threw me off again because I was eligible to receive a small non-disability deferred CSRS federal pension. I needed to supplement that small federal pension with my eligible Social Secuity (about $600/month)...but after applying for that Soc Sec. I was told my Soc Sec would be cut by about two-thirds because I also had that small deferred federal pension. Please, please pass this, for this crippled 63-year old military veteran, past public servant, who got badly injured while Volunteering for the US Peace Corps (2000-2001) at 48-49 years old. ThanksREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 23rd, 2017Sanjuana R. from El Paso, TX writes:
I am a retired teacher. In 2004 I retired with a disability. Since I retired with a disability I receive a teachers pension for ( gross amount $1200. ) net $867. a month. Since I also qualified for social security on my own income because partially I worked and contributed to social security my SS was reduced to 468. (half of what I had contributed) because of the WEP rule. I also qualify for the spousal social security benefit and could receive about $618. under my husband social security because the GPO rule was not applicable on the year that I retired. I am currently appealing because I know I do qualify for the spousal benefit. The GPO AND THE WEP are very unfair rules. In my case, I had a small pension through Teachers retirement and also worked in other jobs and paid social security so fairly I am entitled to receive some social security and as a wife I am also partially entitled to my husband social security but due to GPO rule the rip off is big and it applies only to teachers, police, firefighters, postal workers, civil servants and state nurses. These two provisions need to be repealed. In my case adding up my social security $468.+$867.=$1335. a month is not enough to survive right now in my older years. The WEP and the GPO need to be repealed!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 17th, 2017Someone from Oklahoma City, OK signed.
Mar 16th, 2017George C. from Broomfield, CO writes:
When will someone take action on righting an injustice, especially to our elderly and public servants who dedicated their lives to our communities. We are not asking for something we are not entitled to but only what we had earned. If the public pension in anyway increased ones SSA benefits I could see a reduction but that is not the case.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 15th, 2017Holly S. from Austin, TX writes:
The GPO and WEP are discriminatory toward public servants. Further, they discriminate by favoring the lifetime unemployed over the employed, specifically under circumstances where a spouse who has never paid into Social Security receives spousal SS benefits while a spouse who has paid into either TRS alone, or even TRS and SS, receives none.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 12th, 2017Bernadine G. from Pasadena, CA signed.
Mar 10th, 2017theresa b. from Metairie, LA writes:
If President Trump truly means to "Make America Great Again " he needs to focus on these 2 bills : the Government Pension Offset Bill , H.R. 1795 and The Windfall Elimination Bill H.R.711 and help to get them repealed for the people of this GREAT COUNTRY !REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 8th, 2017Someone from Gilbertsville, KY writes:
This bill is so unfair. My husband died of cancer two years ago and I can't draw widows benefits because I am a teacher. I would like to know where all the money that was taken out of his check has gone. I have had to sell the farm that my husband and I bought together, plus I will have to either work more years or take on a second job to pay for all the medical bills during his illness. If I could draw benefits I could pay the bills off and enjoy a small portion of my life.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 8th, 2017Deborah L. from Metairie, LA writes:
It is critical this repeal bill is approved to get rid of the GPO AND WEP!!! My only income is my CSRS Annuity. I have bee eligle for Social Security Spousal Benefits for years!!! It should be broadcast on the NEWS so people can contact their Congressional Representatives!!! Sincerely, God Bless, Deborah Jayne Leal 3-8-2017REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 7th, 2017Someone from Lillington, NC writes:
I am a retired federal employee with 35 years of service. I am currently drawing a retirement from Office of Personnel Management. My husband is deceased and because of the GPO and Windfall Elimination Provision I cannot draw my spousal benefits from social security. People like myself who made a career out of federal service are penalized because we worked for the government, This is very unfair. Please support repeal of these unfair laws.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 7th, 2017John J. from Anchorage, AK signed.
Mar 6th, 2017Someone from Denham Springs, LA writes:
My mother just passed away at 62. Because she was still working and my father is retired, he just lost an entire paycheck but continues to have the same bills. She has paid into social security her working life but because my father is getting a government pension from his years working with the state of Louisiana, he has been denied widower benefits from Social Securiry.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 6th, 2017Someone from Deltona, FL signed.
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