Repeal the WEP/GPO Penalties and Protect Earned Social Security Benefits
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Oct 17th, 2015Someone from Atlanta, GA writes:
It is time to repeal WEP/GPO. It is time for Congress to do what is right for hard working public servants and teachers of middle class American. -
Oct 16th, 2015Someone from Morganton, NC signed.
Oct 15th, 2015Someone from Palm Coast, FL writes:
Why am I only receiving 40 percent of my SS. Please repeal this illegal bill that Reagan and Greenspan pushed for.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 14th, 2015Someone from South Vienna, OH signed.
Oct 13th, 2015Someone from Kendall Park, NJ writes:
Not fair! Contributed for 59 yrs to ss, have to work another 2 1/2 yrs to age 66. Won't be able to collect any of my $2056 month SS benefit and can't opt out of making future contributions because my husband worked for a railroad. Now the politicians want me to pay more for Medicare! Are the politicians going to exempt themselves like with WEP/ GPO?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 13th, 2015Someone from Wilmington, OH writes:
I recently retired with 35 years of service as an educator in Ohio. Prior to his death, my husband worked in the private sector and contributed to social security. It is unfair that I will not be able to draw on his social security! Help repeal WEP/GPO to provide fairness to EVERYONE!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 13th, 2015Someone from De Leon Springs, FL signed.
Oct 11th, 2015Someone from Hawaii National Park, HI signed.
Oct 9th, 2015Someone from Brick, NJ writes:
I forgot to mention Why isn't this topic mentioned in the current presidential campaign. Oh that's right, I think Obama mentioned he would fix it in one of his presidential campaigns. I guess that idea is out.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 9th, 2015Someone from Brick, NJ writes:
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.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 8th, 2015Someone from Kailua Kona, HI writes:
I am a recent widow that is denied 40 years earned social security benefits of my late husband because of the WEP/GPO. As a retired public school teacher I served the state of Alaska for 25 years and because of choosing that career I am penalized through the WEP/GPO. Please repeal the unfair WEP/GPO.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 7th, 2015Someone from Reno, NV writes:
The WEP and GPO are absurd. People who pay into the system should not be punished for working at public sector jobs. It discourages talented workers from seeking public employment. Perhaps that was the goal of these provisions in the first place?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 4th, 2015Someone from Whittier, CA signed.
Oct 2nd, 2015Someone from Alba, TX signed.
Oct 2nd, 2015Someone from Alba, TX writes:
My social security benefits went from $1146 to $116 when I started drawing my TRS. I am 68 years old. This is totally unfair. It is time something be done. We need action!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 2nd, 2015Someone from Royal Oak, MI signed.
Oct 1st, 2015Someone from Fresno, CA writes:
Is it fair that all spouses of a person that earned Social Security benefits would be eligible for spousal benefits, even if, hypothetically, that person was married ten times; all ten of those spouses could draw Social Security spousal benefits from that one person: despite the fact that none of the spouses ever contributed a dime to Social Security. However, a teacher cannot draw spousal benefits from their respective spouse based on that spouse?s earned Social Security benefits due solely to the fact that they decided to dedicate themselves to teaching as a career: as defined under the Government Pension Offset Provision. Is it fair that a person earned 40 quarters of credits to meet Social Security eligibility; however, unknowingly forfeits those benefits by choosing late in their career to serve the public as a teacher: the reality of the Windfall Elimination Provision. Especially when considering that benefits are being paid out to those who never paid or did not fully contribute to the system (like SSI receipeints); yet, those in the public sector, that fully contributed into the system, are denied the opportunity to receive the Social Security benefits they fully earned. NO, it is not fair and is discriminatory! Repeal these two unfair provisions!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 1st, 2015Someone from Concord, CA signed.
Oct 1st, 2015Someone from Westport, WA signed.
Oct 1st, 2015Someone from Avilla, IN writes:
Corporations have been getting out of pension payments to hourly employees for years now. Politicians are now taking pension payments from public employees? And why? To keep paying out political retirement pensions, and corporate tax breaks. Unfair!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 1st, 2015Someone from Port Angeles, WA signed.
Sep 30th, 2015Someone from Natchitoches, LA signed.
Sep 29th, 2015Someone from Cumming, GA signed.
Sep 24th, 2015Someone from Parsippany, NJ signed.
Sep 23rd, 2015Someone from Fort Myers, FL writes:
unconscionable if this Wep/Gop is not repealedREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 22nd, 2015Someone from Mentor, OH signed.
Sep 20th, 2015Someone from Auburndale, MA signed.
Sep 20th, 2015Someone from Highland, IL signed.
Sep 19th, 2015Someone from Oakland, CA signed.
Sep 17th, 2015Someone from Alpharetta, GA writes:
This is a totally unfair tax for school teachersREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 16th, 2015Someone from Highland, IL signed.
Sep 15th, 2015Someone from Palm Bay, FL writes:
Since I must pay monthly premiums for Medicare B, it would help to get a small social security pension to offset the financial drain. Plus with Obama care coming I expect to really be hit with premiums. Note I do pay premiums to OPERS as well.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 14th, 2015Someone from Jerseyville, IL signed.
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Sep 7th, 2015Someone from Brick, NJ writes:
This is nothing but plain theft. If you paid into both, you should receive from both. I am still waiting for President Obama to answer me and send me this WEP/GPO law in "The Plain Writing Act" form, (a law which he endorsed) So it can be read in plain writing how they are steeling from me.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 6th, 2015Someone from Houston, TX signed.
Sep 6th, 2015Someone from Blanchard, OK writes:
Outrageous! I worked in the private sector for years and paid in my SS. Then I bcame an MTA in the CA prison system. Now, I'm eligilble for SS and WEP hit me like a brick. 2/3 SS gone. That's just wrong! Change this now. Pay us what is ours. It doesn't belong to the government to spend others.REPORT COMMENTS
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