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Repeal the WEP/GPO Penalties and Protect Earned Social Security Benefits

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  • Feb 28th, 2013
    Someone from Peabody, MA writes:
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    Do what is right for people that have worked and contributed!
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    Someone from Rochester, MA writes:
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    This also applies to several other states, including Massachusetts. I have worked beyond teaching and put money into SS system that I can't use.
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    Someone from Pittsfield, MA writes:
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    I worked since the age of 16 paying into SS and continued to work summers while teaching so I could pay for grad. school, etc. I, along with others, should not be prevented from receiving funds that were earned.
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    Someone from Bedford, MA writes:
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    In this economy, it is more important than ever that we get the benefits we worked for and deserve.
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    Someone from Provincetown, MA writes:
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    I have worked in the public sector long enough to be entitled to social security benefits. Many employees who have stayed in the private sector earned substantial pension benefits yet those of us who are teachers are penalized and not able to gain the benefits we have earned. Please let's stop this discrimination.
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    Someone from Uxbridge, MA writes:
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    Like many others who have signed, I started my state career later in life. Although I will be eligible for a full pension from the state system, I have also completed the required quarters to be qualified for SS benefits. I think it is tremendously unfair to be penalized for working in the public sector. Many private companies provide better retirement benefits than the state and people who retire from these private companies are not penalized as us public employees are.
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    Someone from Medfield, MA writes:
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    Most people today don't work in one setting over their lifetimes. If they have paid in to social security but have also worked for a municipality,theu should not be punsihed. They earned their SS benefit and should be able to keep it. They are no "double-dipping" if the benefits they reap are those they've earned!
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