Support HR 1795- Pass the Social Security Fairness Act
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Nov 7th, 2011Someone from Desoto, TX writes:
Worked half of my career and paid into Social Security. Teachers were needed so I changed career to teach. I only got to work 10 years as a teacher - not long enough to get a full retirement. Now I find that they want a large part of my Social Security benefits if I receive Teachers Retirement benefits. I am 67 and cannot afford to retire if my social security benefits are reduced. Please help. -
Nov 7th, 2011Someone from Santa Rosa, CA writes:
You needed math teachers. Show you appreciate my 18 years, not punish me.REPORT COMMENTS
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Nov 4th, 2011Someone from Hudson, MA signed.
Nov 3rd, 2011Someone from Fredonia, KY writes:
this is very unfair to we who serve and protect the general publicREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 29th, 2011Someone from Battle Ground, WA signed.
Oct 27th, 2011Someone from Ivor, VA signed.
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Oct 22nd, 2011Someone from Rockledge, FL signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Stamford, CT writes:
All Firefighters and Teachers also support this BillREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 17th, 2011Someone from Montgomery, TX signed.
Oct 17th, 2011Someone from La Mirada, CA writes:
26+ years paying into Social Security and now because I will get a PERS (CA) pension my SS benifit will be only 40% - very unfairREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 14th, 2011Someone from Eugene, OR signed.
Oct 13th, 2011Someone from Cleves, OH writes:
I worked for city of cinti for 31 years and I work part time for 25 years I only get $88.00 per month it is not fair to any one to work and not receive whar you should.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 12th, 2011Someone from Mexico, MO signed.
Oct 10th, 2011Someone from Springfield, MO signed.
Oct 9th, 2011Someone from Newtown, CT signed.
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Oct 5th, 2011Someone from San Antonio, TX writes:
We only want to receive the money WE put for our retirement- like others do.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 27th, 2011Someone from Brentwood, CA signed.
Sep 27th, 2011Someone from Duck Hill, MS writes:
AGAIN I ASK, "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO,"? WHAT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO SOMEONE, EXPECIALLY AFTER EARNING IT; SHOULD NOT BE STOLEN OR WITHHELD FROM THEM! DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU!!! AMEN!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 25th, 2011Someone from Omaha, NE writes:
I worked and paid SS the quarters necessary for full SS benefits, but because I was later a school teacher I get only $227 dollars a month of SS benefits and the rest of my benefits are unfairly withheld from me.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 25th, 2011Someone from Rockland, MA writes:
We are facing the effects of this unfair law as my husband retires from his blue collar job. He spent about fifteen years under SS and it is so unfair to see that money stolen from our retirement funds. Why is this allowed in only 13 states? Where is the economic justice in this law?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 21st, 2011Someone from Albuquerque, NM signed.
Sep 20th, 2011Someone from El Paso, TX signed.
Sep 17th, 2011Someone from Scottsdale, AZ signed.
Sep 12th, 2011Someone from South San Francisco, CA writes:
Why am I being penalized because I retired from a city government, am a widow and cannot get my husband of 35 years social security. I previously put into social security for 22 years and get 40 % of mine.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 10th, 2011Someone from Arvada, CO signed.
Sep 10th, 2011Someone from Bryan, OH signed.
Sep 4th, 2011Someone from College Station, TX writes:
Too much time is passing; too many teachers and other public service employees are at or nearing the point of retirement. Take action on this Act so these Americans who have served in valuable vocations will not be deprived of benefits they deserve.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 24th, 2011Someone from Maumelle, AR writes:
If the law to offset the CSRS & Railroad pensions was passed because Congress assumed all of those people would draw large pensions, they were mistaken. Also, it doesn't make any sense that an individual can make any amount of money per year and still draw Social Security, when they are full age. That is ONE reason why I am still working, because I Iam under the CSRS system, and my retirement will be meager. But whatever the case, I paid in Social Security for several years, and I am entitled to that money.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 6th, 2011Someone from Rockledge, FL signed.
Aug 5th, 2011Someone from Glasgow, VA writes:
When the Social Security Act was passed in 1935 Roosevelt said that the payroll contributions gave contributors a "legal, moral, and political right to collect their pensions and unemployment benefits." The Windfall Act was clearly a "new" New Deal. Roosevelt also said, "With those taxes in there, no damn politician can ever scrap my social security program." He didn't envision this unfairness either I'd bet, or he would have created a way to prevent it. It's a crying shame that a system that was designed to give workers comfort in retirement has been bastardized to the point where people cannot retire as a result of misguided manipulation of the program's goals.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 5th, 2011Someone from Belleville, IL writes:
Many low-grade feds work two jobs & they are paying into the fed retirement system and also SS. Therefore, they should be able to benefit from both if their 40 quarters have been met and they are continuing to pay into it; not be penalized by reduction or no benefits. both. Retirement pmts do not equal pay for working; it's even harder on a single person because cost of living keeps rising and fed salaries have been frozen.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 5th, 2011Someone from Belleville, IL writes:
If I retire I will lose $1,100 a month because of the Windfall Act. At 71, I'm having to work full timeREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 30th, 2011Someone from West Covina, CA signed.
Jul 28th, 2011Someone from Desoto, TX writes:
After many years of working and paying into social security, I heard that the public schools needed teachers. I returned to school to get certified for teaching, and to get a Masters in Education. A couple of years into teaching the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset were passed. I knew that I would not be able to work enough years to have an adequate teacher's pension, and to pay off the loan for my Masters degree. I recently lost my job due to the budget cuts to education. Due to my age, I doubt that I will be able to obtain another job in education. (They are not supposed to discriminate because of age, but they ask for your birthdate on the applications. I have applied to 12 schools and not had one call to even interview. They can hire new teachers for less, and with the budget constraints they are under, this is understandable) I cannot afford to retire if my Social Securiity benefits are reduced. Therefore, even though I am old enough to retire, I cannot afford to, and have to take unemployment benefits for the first time in my life until I can find a job. I am sure there are many teachers and state employees that cannot afford to retire, and we are competing for jobs that the younger people need.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 24th, 2011Someone from Lincoln, CA signed.
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Jul 10th, 2011Someone from Salt Lake City, UT writes:
i must approve that...peace out John BiasREPORT COMMENTS
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