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Windfall Elimination Provision | Tell Congress to Pass the Social Security Fairness Act, NOW!

'...We are still waiting for Congress to enact the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R.82 and S.597) legislation which, if passed, would repeal the WEP and the GPO and provide a fair return on their investment in the Social Security system. Those CSRS annuitants as well as many local and state government annuitants, such as teachers, firefights, and the police cannot relax and enjoy their retirement when they know that they are being denied the full Social Security benefits that they should receive. Now is the time for Congress to act. The House Ways and Means Committee and Subcommittee on Social Security have acknowledged that the penalties imposed by the WEP and GPO are disproportionate and fundamentally unfair. ...'

Reference: apwu.org
Tags: CSRS vs. FERS,Social Security,Social Security Fairness Act,Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP),

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