Social Security Expert Says Biden Bill Will Cause Cuts in SS for People Who Paid Into It, to Pay Government Workers Who Didn't

I put your lie in red text so you can correct yourself. Recipients only get the SS benefits they would normally be entitled to receive if they had not been penalized by having another retirement income. All it eliminates is the penalty. They only get what they should have received.

Why should they get any checks if they didn't pay into it?
 
I have been waiting for this common sense article. It is a gift to government workers, who are overwhelmingly Democrat, at the very real expense of everyone else.


"On Jan. 5, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law. The bill is designed to bolster Social Security benefits for a portion of American workers.

"By signing this bill, we're extending Social Security benefits for millions of teachers, nurses and other public employees and their spouses and survivors," Biden said.

The Social Security Fairness Act makes it possible for those who opted out of Social Security at some point during their career to receive more retirement benefits. It does this in two ways.

First, it gets rid of the Windfall Elimination Provision, which could reduce benefits for workers who get pension or disability benefits from an employer that doesn't collect Social Security taxes — such as public service employees. The act also eliminates the Government Pension Offset, which could reduce spousal benefits if you get retirement or disability income from government-based work that doesn't require you to pay Social Security taxes.


Smith explained that around 4% of employees contribute to non-covered pensions instead of Social Security. Some of these workers also at one point had jobs that did pay into the system or are married to people who do pay Social Security taxes. Under the new rule changes, these workers could receive "overly generous" benefit checks, Smith claims, partly funded by those who regularly paid into Social Security."
Nonsense.
 
First there is the false branding... Notice how the OP dodesn't have any proof for his : "government workers, who are overwhelmingly Democrat,"
Actually there seems very little support either way.

This is the MAGA way, divide, slice out from the herd and target.

Next it is you they will be targeting...
🙄

A truthless post.
 
You want something you didn't pay for
That's why you are so stupid. I'll try again just for old times' sake. The penalty was applied to social security benefits they already earned.

I worked for the state of Kentucky for 10 years and contributed nothing to social security during that time. My social security benefits when I retired at 62 were based on my contributions alone. I show zeros for social security during those 10 years. If had retired from the state of Kentucky and received a pension, my SS would have been reduced by the penalty under the old law.

Under the new program, I still would have received the SS benefits I earned with the 10 years of no contributions excluded. Just like I currently do.

What questions do you have after it was been Barneyed down for you?
 
That's why you are so stupid. I'll try again just for old times' sake. The penalty was applied to social security benefits they already earned.

I worked for the state of Kentucky for 10 years and contributed nothing to social security during that time. My social security benefits when I retired at 62 were based on my contributions alone. I show zeros for social security during those 10 years. If had retired from the state of Kentucky and received a pension, my SS would have been reduced by the penalty under the old law.

Under the new program, I still would have received the SS benefits I earned with the 10 years of no contributions excluded. Just like I currently do.

What questions do you have after it was been Barneyed down for you?
Were you working for kentucky for free or did they put money in a retirement fund during those years?

You want more money both from the state and feds than you are fairly entitled to
 
Were you working for kentucky for free or did they put money in a retirement fund during those years?

You want more money both from the state and feds than you are fairly entitled to
I want the money that I paid into SS based on my contributions, not some arbitrary penalty because I qualified for a pension that did not contribute to SS. That's exactly what I have now because my state retirement is from Florida.

Next question!
 
I put your lie in red text so you can correct yourself. Recipients only get the SS benefits they would normally be entitled to receive if they had not been penalized by having another retirement income. All it eliminates is the penalty. They only get what they should have received.
But the Democrazies make it look like THEY ARE GIVING SOMETHING NEW
 
But the Democrazies make it look like THEY ARE GIVING SOMETHING NEW
And they are wrong. This has been an issue for me since I went to work for the Department of Defense in 2006. Saw the information on a bulletin board in the teachers' lounge. It was basically a warning not to leave the federal system of you could be subject to the WEP in the state of Kentucky. Unfortunately, my decision was not mine to make as they downsized the school.
 

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