If you didn’t pay the tax nobody should be getting the benefit...
This benefits only government workers.
We, the ordinary serfs, get nothing.
That Windfall elimination provision was exactly, what it said. Eliminated windfall pensions for people who worked in government, and in private.
Well, congrats you, government workers, now you get your windfall money!
But they did pay in. My husband worked a government job and got a pension. He also worked a civilian job before and after his government job. He was only entitled to 40% of his social security payment because he had a government pension. I guess you would fine with losing 60% of your social security if you have a civilian pension?
They did. That’s why they are getting it.
“If you didn’t pay the tax nobody should be getting the benefit...”
The bill was for the ones who paid the tax and did not get the benefit.
It applies to those who qualified by working the required quarters to receive Social Security but were prevented from receiving their earned benefit due to WEP legislation. So they did pay the Social Security tax on their non-governmental employment. The GPO portion allows for spousal benefits to be paid as other spouses have been receiving for years even if they did not have employment of any kind.