If I'm not mistaken as Gov't employees they are exempt from SS as they have their own system....
Newly hired Fed employees have been in the Socialist Insecurity system for quite a few years now.
Congress and government workers have been paying into SS since 1983. I believe that govt. workers already hired in 1983 had a choice to either stay in the old system or switch to the new system - Social Security plus a govt. pension.
Virtually all new hires since 1983 have had to join the new system.
I am in the active army and still pay into social insecurity.
That was the old CSRS system that was changed in 1984. Since then, new fed employee's pay SS Tax's and also invest in tsp (thrift savings plan) which is the model bush wants others to be able to do. www.tsp.gov