Government workers have been paying into social security since 1982.
“Government workers have been paying into social security since 1982.”
Depends on which “Government workers” you are referring to. Feds under CSRS didn’t pay SS on their Fed salaries. Many of them get other jobs to accumulate the 40 quarters needed to qualify for some SS.
Unlike workers in the private sector, not all state and local employees are covered by Social Security. Some only have their public pension coverage, some only have Social Security coverage, and other government employees have both a public pension and Social Security coverage.(Social Security.gov).