re: Rep. Garret Graves escalates effort to repeal Social Security penalty for teachers, police

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But a teacher who worked her whole life will get her benefits decreased? How is that rational?

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I didn’t state that it was rational. They need to reform it. I don’t think they should just totally eliminate the WEP and GOP even though my family stands to benefit if they did.

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I guess what I don't know is- if that widow HAD paid into SS, would her benefits also be decreased so as to prevent "double dipping" into both her SS account and her husbands?

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As I understand it, the widow would get the higher of the two SS benefits, not both.