Social Security Fairness Act

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Seems like the 3 million government workers shoulda known that their government pension would rule out any social security.

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But what if they paid into Social Security prior to getting a job with a guaranteed retirement? Should they get nothing? That's not fair.

So somone who worked for themselves and paid 15percent tax for social security for most of their career should not receive anything back if they take a Govt job for a few years? I think they should receive what anyone else would receive that paid social security and at the same rate.

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But what if they paid into Social Security prior to getting a job with a guaranteed retirement? Should they get nothing? That's not fair

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On the surface, it isn't. But government retirees are more than adequately compensated to make up the loss.

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If that's the case, they shouldn't have paid into it.

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How exactly. Are you suggesting they should have broke the law? All my checks had it taken out by the employer. I asked them not to but they did it anyway!

i worked 20 plus years in corporate before moving to a state pension job to also have some guranteed income monthly outside of investments. I should get my full payments based on my years worked and what i paid in. I do not expect my benefits to pay for time i did not pay into system but i should get full benefit for what I paid in. This is a huge help for those of us who had similar career paths.

Is it getting out of the senate?

You knew the rules and jumped ship to get government to pay and pension.

I retired from government and now work in private sector. I know I can’t get SS, but a bit pissed I can’t opt out of it. Also think it is absurd that Jeff bezos, bill gates, Warren buffet and Elon can get SS but not me because I have too much $$

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Please educate me on why this bill is so great.

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As it stands now, I make $20K/year or so in off-duty security work. Unfortunately, I'm considered "self-employed" for those jobs, so I get a 10-99 and have to pay income tax AND both halves of the social security tax on those earnings. Then, when I get to retirement age, the government will say "Oh, you have a pension? Guess you don't need that social security that we forced you to pay into all these years, but thanks for the donation". It's bullshite. Just exempt me from paying into SS and I'll be fine.

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should not receive anything back if they take a Govt job for a few years?

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They wouldn’t be eligible for a pension after only working for the government for a few years.

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quote:Seems like the 3 million government workers shoulda known that their government pension would rule out any social security.

But what if they paid into Social Security prior to getting a job with a guaranteed retirement? Should they get nothing? That's not fair.

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I paid into railroad retirement (government program) for 7 years but left to return to school, you need 10 years of service to receive railroad retirement which is substantially more payout than Social Security. Should I get a railroad retirement lump sum payout for my 7 years of service.....it's a government program?