http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#144820 So what would you have the government do? Give you a benefit? You didn't earn one so you don't get one. And I really do question the "small retirement" statement.... 144820@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:16:41 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#143337 I am a retired teacher and I have 11 more quarters to earn for a minimum SS benefit. This would greatly add to the small retirement I receive. I am substitute teaching to supplement my retirement benefit and was hoping to be able to pay into SS now that I am no longer contributing to STRS. I found out that under the Windfall Act it prevents teachers from earning SS in a like job. Substitute teaching doesn't qualify. I would have to become a secretary, a waitress/hostess or sales clerk for minimum wage and earn over $4100 a year. Due to a minor physical disability, I am not qualified for any of those jobs. I would like to earn SS using my skills - teaching and enjoying students.... 143337@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:30:21 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#142602 My senator just wrote me that to do anything about the Off Set would cost 80 billion dollars over ten years. She said the only chance is a complete over haul of the Social Security System... 142602@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:56:46 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#140613 comment To Bormin, I did go to the social security office, they told me how much to expect. Besides the fact that civil service disability is taxable and social security disability is not, I am getting my livelyhood stolen by uncle sam. I can't even rent an apartment and hava car with the money I get. I am disabled and have no family to care for me. I thought I had enough retirement to survive. I get just enough to not qualify for help, but not enough to pay the bills on my own.... 140613@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:17:06 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#140608 I worked most of my life, starting at age 15, paying into social security. I worked for 9 years for the federal government and did not pay social security. I have close to 30 years paying into social security and 9 years without yet I am only to get 40% of my social security? My gross earnings are about $17,000 and my expected social security is about $280.00 per month. I really need the other $400.00 or so that I would have gotten. I am on disability retirement from federal government and it will be regular retirement after age 60. At least with a minimum income of $25,000, I would qualify for a living retirement. Had I not been injured, My civil service would have been close to $40,000 a year by itself. Because I was injured, I have to live on about $1400.00 per month? Biggest case of theft against me my entire life.... 140608@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:11:46 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#139503 This is a disgrace to all of us that have worked and paid into social security, then worked in a school. We deserve all of what we paid. We worked hard for it. Why hurt us in retirement?... 139503@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:42:07 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#135943 Why don't you ask this question where it can be answered - at the Social Security office.... 135943@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:44:18 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#135335 Emigrated from Lithuania in 1993. Till now work and reside in US, am a US citizen, honestly earned Social Security working in an American Company in US. Prior to emigration (1971-1993) earned my pension in Lithuania. All contributions were made from 1971 till 1993. At age 62.5 will get $200 pension monthly from Lithuania. Plan to get my Social Security from US at age 66. Will I also have a deduction of my benefits in US because of WEP although I didn't not pay social security from 1971 till 1993 because I have not even consider at that time to emigrate, could not pay even if I would like to. Is it really relevant: my pension from Lithuania for the period of time (1971-1993)when I was not a US citizen and had no contact with US at all and US Social Security honestly earned in US for the period (1993-till present day). Why is it so that my pension in Lithuania should even cause a deduction of my Social Security in US? Is it even correct to assume that WEP applies to my case?... 135335@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:01:24 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#131137 So just keep working and stop complaining.... 131137@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:43:15 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#130910 this law is criminal, some lawyers need to get involved as a class-action suit,or Obama needs to pass this law asap. It is totally unfair and needs to stop now!!! Thanks to the WEA I will be working until I die.... 130910@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:15:59 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#129258 Why is the benefit undeserved?... 129258@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:24:42 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#126774 So you will get exactly what you deserve. What's wrong with that?... 126774@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:46:33 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#126387 This is a much needed change. After staying home to raise children for 20 years, my husband divorced me. I took a government job - completely unaware of this bill and what it will do to my pension. I will be left with $30 social security and 800 gov't pension. I don't feel this is fair. My spouse and I paid into SS jointly for all those years and now I get nothing!!!!!!!!!!... 126387@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:57:39 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#125271 I think it is unfair as a widow, benefits that my husband worked so hard fo are unavailable to me as a teacher. This is so unfair as he worked to provide for his family. Now that he is deceased all his hard work will do nothing for his family. I should have stayed home and just been a housewife. Shame on the government!... 125271@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:42:30 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#125170 WEP IS NOT FAIR. I have been working since I had 18 years. Now when I'm thinking to retire, I realized that my pension will be short to live. I was informed that due to WEP my pension will be reduced. I worked with a private Company for 15 years and then with Federal Government. I qualify for SS plus my retirement pension but in my case the retirement benefits will be reduced due to WEP. This is not fair. My salary will be reduced when retire and my pension too. WEP penalizes me unfairly. Congressman, please take action and abolish this Provision.... 125170@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:05:03 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#123334 Wait a cotten pickin' minute here you people who are dissing public servants. I paid into both retirements as a 60% employee, one will pay me around 265 a month and the glorious, get-rich-quick scheming part of me will collect a total of $600 from the SS. I'm justworking hard like the rest of you holier-than-thou haters, who always make a point of downplaying service in the public sector vs. REAL service and "hard" work in the private. Come on now people. Get a clue. Some of the unemployed people in my classroom have lost jobs after 10 or 15 years. Some of theme devastated. But I didn't ask them if they felt I was deserving of my pension. Some of them were even, (gulp) Republicans. Now can you imagine that?... 123334@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:57:30 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#123316 Oh, so that's what they call it...the windfall theft...Recently I was awarded just enough S.S. at age 66 to be able to live under the local bridge. My mistake? Serving the poor, the public, the needy for nine years as a classified instructional aide at the community college. Wow. I planned to "retire" from my job in May, 2010. Looks like I'll be working another year to save my $600 a month as relocation money to move away from this state of California that tends to beat up the elderly with its taxes. Oh joy..... 123316@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:45:59 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#117883 If, if, if... So what's your point?... 117883@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:10:18 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#116240 What is more interesting is, if I as a spouse never worked a day in my life, my husbands benefits (if he wasn't civil service) would entitle me to one-half of his SS. I should have stayed home...... 116240@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:44:37 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#112430 Jim T. The Democrats were in charge of of the Senate and House. They didn't have to vote for it. I wrote an email to Richard Gephart when he was leader of the congress. He emailed back we couldn't afford to give civil service retire people their full SS even if they earned enough quarters. So good luck with the Dems controlling everything--they do this every year to keep people voting for them but never follow through on the bill.... 112430@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:37:54 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#108882 Ignore me if you choose, but there is nothing wrong with WEP. It prevents the payment of undeserved benefits. Do you realize how long it has been in effect? And how many times special-interest groups have tried to get it killed? And yet it is still here. Why? Because it is the right thing to do and it works. Too bad for you since you don't get extra money you don't deserve.... 108882@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:31:53 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#107035 The WEP is is obviously terrible legislation - obvious to any fair-minded, reasonable individual. Ignore the sadistic rants of the closet sociopaths like CDB and ... - let's get organized. Where do we find information about how to dismantle the WEP?... 107035@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:35:38 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#104561 Lets quit beating up on a DEAD guy and find out why NOW, when the DEMS control the HOUSE, SENATE & WHITE HOUSE they can't get this fixed. IF THEY DON'T YOU MAY HAVE FOUND A NEW EMEMY.... 104561@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:16:43 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#97019 Like the rest of you I got my 40 quarters in before I took a Government Job and now at retirement age I'm getting screwed. While my friends get all there's. Thanks Ronald, I have and never will vote Republican again..... 97019@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:32:45 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2145.html#94815 Any little 80 yr. old lady- who worked in private industry- did not make a lot of money. The same little 80 yr. old lady- who worked as a teacher - did not make a lot of money. We are the "poor" middle class. Is "Uncle" really going to kick us in the butt AGAIN???!!!... 94815@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:57:13 EDT