http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#47584 Don't know about Charlie but I think the whole thing is just a big boo-hoo about how you are not allowed to rip off the social ecurity system.... 47584@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#47564 Bet Art knows how to spell "not". You use to be annoying - now you are a source of cheap entertainment. You have obviously lost sight of what this "site" is about. It is about the GPO/WEP incase you have forgot that.... 47564@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#47397 Excellent, Mark! You should also post this on: http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_206.html#usercomments... 47397@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#47401 For someone who claims to be smart you certainly don't understand grammar. The word is "due" ot "do" in your whine above.... 47401@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#47363 Here is an address for President-elect Obama: http://www.change.gov/page/s/contact,...copy/paste into your browser and when the page opens send him a message and URGE him to follow through on his commitment of support for the repeal of WEP / GPO in 2009. Share the address with those you know affected by this unfair legislation and get them involved... BEFORE the Inauguration.... 47363@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#47181 Then, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, Art. Scroll 8 postings prior and GET INVOLVED. Does absolutely no good at all to post complaints on this site.... 47181@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#47158 I WORKED AND CONTRIBUTED TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND SINCE I WAS SMART ENOUGH TO GET A GOVERNMENT JOB(TEACHING) FOR WHICH I ALSO GET A PENSION, I AM BEING PENALIZED BY HAVING MY SS LESSENED. I AT LEAST AM A CITIZEN AND I PAID MY FULL 40 QUARTERS. I WANT WHAT I AM DO...NO WINFALL TAX DEDUCTIONS.... 47158@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#47110 Pete, same here. Worked 30 yrs as a cop. Paid into SS before and after I retired and now they penalize me. The national FOP is taking a vigorous stand on this and lobbying Congress. Write and call your Senator and Congressmen to complain. Baby boomers are only now finding out about this when it's time to collect.... 47110@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#47126 . . .and, one of the easist ways to CALL your Members of Congress is to refer to the numbers six posting prior to this one. But for heavans sake, GET INVOLVED!... 47126@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#47077 i don't understand why i had 60% of my ss taken away from me when i paid into it before i became a police officer.then i heard sen mccain who i a millionair and also a goernment employee is getting full ss payments(2300.00 a month.... 47077@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#47001 I question? Why pay into a system where there is no return. This system is the kind I liked to have. Instead of giving the money to them pay it to me and I'll give you nothing in return.... 47001@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#46870 This is the problem with all Welfare Programs. They are "tweaked" by government "workers" rather than just simplified. SS retirement pay is WELFARE. Therefore make all payments equal to the annualized minimum wage. Means test and reduce payments by $1.00 for every $2.00 of other income from any source whatsoever.... 46870@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#46805 Why not call the Congressional Switchboard at 202/224-3121 and ask for the office of Congressman McNulty. Ask what's happening w/H.R.82. Then say you support the Social Security Fairness Act of 2007 and request that Rep. McNulty move the bill out of committee and on to the House floor for debate. You'll be asked your name and where your from. Then, call the number again and ask for the office of Sen. Kerry. Ask what's happening w/S.206. Then say you support the Social Security Fairness Act of 2007 and request that Sen. Kerry move the bill out of committee and on to the Senate floor for debate. You'll be feeling pretty good by now so call the number again and again asking to be connected to each member of congress for YOUR state and tell them that you support the Social Security Fairness Act of 2007 and you want to know what their position is on H.R 82 or S.206. After a rest, why not report your experience on this forum.... 46805@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#46807 What??? What is currently happening in Missouri now is The SS is going back and saying that some law written way back, states that some teachers should pay ss and some teachers don't have to pay it and it depends on the teaching postion. Coaches, administrators, and vo-tech teachers may now have to start paying according to the old law. But the Windfall/GPO may still apply to them as well, even with them currently returning to paying in ss??? No one seems to know the answer to that one.... 46807@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#46651 As of Nov. 2008, what is the status of the House and the Senate Bills to repeal the WEP/GPO?... 46651@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#46466 As a teacher in Illinois I was required to pay into FICA from some wages earned as a teacher, thus not being allowed to use the wages paid to SS to count toward my teacher annuity. But to add insult to injury, when I collect my SS benefits, the SS benefits are reduced by half because I receive a teacher annuity. My TRS annuity is reduced by $350 per month because I was required to pay into FICA from some teacher wages. My SS benefits are reduced by $250 per month (WEP) because I receieve a state annuity.... 46466@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#46264 after my retirement from the post office at age 55 I am finaly able to leave the work force at age 72 it was very difficult to make ends meet on the PO pension so i had to work for another 17 years. and they took away 70% my SS and and told me I was double dipping all my fellow carries were in the same boat if they retired after 1983 call that fair? Now we have the right man in the White House and congress Good luck to us all.... 46264@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#46043 Such unfair . My husband paid into SS over 30 years until(early 90,s) Wanted to work and give back his knowledge. He trained OSHA to people needing jobs for STRS for just over 4 years until they stopped that program. (all this time time he could have qualified for disability because of COPD. Yet he worked on at a 1/4 of the pay he had received. Still not wanting to give up he again worked for the State driving a transit bus, for almost 4 years. Then Cancer hit him. (He could not draw SSD, only state?) We at that time was with OPERS. Still treated like crap. But after months and obvious to anyone he was dying. They accepted him and our health care was free and enough benifit to make the mortgage payment. We had started this in January 05 and it was now Sept 05. Then STERS made him take them? Now just to have health care we would have to pay them? No monthly benefit? Sters is unfair. The whole system is wrong. He died not knowing the mess I have been left with.... 46043@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#45507 Still no action and won't be any this year. As for next year, don't hold your breath for the Democratic party to pass your bill. They could have done so in the House this year if they really wanted to. Insteaad, it sits in committee, just like all the other feel-good bills.... 45507@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#45415 In an October 22 letter, Senator Obama expressed his clear support for repeal of the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. In his letter directed specifically to NEA members, Senator Obama states, “Nobody should be penalized for serving our children, and that’s why I support repealing the GPO/WEP and will work to do so as President…the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset have a serious detrimental impact on hundreds of thousands of educators and your spouses. That’s why as a Senator I co-sponsored the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal these provisions….I believe that we have a responsibility to take care of workers who have devoted their lives to public service and that we shouldn't discourage young people from working in these essential jobs at a time when so many teachers are at or near retirement age and we’re struggling to replace them.”... 45415@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#45416 The letter also states, “I will work to repeal GPO and WEP, but I won’t stop there. We need to think now about how we provide retirement security for today’s retirees and workers retiring 20 or 30 or more years down the road. Let me tell you about my comprehensive plan. It starts with protecting Social Security. It is one of the most successful social programs in American history, and we need to preserve and maintain it, without risky privatization plans….Improving retirement security for educators…will be a high priority for me as President.”... 45416@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#45417 The letter concludes with, “I greatly appreciate the support I have from the NEA, and I look forward to working with you as President to create the changes we all want to see in our country.” Stay Up-To-Date! The latest GPO/WEP news is posted on NEA’s Legislative Action Center at http://www.nea.org/lac/socsec/index.html.... 45417@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#45423 Can it be any clearer than the above 3 postings? (Don't know where the money will come from, though.)... 45423@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#45302 As one knows pensions are small and the cost of living continues to increase. It is only right and just to schedule H.R. 82 for action. This is an issue of fairness and our social security is disproportionately affected. Please act now to help bring fairness to all public employees.... 45302@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_82.html#45269 This is sad. I have contributed to SS for 10 years and now am in a teacher certification course. I just found out about the GPO/WEP from a retired teacher friend. I think it is not worth my effort to go into teaching! I am contacting my congressman and especially the US Senators in the state of Texas who are NOT supporting the SS Fairness Act!... 45269@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT