I'm happy for you (and others affected by WEP) Terry. When will this new law be implemented? I have a cousin in Puerto Rico, who taught there for decades and she's affected. As I stated in another reply....IMHO, that government workers didn't contribute to SS was something out of their control. Government agencies that didn't take out SS for their workers did them a great disservice, something those employees shouldn't have had to suffer for. Now if someone can show me that workers who were affected by WEP had another means of paying into the system, that might change my opinion. But as far as I know, anyone who wasn't self employed didn't have a way to do that.
This is exactly what happened to my Huzz and the city he worked for rigged up this being "v0ted" by the employees.
It takes effect in Jan and they will back pay people for the year of 2023. People will only be paid if they have 40 quarters of work in jobs that did pay in and it’s what they earned in jobs that paid into SS. People are not being paid for years they didn’t pay into it.
I don't know what her checks were like but my mom knew the schedule for all free food donations, and a local church paid some utility bills.
This will further exacerbate the upcoming SS funding crisis, which should have been shored up at the same time. Very frustrating.
Only by 6 months.
Nevertheless, it would have been appropriate to fully take the bull by the horns as long as they were dealing with SS matters. By and large, our political leaders are far more self-serving than public-serving.
3 million people getting what they rightly earned is justice finally achieved. There’s people being hurt because of being denied what they’re entitled to. Some of these seniors have had their stories told on the national news. There’s many people that split their careers between 2 systems and many were teachers.
But it’s not deserved. People who think it is don’t understand how social security payments are calculated to give more of a benefit to low income earners than higher income earners. They leave that part out to make it look unfair.
I have read all about the bend points, etc. I and many others know how it works.
Then it’s time to put this matter aside. I wish you a Merry Christmas. And Happy Holidays to everybody on this site.
Merry Christmas! Helping poor people is the government’s responsibility. The government literally wastes billions of dollars on unnecessary spending, tax cuts for the rich elites, etc. Yet the first thing that comes to mind for some people is not to help the poor. It truly boggles my mind how some people think.
WE are the government.
I know that. But when people say the government shouldn’t help there’s not enough donations from individuals and organizations to take care of poor people. Plus they have bills and need to be able to count on some money coming in.
The idea of SS was that seniors who could no longer work shouldn't be poor or lose their dignity. It designed to help end a Dickensian scenario with seniors bouncing from one relative's home to the next, and/or begging at various charities hoping to garner enough to keep body and soul together.
Waiting lists are ridiculous. Looking for a roommate but have not had good luck with last two.
