When the House returns, one of the first bills it will consider is H.R. 82, the “Social Security Fairness Act,” which will repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset in current law. This is the number one issue for our 377,000 FOP members and will be at the forefront of our officers’ minds when they cast their vote.
The WEP/GPO penalizes millions of retired public employees and strips them of up to 60% of the Social Security benefits they earned during their working lives. For forty years, retired public employees have been treated differently than every other retired American worker. This is wrong, and unfair. These retirees, more than 36,000 right here in Arizona, paid into Social Security and rightfully earned these benefits.
The “Social Security Fairness Act” has 329 cosponsors and 60 in the Senate, making it one of the most bipartisan and widely supported bills in Congress. Enough is enough. It’s time to put fairness first!
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Patrick Yoes
Downtown
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