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Depending on which side you’re on, GPO and WEP either rightly save taxpayers a lot of money or, more commonly, they rob tens of thousands of retirees or their spouses from Social Security benefits.
In today's Federal Newscast: More than 50 victims handed over millions of dollars to scammers posing as feds. A new bill would try to make it easier to fire federal employees.
The Social Security Fairness Act now has more than 290 co-sponsors, more than enough to force a House floor vote.
Congress — at least the House side of it — is closer than ever to giving the green light to repeal or reform WEP and GPO, the so-called “Evil Twins” that eat into, or eliminate, the Social Security benefits of hundreds of thousands of former government employees or their widows.
Bills to reform the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offsets have been reintroduced to Congress many times. Now a bill to reform the FERS "diet COLA" joins them.
Many people are either angry at benefits denied, or angry that Congress is considering repeal or modification of WEP and Offset. While that’s a very long shot, the fact that it is possible has both sides on guard. And itching for a fight.
The WEP/Offset battle is up and running again, with renewed vigor. Since it's important to so many, Mike Causey will be taking a look at both sides of the argument.
One long-time fed said I had made unfair (and unjustified) editorial comments about the impact and the need for the WEP and GPO.
That 2.7 percent raise doesn't look like so much with prices on the rise. Inflation is scariest for retirees.
Recent legislation would get rid of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), but the repeal would be temporary. Federal employee groups say it's better than nothing.
If the 2022 mid-term elections are as energized as some experts predict, it could produce a Congress that might repeal or modify two 1980s laws.
Once again, there are dueling agendas to eliminate or offset the Windfall Elimination Provision, a pesky nuance that reduces Social Security benefits for some federal retirees.
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), created by Congress, have made monthly raids on the Social Security benefits of millions of retired civil servants for decades.
Once again, there are dueling agendas to eliminate or offset the Windfall Elimination Provision, a pesky nuance that reduces Social Security benefits for some federal retirees.