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windfall elimination provision
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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.
August 02, 2022 -
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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.
August 01, 2022 -
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The Social Security Fairness Act now has more than 290 co-sponsors, more than enough to force a House floor vote.
July 29, 2022 -
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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.
June 02, 2022 -
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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.
May 24, 2022 -
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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.
March 24, 2022 -
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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.
March 10, 2022 -
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One long-time fed said I had made unfair (and unjustified) editorial comments about the impact and the need for the WEP and GPO.
March 08, 2022 -
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That 2.7 percent raise doesn't look like so much with prices on the rise. Inflation is scariest for retirees.
January 07, 2022 -
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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.
December 13, 2021 -
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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.
September 07, 2021 -
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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.
August 09, 2021 -
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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.
April 15, 2021 -
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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.
April 05, 2021
