WEP Gains 218th Sponsor
Late yesterday afternoon, the 218th sponsor signed on to the Windfall Elimination Provision Bill, meaning it can head to the House floor for a vote:
House lawmakers in Washington have the signatures they need to force a vote on a bill to eliminate rules that reduce Social Security benefits for certain retirees who also receive pension income.
On Thursday morning, Reps. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Garret Graves, R-La., marked the 206 signatures a discharge petition had thus far collected with a press conference outside the Capitol building alongside organizations representing police, firefighters, postal workers, teachers and other government employees often affected by those rules.
By Thursday afternoon, the number of signatures had climbed to 218, enough to force a vote on the bill.
There seems to be enough support in both houses of Congress to move this through, and the drooling vegetable has said (or was told) that he'll be signing it.
The biggest hurdle now is the election and Congress leaving before anything gets passed. We'll see.
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
44 Comments:
The only reason this will pass is...Rostenkowski voters are getting fucked!
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Unless they sign it before the election we will be screwed again. The reason? How many will lose their own little elections and we will presented with a new congressman or senator who will want to wait until his Lobyist tells him what to do.
So $$ gets taken out of your check, your $$, and never comes back. That’s theft!
I’m only for it if illegals are deported first. I’m a giver not a taker.
I hope this passes, but my cynical gut is telling me it’s election year empty promises.
Retroactive?
Hope they quickly put it on potato heads desk and he signs it! Hmm will we also get backpay from all the years we paid in and were ripped off? Will he even sign it? With democrats in favor of lawlessness and anti-police this is a long shot!
Hope I’m wrong, but it will never happen! I still will never vote democrat again
Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson is holding this up.
Oh, be still my heart. will I be able to get more then the $5.00 I get direct deposited in my checking account on or about the 20th of every month ? I have the original paper check I received from SS a long time ago. I never cashed it. It's in a frame on my kitchen wall. I show it to people and they can't believe it. I still want to visit Rusty's grave and "water the flowers".
28 year indiana FF with full disability receiving $700 a month SSDI. Paid into SS for 50 years, paid a lot while running an on the books business for 40 years. I guess the illegals and welfare folks need it more than I do. Pity party is at 4...
Has anyone looked at the state of the economy? the Debit, printing of money, the endless spending, and the illegals. And not the stock market, which the current administration has been pumping money into without any backing.
the harris/biden are spending More money than what they are collecting in taxes, on top of the country already in debit.
If, and it’s a big IF…it gets passed, it’s NOT retroactive, only effective going forward
LFG!!
Dream on.
You forgot to mention that the GPO (Government Pension Offset) was also included in the bill. The WEP and GPO were passed together in Rosty’s scam. Bringing the bill to Congress is a start, but passing it will be hard.
Ah, yes, the Goodfellas bill. Fuck you, pay me. The government tit never stops giving.
Just like every other tax you ever paid. Social Security is welfare for old people, and anyone who told you different is a liar.
(OT) We are finally ready to move from here after being retired 10 years, what places does anyone recommend that are reasonable,maybe a 55+ community close to hospitals, grocery stores etc? Many on here say "they moved" but where is better than the nonsense we have forced upon us here? Preferably a red state a red town thank you!
The Durango Kid Says:
This should have been done LONG Ago. It is the epitome of UnConstitutionality and government Thievery.
Amen. Robbery without a gun
Should be paid in full as most affected are Seniors who were gypped and screwed, and will probably will not live long enough to be repaid by retro payments
The general public could care less that we get screwed on our Social Security. They are glad we lose half of what we worked to earn. Don't hold your breath.
Hope you get some good answers. I’m wondering same. The key is somewhere where you’re going to have decent hospitals and doctors nearby without it being a blue shithole.
sun city west az
Due to the WFP act when I first applied for SS I was getting a check for $4.00 a month. I spent it wisely.
Buchanan, TN
Per the Gov website, it's retroactive until Dec 2023
After the mass email orchestrated via SCC, I got an email from Jan Shakowsky indicating she was enthusiastically behind this bill and would be bringing it up to vote.
So $$ gets taken out of your check, your $$, and never comes back. That’s theft!
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we don't pay in to SS
Ditto!!!
Exactly. They are also hating on the fact we get a pension
Why do you think the politicians are going to pass this? They want your social security contributions to keep the program going a little longer. You will see a new social security deduction on your paycheck. Did you think you would get these “benefits “ without having to pay into it?
Hope they pass it soon running out of time on earth.
We did pay into moron. For years before being the police and for years working side jobs that weren't police-involved.
Also, this corrects the reduction of benefits to widowed spouses who receive a widow's pension from the department while being denied benefits they worked their entire lives for.
Lets just keep our fingers crossed and say a little pray that it goes through while we still have sometime left in this shitty state of affairs.
He co-sponsored the bill
Las Vegas nevada,knoxville tennessee or Arizona look good
Stock market is at an all time high. Very suspicious
Darien Gap, CO
You will be paying over $300 a check towards social security, moron. You think the politicians are being nice to you and think you deserve it now?
This helps the old timers. I will have to pay more and it won’t be there for me when I retire. All these old never paid into it and now they will collect. With more people collecting that never paid into it, it will get depleted quicker.
Everyone worked CTA
or part time jobs to pay into social security.u need to also.Talk to a veteran officer they will tell u
The way to collect Social Security is to take a lump sum payout from your pension. If one does that the rules say they are not receiving a pension from work from which SS was not withheld. To defer taxes on the lump sum deposit it in an IRA.
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