Bring the Social Security Fairness Act before the U.S. Senate for a vote!

Senate Leaders Schumer and McConnell,

 

It is time to stop the lawful robbery of our Social Security benefits.  Public service workers and those who earned pensions abroad qualified for them, and as a defined benefit social insurance program, our accounts were funded in advance.

 

For over four decades, the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) withholdings have been a significant revenue stream for the Social Security program, representing money rightfully due to a targeted group of citizens.  This is un-American and represents discrimination.

 

Given this lawful method of theft, the WEP and GPO withholdings ensure that everyone, except those affected by the penalties, receives 100% of their benefits – we are the PAYGO.

 

The Social Security Fairness Act would only increase the insolvency of the combined (OASI and DI - OASDI) Trust funds by "roughly six months," while billions of dollars have been stolen from us since the inception of the penalties.
 https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/solvency/provisions/individualaccts.html

 

We are not the problem, and the trust funds should not be shored up on the backs of deserving Americans and their families. 

 

The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) passed the House with remarkable bipartisanship on November 12, 2024, receiving 327 yea votes, received in the Senate on November 19, 2024.

 

Act Today—stop the blatant inequities of the WEP and GPO and call for a vote on the Social Security Fairness Act so we can realize the full breadth of our earned and spousal Social Security benefits.

 

To do otherwise violates our trust in the government to legislate fairly–a value all Americans hold dear.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Americans and Their Families Affected by the Unjust WEP and GPO