Amend Title II of the Social Security Act?
Kentucky Senator Johnny Ray Turner has filed a Senate Resolution to amend Title II of the Social Security Act, to repeal provisions that limit or reduce benefits for public sector employees that receive pension or social security benefits that come from employment outside of their government employment. Teachers, in particular, are affected by this.
Should Government worker benefits be reduced because they worked additional jobs to augment their income?
From - WKYT - WYMT News 57 Mountain News Homepage
"The National Education Association estimates that 300,000 individuals are losing an average of $3,600 a year due to the Government Pension
Offset provision.
Turner said the Windfall Elimination provision impacts the teaching profession because people are less likely to leave other careers in which they earn Social Security benefits to become educators.
The Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination provisions have the severest effect on widowed lower-income women who have worked hard for years and can least afford reduced benefits."
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