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Rep. Brady Introduces Bill to Ensure Equal Treatment of Public Servants in Social Security Benefits
It’s called the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), a little known and even less well understood Social Security provision. WEP reduces Social Security benefits for those that have had careers in the private sector, meeting the ten years or forty quarter…
How a government pension might reduce your Social Security benefits
They are not always well known, and they are even less well understood. They are the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). Enacted by Congress in 1977 and 1983 respectively, both were meant to bring a…
Ask Rusty: Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) Affects State Retiree
Dear Rusty: I have a question in regard to the “windfall act.” I am receiving a pension from the State of Nevada. I retired from the State, and did not pay into Social Security, but I worked in the private…
Bill Introduced to Eradicate Current Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)
(Source: House Ways and Means Committee Press Release) Brady, Neal Introduce Legislation to Ensure Equal Treatment for Teachers, Firefighters, Police Officers, and Other Public Servants When It Comes to Social Security Washington, D.C. – This week, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman…