General Discussion

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The WEP in particular was outright theft of earned benefits from those of us who worked in state government agencies that didn't pay into SS, no matter how small the state pension amount. I got $120 deducted off my SS benefit when I took SS early at age 62 in 2017. This was about a third of my dinky Nevada pension of $341. The "reasoning" behind such a capricious penalty was the idea that public employees have "big pensions." Never mind anybody with a "big pension" would never earn enough quarters to even qualify for SS in the first place. It was those of us in the middle, who worked in midlife in non-SS covered employment but didn't work 30 years in "substantial earnings" employment not to be docked with this penalty. And having to pay Medicare Part B made my total loss per month $300 bucks. However, it will be nice to get that $120 per month back.