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senseandsensibility

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38. Thanks!

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #36)

Sun Dec 22, 2024, 02:17 PM

5 hrs ago

Any idea of when the payments will be made? I also e-mailed my Rep (Zoe Lofgren) so I should hear from her soon.

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Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees [View all] dalton99a Yesterday OP

Mazel tov! Drum Yesterday #1

And Musk is ready with his "DOGE" scissors question everything Yesterday #2

Not happening. n/t valleyrogue Yesterday #3

To see how many people will want to Luigi him dalton99a Yesterday #8

I am so happy! This has affected me since I retired in 2017. A Brand New World Yesterday #4

Very similar to me madville Yesterday #16

It took over a decade, but it finally happened. valleyrogue Yesterday #5

+1. It is a horrible injustice that keeps some retirees in abject poverty dalton99a Yesterday #6

Yay!!! Great news!! I didn't know what the bill was. LeftInTX Yesterday #7

Thank you to the Senate and to President Joseph Biden. sheshe2 Yesterday #9

This kind of bipartisanship is the way it is supposed to be. That is the way it USED to be valleyrogue Yesterday #10

I can't tell you how happy I am right now. sheshe2 Yesterday #11

so, passed in both houses?" MadameButterfly Yesterday #12

It is on Biden's desk dalton99a Yesterday #14

Yes. It passed both houses overwhelmingly. President Biden will sign it. n/t valleyrogue Yesterday #17

When does this go into effect? senseandsensibility Yesterday #34

Retroactive to January 2024 dalton99a 22 hrs ago #36

Thanks! senseandsensibility 5 hrs ago #38

Why were some government employees exempted from SS in the first place ? MichMan Yesterday #13

Our pension is better than SS madville Yesterday #15

Rules for thee, but not for me. MichMan Yesterday #18

It's not an "opt out" madville Yesterday #19

Not Sure How It Got Started - I Paid 10% Each Check To Teacher Retirement System alcuno Yesterday #35

Just getting what's owed to you madville 11 hrs ago #37

I don't think it's fair that some government jobs are exempted from SS while everyone else is required to contribute MichMan 4 hrs ago #40

I don't know if ths is what you're asking but senseandsensibility 5 hrs ago #39

But if you never worked a Public Government job, ALL you get is just SS. They used to call that Double Dipping. mackdaddy Yesterday #20

Yes, I remember the frenzy about "double-dipping" pensioners back then RandomNumbers Yesterday #21

Collecting a pension and getting Social Security is NOT "double dipping." That was a right-wing LIE peddled years ago. valleyrogue Yesterday #22

Thanks for that background RandomNumbers Yesterday #30

This was truly bipartisan legislation. valleyrogue Yesterday #31

Completely untrue. valleyrogue Yesterday #24

You ARE saying that anyone who paid into SS shouldn't get the benefits they earned, although you probably don't mean to. HeartachesNhangovers Yesterday #26

The thing is most of those who make the "big pensions" wouldn't qualify for SS in the first place. valleyrogue Yesterday #27

Does this pave the way to drop public employee pension plans? leftstreet Yesterday #23

No. n/t valleyrogue Yesterday #25

Good. Because anything our overlords label a "Fairness" Act.... leftstreet Yesterday #28

It IS a "Fairness Act." This was bipartisan legislation of the best sort. valleyrogue Yesterday #29

Right, got it leftstreet Yesterday #32

Only 20 GOP senators voted against repeal. valleyrogue Yesterday #33