If they did what was required to earn the military pension, then did what was required to earn a civil service pension, and paid into SS, why should they not receive benefits from all three?
Steve
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Except that minimum Social Security is especially generous. Intended for those with no other income. Adjustment for those with other income is reasonable.
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Where I come from, taking away a retirement benefit someone earned, or paid for, is theft.
Steve
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Its all politics. Equal benefit for equal need works for some.
Its all politics. Equal benefit for equal need works for some.
Politics by stoking envy. Say to the guy who works in the private sector, and saw all his company paid retirement benefits taken away in the 90s “see, this guy is getting two pensions, while you get none. does that sound right to you?”
Steve
One can ask why govt workers were excluded from Social Security in the beginning. This is the heart of the problem.
Answer is probably that govt workers had payroll deductions to fund their pensions and did not want to add Social Security deductions. And govt was unwilling to pay their share of Social Security.
Why did Congress require govt workers to fund their own pensions? Most employers pay for them as a business expense.
Ask your Congressman. It is all politics.
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Most non-union employers took company paid pensions and retiree health care away in the early 90s. Pols, of a certain stripe, have been stonking envy of workers who have hung on to their benefits, to build their base of angry, resentful, people.
Steve
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Here is the historical answer to the question why are some government employees exempt from the SS system.
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