Re: Social security overflow, change the law

Chris, that 's really bizaare. I collect a small pension from Florida, and I collect all my social security. I never heard anything about anybody but US gov't employees not collecting. The fact that a state university system would be penalized is ridiculous.
zem
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:44 AM
Subject: [CHAT] Social security overflow, change the law


I don't know how many people here are affected by this, but the current
law states that any government employee who retires with a government
pension can only collect about 1/3 of any social security that they would
normally receive.

For example, my Mom put 15 years into SS and 22 years into SURS (the
State University Retirement System). She can retire from SURS with
a small pension (22 years gives her about 40% of her salary), but the
15 years of social security will pay her a whopping 5% of her salary.
So after 37 years of secretarial/receptionist work she will receive
45% of her current income, less taxes.

Pensioners through private programs can collect from SS and their pension
fund; it's only government employees who are penalized.

To add insult to injury, if your spouse dies and you're on a government
pension, your spouse's social security is also cut. In my Mom's case,
if anything were to happen to my Dad my Mom wouldn't be allowed to
collect ANY widower's social security benefits.

There's currently a bill out there to change this. If you think that
this is a bad thing (as I do, who will also be affected by this when I
retire), visit

http://www.dingomt.com/ssoffsetlaw/

for more information. A sample letter to send to your representative
is available at

http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/socialsecurity7

Or you can call 1-866-327-8670 and ask for your congressperson's office.
Say "As Congressperson _____________'s constituent, I am calling to ask
him/her to sign the discharge petition, House Resolution 987, introduced on
September 7, to bring the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 147) to a
prompt vote on the House floor."

Thanks,

Chris

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