7 Retirement Must-Knows for 2025
Higher retirement plan contribution levels, lower ‘safe’ withdrawal rates, changes to Social Security benefits, and more.
The Bryan Times3d
Cap Journal - Millions of retirees
Social Security is not an entitlement program or a handout, it’s an earned benefit paid into by workers and their employers. When we retire, we expect to receive the full ...
Berkshire Eagle6d
(Many) retired teachers are getting a raise thanks to the Social Security Fairness Act
Massachusetts teachers and other public sector employees who qualify for Social Security benefits through covered work will ...
Preparing retirees for changes in Social Security Fairness Act
Kathryn McCall, a CFP and financial adviser with CAPTRUST, highlights how individuals previously affected due to shifting from private to public sector roles will now receive fair compensation without ...
A $196 Billion Giveaway? Critics Decry The New Social Security 'Fairness' Act
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the repeal will cost taxpayers $196 billion over the next decade, plus an ...
USA Today6d
Billions in fishy Social Security payouts show why we need DOGE to stop fraud | Letters
In 1983, the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, which reduced Social Security payments for retired police officers, firefighters, postal workers and teachers ...
Social Security Fairness Act to bring relief to retired public sector workers in US
The Social Security Fairness Act of 2024 removes the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset rules, benefiting nearly 3 million retired public service employees with increased and ...
Orlando Sentinel6d
The Savings Game: How the repeal of WEP and GPO will be implemented
On January 5, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act that repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provisions of Social Security ...
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biden signs Social Security Fairness Act
President Joe Biden recently signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law. This new legislation will have a big impact on ...
Opinion
Sun Journal2dOpinion
Crystal Ward: Repeal of two Social Security provisions will have ‘profound impact’
I stood in front of my colleagues at the National Education Association Representative Assembly to fund efforts to repeal two unfair Social Security provisions — the Government Pension Offset and ...
Los Angeles Times5d
Elderly and cash-strapped, a couple consider a proposal to sell their home to neighbors
Answer: The Social Security Fairness Act, which did away with the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset, was signed into law Jan. 5. These two provisions affected people ...
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Increase of $360 for all these people – check to see if you qualify
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) will be directly eliminated on January 5, 2025, as part of the Social Security Fairness Act law. In the past, these clauses ...