In March 2025, significant modifications to the Social Security system will impact millions of beneficiaries across the United States.
These changes involve the enactment of the Social Security Fairness Act, adjustments in payment structures, and the introduction of new benefit policies aimed at enhancing fairness and efficiency within the system.
Understanding these updates is crucial for individuals who depend on Social Security benefits for their financial stability.
Key Adjustments to Social Security Payments for March 2025
The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law in early 2025, represents a major overhaul in the way benefits are calculated and distributed.
This legislation primarily addresses two controversial provisions that have affected millions: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions previously reduced or eliminated Social Security benefits for individuals employed in positions that were not covered by Social Security.
| Change | Details |
|---|---|
| Social Security Fairness Act | Ends WEP and GPO, positively impacting over 3.2 million beneficiaries. |
| Retroactive Payments | One-time payments to reimburse WEP/GPO losses dating back to January 2024. |
| Payment Increase | Monthly benefits will rise beginning in April 2025 for affected recipients. |
| Enforcement of Overpayments | SSA will resume full withholding of overpayments starting March 27, 2025. |
| Staffing and Operational Cuts | Concerns arise over federal staffing reductions and their effect on SSA services. |
The Social Security Fairness Act: What Does It Mean?
The Social Security Fairness Act is a landmark reform designed to rectify disparities in benefit calculations.
Before this legislation, certain public-sector employees, such as teachers, police officers, firefighters, and federal workers, experienced reduced Social Security benefits due to WEP and GPO.
These provisions affected individuals who received pensions from jobs that did not contribute to Social Security, significantly impacting their benefit amounts.
With the removal of WEP and GPO, millions of public-sector workers will experience an increase in Social Security benefits, ensuring a more equitable distribution of their earned entitlements.
Retroactive Payments: What to Expect
Following the enactment of the Social Security Fairness Act, individuals affected by WEP and GPO will receive retroactive payments compensating for benefits lost from January 2024 onward. Processing of these payments began in February 2025, with disbursements scheduled to be completed by the end of March 2025.
This marks a major shift in how retroactive benefits are typically handled. In the past, beneficiaries often waited more than a year to receive back payments. However, this reform aims to expedite the process, ensuring quicker resolution of outstanding claims.
Recovery of Overpaid Benefits
Another significant update involves the recovery of overpaid benefits. Starting March 27, 2025, the SSA will reinstate its policy of withholding 100% of Social Security payments to recover previously issued overpayments. This initiative is expected to reclaim approximately $7 billion over the next decade.
However, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients have options if they face financial hardship due to full withholding. They can apply for a reduced repayment rate or appeal the decision if the overpayment was not due to their own error.
The Impact of Staffing Cuts on Social Security Services
As the SSA navigates these changes, concerns have emerged regarding federal staffing cuts and their potential effect on benefit distribution and service efficiency.
Operational challenges caused by these staffing reductions may lead to delays and disruptions in Social Security services. Experts warn that decreased staffing levels could result in significant obstacles to ensuring timely benefit payments to recipients.
What Does This Mean for You?
These Social Security policy updates are intended to promote fairness and transparency, though their effects will vary depending on individual circumstances. Here’s a summary of what to expect:
- If you were impacted by WEP or GPO, expect to receive retroactive payments by the end of March 2025, along with a permanent increase in monthly benefits starting April 2025.
- If you receive Social Security benefits, be aware of potential delays due to operational challenges.
- If you have an overpayment balance, SSA will reinstate full withholding to recover the amount. However, you can appeal or request a repayment adjustment if needed.
The Social Security changes taking effect in March 2025 mark a significant shift in benefit distribution for millions of Americans.
By eliminating WEP and GPO, the government aims to create a fairer system for public-sector workers. However, challenges such as staffing reductions and overpayment recoveries could impact service efficiency. Staying informed through official SSA channels is essential to ensure accurate and up-to-date information about your benefits.
FAQs
What is the Social Security Fairness Act?
The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), allowing public-sector workers to receive more equitable Social Security benefits.
How will retroactive payments be distributed to beneficiaries?
Eligible beneficiaries will receive retroactive payments by the end of March 2025 to compensate for lost benefits due to WEP and GPO, dating back to January 2024.
What impact will staffing cuts have on Social Security services?
Federal staffing reductions may cause delays or disruptions in Social Security services, potentially affecting benefit processing and distribution.
How can ANYTHING be fair about withholding 100 percent of a disabled or elderly person income based on SSA repeated erroneous claim of overpaying recipients that they actually OWE!??? This is a ridiculous game of abuse. What does someone do while waiting for SSA to return funds that they usually refuse to return, even AFTER it is shown that SSA is wrong?
Evil controls the world.
Amen
The majority of SSA overpayments were caused by the beneficiary not by the agent. Get your facts straigh
You shouldn’t have kept the over pay!
Amen on that! I will have to sell my house and everything i own now! Truly scared!
NO, The last administration WAS EVIL. All you have to do is call social security and make arrangements to make payments if u need to. It doesn’t have to be 100%.
Thanks to trump Rose.
I agree with you. I don’t like what Trump and Elon are doing in regards to our Social Security Benefits. I am 71 years old and retired and depend on Social Security Benefits to survive. I don’t have any other money coming in. I am starting to feel that Trump doesn’t care about us Senior Citizens at all. Billionaire’s typically don’t care about poor people or middle income families because they feel they are so much better than us. Trump should have just left Social Security alone and stop acting like a jerk and a dictator. ☹️
They should have reported any overpayment immediately, that’s what I would have done, I don’t take a chance that someone may or may not catch up to me.
Biden signed this into Law before he left office. Thank you President Biden.
It does not sound cohesive to eliminate staff positions when these changes. It would appear the position s are bedded to handle this. Yes trump is tampering cutting $$$ getting rid of staff at social security. Yes- delays chaos with chaotic impulsive mismanagement
You are not getting all of the facts. Musk has exposed the wasteful money fraud that’s been going on for decades. And it took place in the organization unsaid. It’s a form of corrupt money laundering by the dirty politicians on washington.so don’t believe the lies from the msm bs news. I retired from the fed gov. I saw all kinds of taxpayers money wasted. 💰 it’s long overdue that they have been caught.
If you read it said early Jan which means President Biden signed it not who is in office now. They take not give.
No where can anyone show me where President Trump is cutting any SS benefits. Stop propagating the lies!!! I would be the first to say something if this was true, it is not.
My big concern wrt federal programs in general is that staff cuts without fixing tool and process issues will make currently inefficient and overwhelmed customer service worse. Lean Six Sigma and other proven business tools should be used to lean… VS 20 year old and AI.
Biden topped the repayment at 10% not a 100%
I dont think they should get it they Did Not Put in to it they should not get it.
That plan was already in place before Trump was back in Office with Obama/Biden Social Security it was determined a reduction in Social Security payments would happen before the next decade to avoid running out, Thankfully Trump will take care of your Children & Grandchildren for the rest of there lives they will now securely retire.
I’m on survivor will I see a payment this month
Yes. Just like every other month.
I don’t know what to say about all of this. I definitely need to know I depend on this too live and to have a home.
Here I am on disability and struggling to make ends meet especially food and yet they won’t consider our house nor car payment and they stopped helping pay my insurance premium so I’ve lost 185.00 a month for months and now after switching insurance the take 115.00 out that could be used for food or bills Ive officially thrown my hands up
Are you considered medically frail due to your disability? I am and also receive Medicaid and I also got on United Health Care insurance. I did this because of how little medicare covers and will not cover. And let me tell ya those extra medical coverages come in handy because now I am on oxygen 24/7 and I have a feeling if it were not for my extra coverage I would not have my oxygen unless I pay for it out of my own pocket.
How about being deemed, 100% disabled from 2008. Waking up New Year’s morning 2025 to open mail from the prior week and finding out that SSA is claiming, I owe them $27,567.00 in an overpayment! They stopped my benefits, I have been strung along filling form after form out to have my benefits reinstated! We are now going into mid March and I receive a voicemail this week, stating and I quote from an SSA agent, from my local office….”Hi this is Ms. ——-, I am returning your call from 2 weeks ago!!!!!!!!!!”
Is this real life? I am in a major hardship losing my home, vehicle and my bills are behind 3 months! What a Happy New Year it has been!!!! Tomorrow, I will go to the top of the top and possibly sit on Donald Trump’s Desk in Washington until I get an answer!!!!! I am OVER IT! This is why people give up! Totally irritating and disgusting!
I feel very bad for you as this must be very frustrating and scary, Contact your county to see what programs they have to help you. Look online for church pantry days, where you can get food. Also Saint Vincent DePaul through the Catholic Church has many programs to help with food and utility costs. You do not have to be Catholic to get their services. If you are disabled and a senior, cintact Meals on Wheels to see if you are eligible for meals from them. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
And you got screwed when the idiots declared war on fossil fuel. That drove the price of everything in your life. And that’s a fact.
Have you applied for Medi-Cal? If you’re in California if you’re not in California they have something very similar to it around the United States. I hope this helps also food stamps. If your income falls below I think it’s 31,000 a year you can get food stamps again I hope this helps and find you well
I’m in the same situation as you are.
My sister also lost $185 a month. Some how after being on ss for over 20 years they signed her up for Medicare c, she didn’t want any. Other than severe pain, she has no medical need for coverage. Basic virtual appointment and 1 prescription. She was already struggling forefoot and is rail thin🥲🥲
Why should your house or car payment EVER be considered, this statement make no sense and is totally ridiculous. Think about it , you could have a payment on a $500,000 home whereas I have a home that I purchased 20 years ago for $50,000.
At least use some sense before making such a ignorant statement.
I am right there with you! Amen and amen.
There is nothing fair about this. People that didn’t pay into Social Security get payments.
What is fair about that?
Only people that paid into social security get social security. I think you’re mistaking it for SSI.
Worked almost 20 years in private sector paying in to SS. worked 27 years as police officer. Have pension, so I dIdnt get anything back from what I paid into SS.
HOW IS THAT FAIR?
Good point. Police and Fire, those I know of, the municipalities and counties took the social security that should have been paid in, in exchange for enhanced retirement benefits for retirees. Those retirees received an exceptionally sweet retirement from their public jobs, now get a sweet 18k bonus plus a monthly check enhancement from SS. This is a travesty.
What’s not fair is being born disabled not being able to work and nothing being able to have an income that’s what’s unfair
I agree… apparently we are giving our money from the SSA pool to those who never contributed. Do I have that right?
In my case, I ha jobs before entering public service and had second sometime third part-time jobs during my entire career and after I retired, I worked full time in the private sector. I did pay into social security,that money was ‘eliminated’ preventing me from collecting any social security from those many years of work.
The people who never paid into social security. The don’t get social security benefits. They revive social security insurance which is SSI They receive very little money. There are 2 programs
In some states, if you were a public worker such as a police, fire or teacher, social security cut part of your ss payments if you also got a pension, even though you paid the full amount required to be paid into social security and your pension. They did not get less because they paid less into it. The stupid government just figured that you didn’t need that much money if you got a pension. This now treats them like everyone else should paid into social security.
Yes, never help the poor. that’s the spirit!
You mean just like spouses who possibly never worked are eligible to receive benefits from there husband or wife? And a widow can receive benefits off of her deceased husband is that considered fair? But that’s how the system is set up.
That’s how corrupt dirty politicians operate. Vote them out of office.
What are you talking about, I paid both while working 2 jobs, I have been cheated out of retirement for the last 17 years. Try to tell me why this is unfair after I served our country for 5 years in the Air Force and cheated out of retirement
That’s what I was thinking. Public employees pay into a different retirement fund. They don’t pay into SS. So why would they get paid from it on top of their actual retirement fund???
You are wrong. SS took up to 50% of their pension, because they received a second pension from another country. They paid contributions to pensions in both countries, and SS reduced their pension here. It was unfair.
They did pay into social security, that’s the issue. Even if you paid into ss for 20 years, fully, those checks were cut in half in some instances. How is that fair? Those who make several hundred thousand a year stop paying into ss after a certain amount, but are their checks cut in half? Nops.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. People with government pensions who never paid in now get SSA? Ridiculous!
I agree!! If you didn’t pay the Soc Sec so system then you should NOT receive Soc Sec!!;WHAT THE HECK?!?!?! TRUMP PLEASE REVERSE THIS!! SOC SEC IS IN ENOUGH TROUBLE!!
The fairness act is for people who worked under social security but could not receive their full social security benefits in some cases they couldn’t collected anything or not entitled to survivor benefits. Is that fair. President Ronald Reagan signed that into law. Why should people (firefighters police teachers) be penalized because of working for government and working under social security. Is that fair
Who exactly do you think is getting s.s.that” didn’t pay in”? The only ones doing that is people born in the USA that are making $130,000 or more!
No they dont..My brother in law wud have only received 250 a month becuz most jobs he did were cash..so they do calculate what u pay in..he died before he ever got one dime..so stop believing trump non stop lies since the 70’s..
I completely agree. I worked my whole life, paying my social security taxes every week. I don’t get a pension. Where do my tax payments go? To support people who paid nothing for the privilege while they already get a monthly pension check that I will never see. Not fair at all
The WEP elimination only applies to those who paid into SS and were employed as a teacher, fire fighter, etc who paid into a pension plan. It eliminated the reduction in payments or the non payments for those folks.
No. It stops penalizing people that did pay in and then took on public sector jobs that paid them with a pension upon retirement. They no longer are kept from receiving their fair share from private sector jobs that required Social Security deductions from their pay. No one is getting something for nothing.
This is NOT fair!!!!! They have pensions most of us in the working sector did not!!! Nothing fair about this
Exactly what I was thinking. And I can’t imagine federal employees don’t get a sweet pension to begin with
Don feel bad, ss cancelled my Medicaid the next day the started to give Medicaid to illegals. I have paid into SS all my life.
It’s for people who previously worked a job that paid into SS, but then got another job that did not, like teachers. It allows them to receive benefits from that previous job.
That’s not true. I paid into social security for over twenty years before I was employed by the county for twelve years. Because I received a retirement from the county, social security deducted over four hundred dollars a month from my “earned” social security when I retired. They are not giving us free money, we earned it!
Hi, we did pay into social security. Some of us paid into social security for some years and in my case, I paid into social security for 22 years and am still working full time at age 71 and paying into it.
We are not getting free money. We are finally getting our fair share.
Only people who paid into social security receive this. My husband had a federal pension but always held a 2nd job with social security withheld. He paid his forty quarters but was penalized because of his earned pension. Now he will get what he deseves
It is actually not giving people who did not pay into ss anything. The WEP provision penalized people who at one time did pay into SS but then changed jobs that only paid into TRS or ERS. I paid into SS for 20 years, then changed jobs. Without this change when I retire I would get my full benefits through TRS, but only a small fraction of what I paid into SS. If I had continued to only work where I paid into SS, I would get my full benefits and qualify to claim disability if I became disabled. Without this change the 20 years I paid into SS would be almost all lost and I would not be eligible for any disability even if disabled. This change is a good thing. It is not giving people something for nothing.
Many many people worked other jobs and then became teachers, police, fire fighters. Many were also eligible through spousal benefits. Because they received some sort of public retirement they were not allowed to make claim on money that was rightfully theirs to claim. I’m retired 15 years. ( Public school teacher. . State retirement) Always eligible for spousal benefits but because I live in Louisiana was not able to receive these benefits. I am delighted that after 15 years I will get the social security benefits that are mine. This affects 3.2 million people. They won’t get reimbursed for all the money that they should have been collecting all along. But many will receive a one year retroactive lump payment and then their monthly social security. I am worried about it though with the cuts etc but hopeful that I will finally get my money. Social security has sent me out a letter saying that I will.
Where does this come into play? I am on Social Security death benefits me and my children. What’s going on with that category?
From what I understand if we’re making time. It’s already like. I am It should not affect us
Absolutely no changes whatsoever.
Donald Trump, Elon Musk should next focus on some of the state governments such as Massachusetts which have a tremendous amount of waste internally that no one is necessarily aware of; employees that don’t work and sleep at their desk, employees that are not needed, employees that leave work early daily, the list goes on and on! Total B S!
This sounds exactly like Minnesota land of the tax the poor people
Unfortunately the federal government cannot go up against the states they don’t have any authorization. For what it’s worth I agree 100%.
Take a good look who represents your state. Warren is one of the most corrupt there is. Ask the question? How did she get a wealth of 47 million on her salary? Answer? Big pharma. Do the research and get educated.
Biden signed this legislation on January 5th. Biden did this.
Are you from Massachusetts? If not, stay in your own freakin’ lane. Boston has the smartest people in the country. You are definitely not from here!
By the tried and true from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
City of Boston
How do you know? Facts? When working at home your login and work can be checked! This is a holdover from Covid….
What state do you live in?
They need to keep their noses out of that… They’re screwing things up on a federal level already.
Keep them OUT of Mass!!!!!!😡
Agree with that. I know housing personal that don’t answer your questions. That take 1 to 2 months vacations at a time. Pass on people if she knows who they are and they ask questions. Like I been on section 8 waiting list 10 years and what’s going on. Your on top of list. 4 years later same answer but no voucher she gives to others that are younger living with parents.
When Trump and musk start controlling states government s we will truly have a dictatorship.
So essentially whst your saying is the money paid in by workers who paid us taxes their whole working age lives are having to pay those who didn’t pay I because they had a government funded or private pension plan and still do so the lower and middle class workers are funding those who didn’t pay ss taxes and are be rewarded on the blood sweat and hard work of others total bull shit
You don’t make any sense whatsoever.
News flash! Illegals were getting ss. And how did that happen? Because of the brain dead sock puppet chicom jotato bribum . Get a clue.
No! Teachers, police, and firefighters have not been getting their full SS benefits because of the WEP and GPO. We only get a small percentage of the money we have already put in on our jobs. In my case all of the money I have put in, was in other jobs besides teaching, but still the government kept my money because I got a pension. Now I will get the full amount I am owed instead of the measly 12% I was getting. Thank you President Biden!!!
These are people who paid into social security but had their checks cut in half in some instances, despite paying for 20 years fully. Those that make hundreds of thousands of dollars don’t pay in after a certain threshold is met, but they don’t get theirs cut in half. Is that fair?
No. Only recipients that also had a ss pay in job besides their federal job and accrued enough quarters to be eligible for ss. They paid in just like you.
Agreed! If Social Security was not paid into then Soc Sec should NOT be received!! TRUMP PLEASE FIX THIS!!
It is total B.S.
That is what is not fair, and people used to be ashamed to take something that they didn’t or wasn’t rightfully owed to them . We unfortunately live in a self intitialed,instant gratification, selfish, spoiled, society, that would rather sit at home and do nothing live off the system and draw a check, never pay anything in, and take from the ones who have worked all their lives, men and women, with no remorse, or conscience!! Let me say this, NOT everyone is like this and there are people who have to have their disability, our Veterans, and those who need help, but to take and just be a drain on society is a disgrace!
No, the fairness act is only paying social security benefits that were earned before they took a job, ie teachers , county, state etc. that don’t pay into social security. I have lost over $60,000 in social security benefits since I retired. Now I will start to receive the amount I should have received which is over $400 a month.
Only those pensioners who had a second job that paid into Social Security will get back the SS that they paid. Not every pensioner will get Social Security if they did not pay into SS. This is our money paid into SS by us only. No one is footing the bill for those affected but those who paid it themselves. President Reagan instituted this in 1983 to sure up Social Security. It gave SS a false sense of security over the years. It has finally been repealed.
I hope that it all works out, but if not the Trump administration will see an uprising from the American people that they have not seen yet.It will spark the population to go after the current administration with no mercy, you will have a civil war on your hands, and the U.S.military will not stop it.
So with that being said, good luck Trump.
My thoughts exactly!
I agree!!
What what are you talking about? It was the majority of the US citizens that voted for Trump. Get a grip.
Biden signed these changes into law just before he left office…
That is already going to happen! It’s insane what’s going on right now! Everyone is fed up. Done.
Wow! Are you serious clueless about laws. Trump didn’t create the social security fairness act. That congress. You are so ignorance how the gov. Works. Trumps powers are limited up article two of our Constitution. Wake up.
I’m thinking that’s exactly what trump n mushhead want, a civil uprising. And that’s exactly what they’ll get. A bunch of retired and disabled people coming after them. Don’t mess with us older folks barely able to live on the pittance we paid for all our working lives.
Shut the hell up you liberal jackass! Thanks your idiot Biden we have 12M illegals in the country getting SS, SSI, Medicare and Medicaid payments. You want to blame someone, blame Biden and the demorats!
Biden did this not Trump.
Go after the originating POTUS instead of the current one!
This was put in place by the Biden administration.
trump will just order the military to shoot and kill us on the spot! Just look his BUDDY …putting WOULD DO!
I have said the same thing. January 6th will be nothing.
Biden did this. Hopefully Trump will stop it. It is federal employees that didn’t have to pay SS that Biden wanted to give SS too even though they never paid a penny into it. Big government again. One of the last things Biden and Congress did while they were still in control. Please stop it Trump.
Cry some more I bet you feel like a big shot hiding behind a screen spewing your hate and discontent. Get a grip! Civil war eh? You got a big army of criers standing behind you or do you need medication for your grandious delusion? Stop the hate. Thats the problem!
Exactly! I hope that is exactly what happens, and I will lead the revolt in my area!
Who knows what I might owe or be owed but it would sure be nice to get a check cuz living on a fixed income does not go anywhere anymore. I would definitely help the economy if I had a check.
News flash! That extra money is still taxable unless the laws change. And that has to go thru congress.
What about just us plan seniors that make less than 2000.00
I don’t even get 1000 a month from disability- but still have to pay bills- senior living apartments are not cheap either- Iam 65- but my disability won’t end till Iam 67 and that’s when my regular social security is supposed to start – and that is more or less the same- unless of course Musk or what ever that non voted in office Nazi name is
I have been saying similar for years. At least raise soc sec payments for seniors, to above Poverty Level! These are people who have spent thier lives as loyal American citizens paying into the system! And the most the govt can give them is below poverty level as a start retirement payment?! All the waste which has been found, payments to illegals and such and the govt is UNABLE to get their own loyal citizens ABOVE poverty level?! Absurd! Give some dignity to the people who have worked and paid into the system throughout their working lives. How cheesy is it for a wealthy, prosperous and now, “efficient” government to have to say, “we pay our most loyal, America loving seniors, below poverty level for their lifelong services to their government”! Shame, shame!
What about those of us on SSDI that don’t even get$1000 mthly. They need to take what’s recovered in SS and get everyone to living standards. Like giving Tax payers $5000 stimulus on savings. Awful when you don’t make enough to rent 1 bedroom apt
Why is it just government workers
Because they are the ones who paid into social security, but had their money cut when they turned 65, just because they also had a state pension. They paid more into it, but got less back than others.
It is for government workers who did not pay FICA wages instead paid into a government pension. Not much difference from a wife who never worked her entire life, her husband did, he collects social security and now she can too as his spouse is that fair?
Because they were penalized under the last two items of the law. Money was taken out that they had coming to them. The ss fairness act went into law last January.
Because government workers were the only people that had their checks cut, despite paying into social security, in some instances, for 20 years plus.
If social security is solved, ceases to exist, will we still have to pay taxes on it?
If the government wants to end social security, why are we still paying taxes on it!
.President trump did NOT say he wants to end your social security. What DOGE is doing is getting rid of 6.5 million people on social security That are between ages 112 and 356 That don’t exist and wasting Social security money.
That’s not true. But corrupt dirty politicians keep robbing from ss. They were giving it to illegals.
Social Security won’t be ending anytime soon..
The government is not want to end Social Security. It does need to be reworked. Currently the stop taking Social Security out of our paychecks when you earn 174,000. In my opinion it should be taken out of your total income without a max cap.
It’s amazing how they say they will never run out of welfare, unemployment, or food stamps.
WHY TAKE FROM PEOPLE LIKE US? HOW DARE HE?
LOOKS AS THOUGH THE ORANGE MAN IS STARTING A WAR!!! THA5 MONEY 8S OWED TO US!!!!! WHEN IS HE BEING IMPEACHED???????
WHY WHY WHY MESS WITH OUR HEALTHCARE???? 🇱🇷
This bill is a continuation from Biden term.
That was a Biden law. He signed it before he bowed out
Not at any time did President Trump say he was gonna end your social security money. What he is doing is getting rid of 6.5 million people who are on social security between the ages of 112 and 356 that do not exist that
are wasting our SS money.
No doubt rich people are stupid if they messing with a little people and their money and making it so hard that they can’t even afford to eat they’re going to Rebel they should keep us comfortable and give us more they’re so stupid.
FIRST OF ALL IT WASN’T TRUMP, IT WAS THAT LAST PERSON YOU VOTED IN.
Wow! Breathe sweetie, before you have a stroke or something, just take some slow, deep breaths and calm yourself. The 🌎 is not ending, the 🌞 will rise tomorrow and we WILL go on. Everything is going to be alright, just wait and see.
Biden did it
Wow! Are you clueless! The sock puppet jotato is the one who sign the social security fairness act into law. Do the research clueless!
According to the article, this law was enacted by President Biden.
We the people MUST TAKE OUR USA BACK FROM THE GOVERNMENT TRUMP AND MUSK MUST BE REMOVE FOR THE PEOPLE TO REGAIN BACK OUR USA they know they are wrong now its up to the people & we must do it with words of truth not By wat we think but wat the spirit said
This isn’t Trump.
Your buddy Biden signed this before he left office. Trump is trying to get things stopped.
Biden also tried to give several more billions of taxpayers money to other countries before he left office.
Biden did it knowing it would hurt Trump and make things harder for him.
Biden signed this legislation.
You do know this bill was signed by Mr. Biden, don’t you? There’s nothing fair about giving people something for nothing, but that how the Biden regime rolled.
Borden sign this law before he left.
I totally agree with you. Trump and Elon are acting like jerks and it doesn’t look like they even care about Senior Citizens getting their benefits. They are both Billionaire’s and don’t care if people barely getting by survive. If these new laws affect my Social Security Benefits in any way then I hope Trump gets impeached quickly. He’s acting like a total dictator and I am starting to wonder what other bad things he is going to do soon. He has only been president this time for less than three months and he’s already pissing millions of Americans off with his policies. 😠😡🤬
This was one of the last bills signed by BIDEN before he left office. Trump is only reorganizing and making the SSA more efficient. For many years people who paid into social security, and also ended up working a federal or state job didn’t receive all of their social security when they retired. They were penalized for having a state or federal retirement, and the SSA deducted often several hundred dollars from their social security payment each month. Biden got rid of the two programs responsible for retirees losing part of their social security payment. That’s why it’s called the Social Security Fairness Act. Retirees will finally receive the entire monthly payment they worked for.
It said this was signed in by Biden. Not Trump. He is going after the waste being done for years and years.
Biden signed this law before he left office
All of us living and depending upon social security, we and I believe I am speaking for all other ssi, ssdi, ssa, etc… please don’t leave us behind, Trump needs to make this right and give all of us Americans born and raised in USA, please think about us we depend on our United States of America government, don’t leave us behind
I am glad I didn’t vote because neither of them are any good…
I work 30 years of my life in pain, on all kinds of meds until I had to be put on disability…
After a few years I was told they were giving me a early retirement, ok good…
Little did I understand but I get less!!!
I live on less that 1,000 a month!!!
At 70 years old I feel I have lived my life and am ready to go home…
It’s a shame we paid into it, still paying taxes and paying taxes on our SS😢😢😢
He won’t, everyone needs to relax. I too depend on ssdi and ssi, I believe more than anything the news media is just trying to scare us.
President Trump has promised us that he won’t touch our social security, medicate or medicaid benefits and I believe he will keep that promise.
The only people who will lose ss benefits are the ones who never should have been eligible for benefits in the first place, like illegal immigrants, those who have been scamming the system by claiming benefits for deceased recipients, etc.
For those of us who are legal citizens and are legitimately claiming social security benefits, instead of a loss of benefits I think there is a possibility that once all the fraud and waste within the ssa has been tracked down and eliminated, we may actually see an increase in our benefit amount based on the money saved and/or money reclaimed.
Try not to stress until there is truly something to stress about. For instance, if you get a letter stating you’re getting your social security benefits reduced or cut off, then stress about it because then it’s a valid concern.
These news headlines and stories are meant to scare you, that fear drives you to read their stories…it pretty much works a lot the same as “click bait” because that’s exactly what it is, click bait to suck you in and keep you sucked in.
Right now, all your fears about the future of our social security benefits are based on speculation. Don’t let the media do that to you, like I said, don’t stress about it until you’re given a solid, concrete, iron clad reason to stress out about it.
I agree, we need our money. Many seniors like myself depend on our Social Security checks every month to live on. We sure can not depend on the SNAP program they give as little as possible.
People need their social security monthly to survive.Some of us get fifteen hundred I therefore get a $1087.00 Let me tell you it’s not much to fifteen hundred dollars a month would be a dream, I know trump is out here to help us adter biden pulled us apart
How about people who worked starting at 16 retired at 62 because it was legal but yet they withhold 300 dollars of my hard earned money ea month.I needed to see my grandkids grow up.
Huh? What do you mean they withheld $300. Possibly you’re confused because you did not wait until your full retirement age you took an early retirement. This means you get a reduced payment.
The was holding 680 dollars a month from me for a while. Had a really great paying job. Now they cancelled my dedicated but they started giving Medicaid to illegals, have have never paid a dime.
Hi Pam, That’s an individual choice that people have to make based upon what they feel is important to them. In my case I could not retire at 62 and I am still working at age 71. I waited till age 70 to collect the extra 32% were you made the choice to retire early and start collecting and that’s why you are making less. I too want to see my 4 grandchildren but I also want to have extra money to be able to take them out for an ice cream cone or to the movies or buy them something special on their birthdays. So that was a personal choice that I made to work longer.
I believe you can return to work and stop collecting Social Security and that way you could earn more once you retire again.
Good luck with whatever you want to do.
If my payment is late I’m sueing SSA, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and any other government agency I can find to legitimately sue!!!!!
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Good luck with that. But why do you think it’s going to be late?
100% agree , class action lawsuit !!!
Let’s get orange head and his dog musk !!!
Biden did this. Biden signed this legislation on January 5th.
You mean King Elon right?? Yeah that’s not gonna work if when he has pretty much bought out country which includes the courts I imagine lol Id love to see him get sued though
Okay. Keep me updated. Maybe we can make it a Class Action lawsuit
I wanted to thank President Joe Biden for making this possible i now the current administration wouldn’t approve this type of adjustments
Who the hell do you think is doing this?? Certainly not the Biden administration 🤣🤣
So you’re saying I’m on SSI I will lose my social security
No one is saying that at all.
What about the people who are drawing social security right. That wasn’t the jobs you mentioned
Ss is the people s earnings from first day of work. This is an entitlement. LEAVE IT ALONE.
Dear president Trump.
How about going after the LTD disability companies that claim they are entitled to a person’s total backpay. Insurance and social security are two different entities.
This is pure theft! A place of employment offers LTD as a benefit. Those companies take all your social security backpay when you end up disabled while currently employed. Theft! Pure Theft!
It is not an entitlement!
It is money hard worked for and paid in it is earned money
It is Not an entitlement. We have worked our whole lives and paid in to it. THAT’S OUR MONEY, WE EARNED IT!!
Yes. BUT if you have a disability claim before 62 years of age and go back to work before 62, chances are that you will not be able to put in enough to claim your SS at 62! And you probably WILL incur an over payment on your disability claim. Be advised, If you are collecting on a disability claim at 62 your SS retirement will no longer be administered as such. You will collect disability until death and your POINTS will reflect such. Best bet. Instead of a medical IRA, apply your extra monies into your SSA retirement/disability to increase your points and insure retirement assets. Read by President Clinton. Back to Work. It was during his administration that major changes were made in these claims. Puerto Rico is not the same administration. Rules apply to United States Wages only for retirement and disability.
I am 75 and get SSI for widow . I am included for this increase?
If you’re getting something as a widow it is not SSI. And no you will not get an increase.
I would like to known it as well
Were you a government worker? Retired fireman, teacher? If so you will The people I know that have received it are the ones I mentioned above and they are receiving $6700 backpay and One got a letter he’s getting 1500 more a month and another got a letter he’s getting 900 a month and they got a letter saying she’s getting 1100 more a month. Nobody understands the calculations, but I think it has to do with how long you worked within the agencies.
These provisions affected individuals under WEP and GPO who received pensions from jobs that did not contribute to Social Security, significantly impacting their benefit amounts. So did either the job or individuals ever contribute to Social Security?
For some no for some yes. Just like a child whose father dies is eligible to receive survivor’s benefits. That child did not contribute to social security.
Yes. Some of these people paid into social security for 20+ years, but had their checks cut in half. Those making hundreds of thousands of $$ stop paying into social security after a certain threshold is met, but they didn’t see their checks cut because of it.
Yes. This affects people who had a civil service job part of their life but also paid into ss and earned enough quarters in other regular jobs the other years of their lives. They paid in just like you but were unable to receive their full benefit
Yes. It only applies to those who paid into SS but have been denied the right to draw what they’ve paid in.
Yes, they will be getting ss depending on their ss wages. Right now they are having money you and I would make for the same wages out of their benefits.
i worked since I was 16 and paid social security in- The first teaching job i had at 26 for 10 years took out social security, the second teaching job i had for 14 years did not. I still paid social security in for over 20 years before that teaching job and have earned enough credits for social security at retirement age, but how the WEP(windfall Elimination Provision) hurt me is when i became disabled 5 years ago, since i did not pay in within the 5 yrs before I was disabled, I was not eligible to receive social security disability. Although i had 40 credits during my lifetime i was not able to receive the disability from SSI. I could still receive my teacher disability retirement pension (at a reduced amount because i did not have 30 yrs in).
Most teachers, police officers and the other people this has affected have paid in Social security over their lifetime in other jobs and/or they change jobs their last 5 yrs to another place that has social security taken out. This provision had been reducing peoples social security retirements because of the years they had not paid in.
A friend of mine who has a blood disorder now could not get any survivors benefit from her husband although he always paid in social security because the formula that was used subtracted the time she didn’t pay in by the amount she was to get from his survivors benefit and she got ZERO. So at 63 she had to go back to work full time to make ends meet. She can now fully retire after this year with her teachers retirement and his survivor benefit social security.
It took 9 years to get my ssdi then only went back 6 years. Now after 12 years I only get 1200 a month and if I didn’t have a fiancée I couldn’t afford my bills half is 985. Why can’t we get some kind of help to get into our own house because we’re both are on ssdi. We all need some kind of help, 20 + years of work and paying just to be flat broke every month, not to mention inflation goes up 2.6 and we get 2.5 raise we’re behind the eight ball even when we get paid. 215 doesn’t go far.
I feel your pain honey…
70 years old, worked 30 years , put on disability then was given a early retirement…
I was getting more on disability!!!
They knew what they were doing by switching me, I live on less than 1,000 a month😢😢😢
Apparently I’ll be getting 1 yr back pay SSDI n my onset date was 4 yrs ago…they told me 12 months is max n ik ppl getting 5-6 yrs back pay
SSI is a needs based benefit. To be eligible basically you did not work at all, you did not pay enough into social security. So you are given a federal benefit because you’re disabled.
Eliminating WEP is good however, my husband was a police officer who fell under WEP. He worked enough quarters to qualify for SS. His SS benefit was $1400 a month but because of WEP and his $1800 month police pension he recieved $700 a month. We were both impacted because of WEP. I feel because we were married 51 years I deserve some compensation.We lost $9,000 a year.
Did your husband pay into SS even though he had a private pension that he probably paid into? I didn’t think they paid into SS.
I worked my whole life and received 2400 a month in social security. What gives you the right to make more when you did not pay for it?
You should be included from what I’m reading.
I don’t believe you work your entire life
And get so little. All the money is going to other countries.
And it’s sad .
I even have the IRS charging me penalties interest because my taxes are filed late and I owe more in late fees than I do on my taxes shocker.
File your taxes on time and that won’t happen.
If someone worked a job that didn’t require them to contribute to Social Security, then they shouldn’t be receiving Social Security benefits! I paid into Social Security all of my working life. Myself and the millions of others who contrbuted our hard earned wages to the Social Security coffers are the only ones who should be taking retirement distributions, period. This act should have more rightly been named the Social Security Unfairnes Act!
I worked as a teacher for 38 years. Worked at other jobs paid in social security, but when I retired I couldn’t draw ss money I put in. It’s time I get something.
Vol G, Let’s suppose that you were a working mother. You worked your entire life and you had children. Now let’s suppose you died in your 30s. Under social security your children as survivors would be entitled to benefits. But they did not work at all they had not paid a penny into social security. Is it fair that they receive anything just because you died?
That’s what I was thinking!!
Most people do not seem to understand. These people did pay into social security. In some cases they paid into social security for 20+years, but their checks were cut in half, despite this. Those making hundreds of thousands of dollars don’t pay into social security after a certain threshold is met, but their checks aren’t cut in half. Do you find this fair?
To be clear, that is not the case. This is for people who worked a federal job part of their life but also worked and paid into ss during other regular jobs and earned enough quarters to qualifying for ss benefits. They were not allowed their full ss benefit
The elimination of WEP only applies to those who paid into SS from other jobs that have been denied benefits because of a pension plan. If they never paid into SS then they won’t get SS.
The point is they DID get the required quarters thru other jobs. They paid in as much as we did but are not getting the same back.
You’re not understanding this correctly. Teachers pay into ss but don’t get ss benefits. Only “teacher pensions” IF they never moved school districts. If you did, you get nothing. We deserve ss…
Hi Vol,
We did pay into social security working side jobs while working our government jobs. In my case I was a police officer and worked as a security officer on my off time. I also worked various jobs before coming a police officer and after I retired.
So in my case, I paid into social security for 22 years and am still working full time at age 71 and paying into it. I am getting 22 years worth of Social Security. I will probably work another year or two and then completely retire.
So we are not getting free money. We are finally getting our fair share.
I was only getting $700 a month on Social Security because of the penalty we were assessed. I actually just got notified by Social Security that I’ll now be getting $1,150 which is what I should have been getting from the day I retired.
I wish that the government would have explained it better when this started because there’s a lot of people out there who think that we are getting free money and never paid into Social Security.
The SSFA had nothing to do with anybody not working and “ collecting” at all. Your confused. Before the SSFA AND NOW AFTER THE SSFA you can still ( as always) collect benefits from Spousal issues, Dead, Ex, or Disabled. This has not changed one iota. There is nobody new who will be collecting anything they weren’t entitled to collect.
The ONLY people collecting as a result of the SSFA are people who actually paid their 40+ quarters and were then penalized by the WEP/GPO. You are uninformed and/or angry.
Social Security should bring back the Over payment law they put in a year ago if u are overpaid they set up a payment plan just take out 10 percent of your monthly check this is hardship on Americans trying to pay their bills an other expenses Congress let trump administration take out our country and violate our rights he is breaking the law in everything he is doing it’s got to stop.
If they over pay it’s on them not us. There Should be no repayment… their mistake they eat it not US !!!!
Didn’t you wonder why you started getting more money than usual? You have to pay attention to that yourself…if a bank made a mistake and added an extra 0 before the decimal point…you’d have to pay that back. I would’ve called the SSA AND ASKED QUESTIONS WITH THE FIRST OVER PAYMENT CHECK!
Be late with payments, than bills will all be paid late and the 3 musketeers can pay the LATE FEES
How can I check if I’m affected by WEP/GPO? I fit the description in that I’m a retired teacher who received a pension.
Go on ssa.gov and file a retirement application.
Hi Terry I just got notified by mail today, March 17, 2024 of the increase to my social security.
If you worked other jobs and earned the substantial years of earnings then you should be getting a boost in your Social Security.
How unfair is it that all these workers get their big pensions plus a huge back payment and someone who worked for nonprofits with there little salaries and little pensions can not make ends meet and now will not receive their Social Security checks on time.
They should call this the unfairness act
Those who didn’t pay ss for 30 years and got big fat pensions now get to add to that .that’s what they call ss reform .
No, it applies to people who
Paid into SS but received
reduced payments because
they also payed into a pension
fund. Getting only a small share of many years missed
Hello Mike,
Police officers and firefighters get pensions that are pretty good along with other government workers. But don’t forget we’re the guys and girls who are working midnight shifts, missing Christmases and other holidays, and not able to be with our families. I cannot tell you how many birthdays that I missed because of the job. The number of times I was thrown up on by a drunk driver or had to go to the home and tell the parents that they’re 18-year-old just died in a car crash. Yes these were the choices that we made knowing that we were going to miss out on these special events and that would we would have to deal with traumatic situations.
You made the choice to follow a career path where you may be worked Monday through Friday 9:00 to 5:00.
I also had to work side jobs to make ends meet for many, many years. When I first started as a cop in 1979 I was making $6.25 an hour. All told I now have 22 years working in jobs where I paid into Social Security.
So now I’m finally get my fair share of Social Security did I earn. I’m not getting any kind of free money from Social Security.
I wish that the government would have explained that better to people when all of this came about. You are not the only one who thinks that we’re getting free money there are many people who think that we’re getting something for nothing.
Thank you for reading this,
Stan
Name: Jean Loraine Zimbro
Maiden Name: Taylor
Date of birth; 9/28/1945
Started collecting: ,age 62
Worked full time from age 18 to age 79
I am a widow, since 2018, when husband died of heartache with very small insurance. $100,000. With no home, renting
Married 42 years, CA market crash
Can a moderator or Jean please remove her date of birth from this posting. You’re giving the thieves and fraudsters 99% of the information they need to commit fraud.
67 FRA for those born after 1960 has been that way for a long time. It is not starting now and it has nothing to do with Trump so I don’t know why you put his picture here.
This is not fair. I paid into my Social Security for 25 yrs. I’m entitlement to receive it every month. I survive on Social Security. That’s my livelihood. What’s going to happen when my bills can’t get paid, if I dont it get it on time. You think my debtors will understand that I have no control over that? No, they’re going to start charging late fees and I’m going to be in a world of hurt. They need to make sure people are not affected by all these changes they made. We are not responsible for what is going on, or went on in the Social Security Department.
They only care about the wealthy! Apparently they’re the ONLY ones who HAVE RIGHTS AND ARE ENTITLED!
Totally agree. They didn’t take into consideration debts, late fees. And to withhold 100% of someone’s payment ………NO EMPATHY AT ALL. EVIL!
Will the SSA be paying our late fees on our bills that won’t get paid due to budgeting our money correctly???
Agree 100%
I think it’s great that we are getting a increase by Social Security @ I’m going to bet that Trump does better 😉 with it then other President’s it looks like we are all in for a great big money.
Are you crazy
Is this for real
are you well sir
How about those of us on SSI who are totally disabled with heart problems and can’t work yet when we try to make ends meet and lose our part time job because we are not able. Social Security wants to take everything we have! Today it’s almost impossible to live off $900 a month when landlords and utility companies are allowed to charge ridiculously high rates! How about giving us SSI Folks a break!!!
Absolutely right!!!
I’m in an apartment now but I was forced to live in my car for 2 years!!!
I worked 30 years, for what???
Like you I get a little over 900, rent is 700 plus bills…
Meds have co pays…
I choose what will get paid, always pay my rent so I have a roof over my head…
At 70 years old I’m ready to go home!!!
It is impossible to live off on $900.00 Social Security check, is why I am still working at age 75. I suffer from Fibromyalgia and in pain 24/7 but I push myself to have roof over my head and food on my table. I want to retire but where can I retire on a SS check of $1300.00 a month. Every increase we get they get it back for Part B fee. But I am believing that Mr. President Donald J.Trump will do right by us with the help of Mr. Elon Musk who is auditing our government to make sure that all these government wasteful spending is curtailed and corrected. Hopefully, we will really start seeing more money the next time we receive our monthly SS checks.
They need to change the amount a married couple gets , my husband and my check dropped over $500 a month because we’re married.
That’s some b.s ,sorry 😔
Not really…you make more than a single person would.IMHO…SS should pay us what we were earning ( net) when we were employed.
This Fairness Act is the exact opposite of what it’s name proposes. If retirees have other means of retirement income and have never paid into Social Security they should not be entitled to Social Security benefits. Do those other non social security programs offer benefits to those of us that receive only SS benefits? No! Why take additional monies out of SS when it’s well known that SS will run out of funds if the govt. doesn’t step in to save it. Is this fairness? I think not!
100%!!!
Hense why I’m taking my ss this yr at 62… if I wait til 65 or 80 or whatever they change it to I’d be screwed. Take the lower amount and be done at 62. Get a part time job. We can make up to 23400 gross … 29hrs a week at 16hr … after taxes with my ss I’ll be solid
This doesn’t mention that these people whose.SS.was reduced PAID into SS on other jobs. So they earned their SS which was unfairly reduced by WEP and GPO putting many below the poverty level. This is not a gift. It was earned!
I do hope getting a response from SSI won’t take weeks to receive. I like millions of recipients live payck to payck.
I cut off SSI, I got $964.00 the beginning of March three days later you people took right off my card and put it in your pocket!!! Then sent me a letter saying I’m only going to get $235.00 a month… And left me only $60.00 Dollars on my card… You can keep your fucking card and that fucking money!!! Because lm not playing your stupid fucking games!!! Keep your motherfucking shit fucking thieves anyway…
BITE UM!!!
WE ARE ALL SICK OF IT!!!
Elon musk can’t see the storm in front of him. Trump uses people to his advantage. So when the time comes to prosacut because SSI was miss handled Trump will throw his arms up and let Elon take the fall. Well, at that time Trump will not be able to pardon him because either way if he gets impeached or he is out in four years he will never be able to keep destroying our world. Elon stop being his puppet.
Biden signed this legislation.
Elon is using trump! Where do you think trump got his donation from??? Plus Elon is using our money to fund his SpaceX launches.
This is a bill of the Biden Administration. Congressional dems voted and Biden signed it. You need to place blame where it belongs.
Elon is no one puppet. What a horrible thing to say to this man
My son was drawing SSDI and his children were receiving their portion.
In February 2021 he and his wife got caught in a criminal act and are serving time in federal prison.. In May of 2022 we found out one of the children was not his. Because of the charges his wife’s rights were terminated via DHS. Knowing that he was not the child father DHS continued to cash the SSDI Checks for the child that was not his. This child biological father was awarded custody of the child from DHS. Now he is recovering my sons SSDI for this child. A mother of one child received her share of the payment but she should be receiving all the benefits as she is now and has been the only biological daughter under age. The mother contacted SSDI to inquire about this issue and was told “SSDI would look into it” and if they “decided” to change the benefits they would let her know but that they may decide not to do anything.
They are sending money monthly to a child that is not my sons and who’s mother has no rights to this child.
Right now there is fraud happening and has been since May of 2022.
It’s unbelievable to me that you are sending payment to someone to who is not entitled to receive them.
This needs to be recognized and changed. The mother that should be receiving the full amount is Katesha Butler for Jenna Butler.
Please get these funds to the person who is intitled to receive them.
I am 72 and I receive 1,000 a month ..How can anyone live on that with rent increases and food .I have worked and paid social Security since I was 16
I’m 77 years old and get $1,126 a month. I have a car pmt, mortgage pmt., my monthly payments. It’s very hard to make ends meet. Do I qualify for any of these programs? I retired from the Dept of Aging and Mentardation
Staffing at the social security offices should be left alone until all these changes and benefits are being paid in a timely fashion; then there can be a smooth, thought out, carefully monitored transition of staffing needs. I’ve worked all my life and paid into social security with each and every paycheck. I don’t expect neither do I want to encounter any problems when I file to receive my fair share of social security money so that I can take care of my obligations and survive. Rich people don’t seem to care or worry about social security payments but I do. I, by all means, expect what I have paid to be there for me as I need it WITHOUT DELAY. THERE WERE NO DELAYS TO TAKING THE MONEY FROM MY PAYCHECKS FOR 45 YEARS.
Will this effect people who have made prior arrangements with Social Security on over payments. I read that it wouldn’t effect them
The Government owes Social Security $2.8 TRILLION dollars. For Elon Musk to invade our SSA sovereignty is an act against the American People. He needs to be charged the complete debt for even referencing the existence of it. The last straw!!! American’s need to take back the Government from all the Senate and Congress since they choose not to protect the US!!!
Biden did this before he left office. How about blaming the one who signed this legislation.
Oh please, the people who did it before him we never complained about. Just because he is finding the money that is being stoled from us by the Democratic
The debts at ssa were created by employees not doing their jobs timely and by fraudulent claims by people perfectly able to work. I have clients in ssi and ssdi capable of working, but somehow managed to convince the system that they were so disabled they couldn’t work. It’s ridiculous that I recently had a client who was busted for drug trafficking and had more money than I could spend in a year in his possession. If you can sell drugs, you can work a real job!
Overpayments resulting from the WEP should be forgiven, as collecting these overpayments perpetuates the unfairness of the WEP that an overwhelming number of Congressmen and Senators agreed was unfair.
I applied for disability almost 3 years ago. I was told that it was taking so long because they were short staffed and a large number of applicants. I have not had an income in 3 years. If Donald Trump cuts the amount of federal workers how long is going to take for people to receive there benefits. My disability hearing isn’t until July! The man is an idiot. It’s not like we’re asking for free money. It’s money that people have worked for all there life! Get a clue Donald Trump!
I cannot fathom how waiting on hold up to and beyond 3 hours just to speake with anyone at SS or dshs is in any way efficient. Only then to be treated like the dirt under I
The customer service agents Shoes and still not have an answer for the question you waited 3 hours to ask. Complaint after complaint we ignored and stills is. They are not trying to make anything more efficient it’s all about the money. The money we earned And paid and were forced to pay the government so we could not worry about basics like food and rent when we could no longer work.So if they cripple the economy who will be in charge of who gets benefits, education. and food? if they create a place where we are all dependent on them for food and everything we need to survive, we must ask ourselves who will benefit the most from these changes? People will do just about anything to put food in the table for their children. and they know that.Telll Elon that this is where he should start. They don’t care about us they just want the biggest number when people see how much they slashed and raped much needed programs. What makes me the sickest is how trump not musk have ever shown any empathy for the poor families who have suddenly had everything ripped from underneath them. Not one apology, or sign that they even understand the impact in the lives they are playing with That is what happens when someone has never experienced hunger or had to make a decision between rent and utilities or food for their kids. Are left in charge I have always felt if they make changes to any program they need to experience it first. If you cut food stamps first live for a month on them then make changes. If they vote not to make any changes for gun control for example they would have to enroll their kids in public School for a year To experience what it’s like to worry everyday if your child is safe. the whole damn thing started when the supreme court overtuned the law limiting how much organizations could contribute to election campaigns. It’s
Really I feel it’s time tto eliminate supreme Court who we did not elect. Why have we let this go so far? No only are we letting them rape and pillage our programs we pay for., we are literally paying them to do it!
Apparently, you were denied for disability payments because you didn’t meet the definition of being disabled by ssa rules. You have to meet all parts of the rules to be entitled to disability payments. My disability claim was filed and determined in 6 months as most are when their claims meet all the requirements under ssa rules. I hope you find some relief soon.
Ever hear about states rights , the fed gov has no control over state funded retirement plans. Btw no one elected Elon to force his way into state government, we aren’t living in a dictatorship yet but very soon we will be . Cheer that on because you relish the power of hurting those you hate .
This is what we have worked for. Waiting for retirement and not eating food that is junk. Now you want to cut our check. Well can we make decisions to cut the Government funding No…… Is the federal government going to do this to everyone?This is our money we are DUE to retire with our u stepping in!
Why should us retiring have to prove and submit documents what we received from past stimulus checks and what we may qualify for. If the government and Treasury department can’t keep track of what they paid us and what we got coming they should be held liable and forced to prove they don’t owe us instead of us have to prove they do. A lot of people that live below the poverty level don’t keep their w2’s going back year after year. Don’t make it so hard for us to receive what we got coming. Thanks
What about someone marrying another that had an overpayment and when they past their wife ( who was not married to them when overpayment happened) so now SSA has been taking money out of their retirement to pay back the deceased husband overpayment. Are they going to take the whole check that was not the wife’s fault but cannot work because of age and 5 back surgeries. Ugh that’s all I have to live on.
I am on SSI just like millions of other people. It’s hard enough to live on 1000 month. Now our new president and his partner in crime Elon Musk are trying to reduce, eliminate, or pentalize millions of the monthly benefits people depend on every.month to survive. This is unfair to us. It’s not the fault of my generation or previous generations that caused the social security problems. American have paid into the systems for years relying on money to be there when needed to collect their benefits. Now they say there’s no money in the fund and we have to suffer?? Where and what did the government do with these funds??? President puppet Donald Trump and his new besty Elon Musk are destroying millions of American families by their ridiculous ways on how to fix the debt caused by our country government mismanaging of funds by reducing, cut backs, or elimination all together. Sure they believe it will benefit the economy. Really???? How can they say that or believe it will help Americans depending on receiving benefits they contributed out of their earnings that were paid into the Social Security system. They themselves have billions of dollars so they won’t need to collect from this benefit…. Good for them shame for us. At the rate of Puppet President Trump and his puppet Master Elon Musk nothing good will come out of this but the destruction of millions of Americans future in the United States of America. Keep out money I’m the USA where it belongs…Someone who says they want to make America great again….Honor your words and do it without hurting the millions of Americans that voted for you. Even if that includes paying or contributing your own money to help resolve our countries problem not caused by the people but our government. Own it and fix it..eliminating thousands of jobs is not the answer. The people voted for Donald Trump not a foreigner who is not an American citizen who is a multi billionaire advise you or tell you how to change problems to boost America’s economy. Cut the strings and free yourself from your puppet Master. Before our country goes further in debt causing more destruction of America’s future..Cutting jobs and programs will save money yes but only causing
more debt and loss of jobs.increasing the unrmployment. You call that making America Great again???should say making America broke.again……
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I worked for the federal government for 25 years. I paid into the government retirement plan, no social security.
At one point I quit but I came back 2 years later. At that point they told me I could either choose to continue with only the government retirement plan or I could go into Social Security or I could do both. I chose both. When it was time to retire I was told by Social Security that they were going to penalize me $300 a month for the rest of my life because I paid into the government retirement plan and the government retirement plan penalized me $80 a month for the rest of my life because I paid into Social Security. So the Social Security fantas Act is only to give people back the money that we put in and were penalized for doing so. It is not just for government employees it is for teachers, police officers, firefighters, and federal workers, who experienced reduced Social Security benefits due to WEP and GPO.
It’s no wonder those of us on SS can’t make it from paycheck to paycheck. We get a small raise although we worked our butt’s off and put the money in SS and now you are going to give it to people who didn’t distribute to it.i love the way you are going to make America great again. You are actually letting Musk tear it down worse. And all of the promises about a stimulus needs to stop because you have proved it’s not happening. You need to get it together and give it to the people who contributed to it. We need to make a living too.
We’re all screwed for the next 4 years and there’s going to be a lot more homeless people in the us
Billionaires who don’t give a damn about us who worked hard all our life and paid taxes. Who the hell are they to say social security should end. How about politicians stop getting huge pay increases every year. This all BS.
Every time I get on to catch up on what’s going on, my heart breaks more. Civil War is what Trump and Elon want. Big Money. He can turn everyone on each other and he will be free to do what he wants. The only agenda those two have is to inflict pain and misery on the American people. He says he loves America. But the only people he wants to hurt is American. He’s greedy, pathetic child like man with a lot of jealousy. I never thought I would see this in my life time. My heart is broken. And we’re all fixing to get hurt.
Musk keeps messing with people in what they call doge shortly some of these people will have musk doing bullets
And when he’s done with us. Russia and China won’t have to fight us to get in. He’s already handed us over to them. Canada,U.K etc. Had never done anything to us. They don’t have to fight for us because no one attacks America. But they always stayed by our side. Everyone knows Russia has always wanted the United States. And our great Leader so everyone says just handed us over. But, Putin will put a bullet in his head when he’s done with them. He does everyone that way. This is what everyone asked for. You got it. Now we All suffer. Thank you for that.
Well, once again, there is No freedom of speech. They took off my post. So it begins.
How dare anyone presume to take OUR hard-earned Social Security payment, let alone make it late! SS was NEVER to be touched for any reason from it’s inception!! I worked as an RN for over 50 years before I had to retire early due to multiple back surgeries. I loved my job and would still be working if able. Now with my SS check it is entirely used for sky high utilities, higher prices on food and everything else essential. I get calls telling me I can get increased Medicare benefits, but that’s all a lie! I wonder why I worked all those years caring for our people, a thankless job, but I loved it. Yet you want to take away what few benefits I have and give it to those that never worked, are foreigners not ever contributing and countries draining us dry. I give up! I feel I was ignored and useless for those 50 plus years of hard, long hours. I also happen to live in Parkersburg, WV where Elon’s crew hit and caused an uproar, the likes never seen here before! What a total screw over these people received. You moved them from D.C. years ago, much to our protest, now you’ve f ired them, after uprooting and moving them, now they are destitute in our city. Thank you so much Elon, and Donald. You have shown your true colors! And I voted for you, not knowing ELON would be running our country. Lord knows it needed fixed from the disaster of Biden, but really?!!
So people with government pensions, who never paid into social security now reap the benefits? How is that fair? Going forward are government employees going to start having social security deducted from their paychecks?
And must SSA prove that they overpaid someone before their money is taken away? Why 100% and leave people with nothing?
None of this sounds fair.
An earlier comment said this was signed by Biden before he left office. Sounds like it was pushed through by government employees.
This is just madness the cost of living is so high as it is and now you want to take our money that we paid into the system for years. This is BS
I paid in to SS since I was 15 in 52 now and I’m on disability and get around 1100 per month on SSD. How is it fair that people who never paid into SS get these top ups and stimulus on their SSI and we who paid in get nothing! We are struggling too!
When are they going to fix the automatic denials and review refusals that robbed me of any SS help whatsoever? 3 back surgeries and a fusion with 2 different doctor documentations only to have SS judge deny me, dismissed dr docs, and stated that “she didn’t feel it was that bad?” W/o having me looked at by a dr?
Do not privatize social security you tangerine turd! 100% for an error they make is ridiculous, we are trying to survive on nothing as it is! WTF?
Is people on SSI going to ever make a benefit that we can live on and if we work part time we get to pay 1usd foe every 2usd and this big check each month you give doest even cover bills and rent so we make choices of which to pay 967usd maximum benefit is BS to live on when cheapest rent is 1400usd in the getting apartments so can we ever get even close to that great amount of 2000usd a month we just might be able to have food to eat SNAP gives 130usd for food a month foe a single person and all this talk about Stimulus money it’s looking like that not happening either I can’t work can’t get SSDI because I didn’t have all the work credits to get that payments and I can’t file taxes IRS says i cant file so how do we get iut extra checks and this talk about illegal immigrants getting SSDI with never working at all in the USA getting paid with no SSN too and born here lived here my whole life and I get only 967. Payments now I think illegal immigrants gets all the money they need maybe I can lose everything that shows in a legal citizen and I can live life on the hog and all these new gun bills thar goes against the our rights by the Constitution and you want to take guns away from the people that do the background and all the other thing that you want them to do but if you banned guns from legal people that can and will stop a person that doest do what they want us to do to get a gun they just buy a gun illegally the lady doest stop them from getting guns and they will do more mass shootings because legal people won’t bee able to do as some have already but the news doesn’t report that a illegal gun owner is going to do what they want laws don’t stop crime mass shooting with illegal guns well still go and no one could stop it by shooting the mass shooter before it’s a blood bath and if a legal gun owner stops it from being a mass shooting the news will not tell about that because maybe only 2 got shot before it goes to a mss shooting so throw the Constitution out and make stupid laws that could make good people become bad people so they Caan get a gun to protect family and others from criminals that laws don’t stop them trained legal gun owners do stop bad people criminals think about doing everything the right way the 4 fathers wrote out and you plagued to up hold the Constitution that your not helping by making illegal laws think before you bankruptcy people on Social security and take all rights away for criminals to Rob the system and do as they wish thanks have a blessed day God bless America
I know for postal workers on civil service when they retired they received almost 80% of what they made while working. One of the reasons for no SS. When it changed to FERS, when they retired they received approximately 40%. So SS bridged that gap. Now the Civil Service are making more than when they worked. Pretty sweet deal for them!!
Trump and his Muskrat are 2 evil people… Pitchforks and Torches in front of the Whitehouse!!
We got a check from SS March 6, not our supposedly correct date, but since November it has been erratic, wo I did not question it. Then today March 17 I got a correct check, this is an overpayment????? I am so puzzled. What should I do?
The wrecking ball boys don’t care about you if you’re poor. Now if they and the other massively rich would stop getting tax cuts and entitlements from Trump this would not be a problem. If they cut defense spending this would not be happening. If Trump never got to the White House this would not be happening. Did I say he doesn’t care about you if you are poor or disabled.
WEP/GPO was with holding benefits from people who paid into the system while employed in the private sector, I became a Deputy Sheriff at age 35 , prior to that I had 17 years of SS contributions , those benefits were reduced to zero under GPO and $275 a month under WEP , after medicare took their premiums I was left with $110 dollars per month, the SS fairness act corrected a wrong that Ronald Reagan gave us in the 80s , it took over 40 years to get it right , these benefits were earned not given
These two men E and T are working a plan to create chaos and it is working. Unless we the people Stop It!!! The Congress and Senate are not for the people doing the job we elected them for. Stop them now###.