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wishstar

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7. The extra SS will be Federally taxable and Covid deaths helped the Trust Funds

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Feb 26, 2025, 02:00 AM

Feb 2025

Maybe people like me who have been WEP'd and GPO'd for our retirement years will finally get back all the taxes we paid in to the system to be eligible for our pensions. Many of us are already over 70 years old getting small pensions so it's not going to be some huge windfall or drain on the system.

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Social Security says higher payments are on the way for millions of former public workers [View all] BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 OP

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The extra SS will be Federally taxable and Covid deaths helped the Trust Funds wishstar Feb 2025 #7