ASK SENATOR SCHUMER TO URGE CONGRESS TO BRING S.597 FORWARD
POPROŚ SENATORA SCHUMERA , ABY PODDAŁ S. 597 POD GŁOSOWANIE
The Honorable Senator Schumer
United States Senate
322 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Schumer,
As a Polish American and loyal constituent, I wish to thank you for cosponsoring S. 597. I also respectfully request that you urge your colleagues to cosponsor S. 597 immediately so that the necessary number of cosponsors is attained for it to be voted on and passed.
S. 597, Social Security Fairness Act, is the companion bill to HR 82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023. Both bills repeal the longstanding injustices of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO).
The WEP reduces the Social Security pension of a retiree only because that retiree lawfully earned a non-Social Security pension. The GPO reduces the Social Security spousal benefit and Social Security survivor benefit of a spouse only because that spouse lawfully earned a non-Social Security pension. S. 597 will end these unjust absurdities.
The WEP affects Polish Americans who lawfully earned a Polish pension, legally immigrated to the States, and then earned a Social Security pension. There are many such Polish Americans in New York who were highly surprised to learn upon retirement that their Social Security pension must be reduced only because they lawfully earned a Polish pension. This is obviously irrational and unfair.
The larger point is that the WEP and GPO withholdings cannot continue to be a significant revenue source for the Social Security program because they represent money rightfully due to a wrongly penalized group of citizens. This is discriminatory and un-American. Additionally, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Social Security trust funds saved $18 billion in 2023 due to the WEP and GPO withholdings and further estimated it would cost about $19 billion per year to repeal these penalties. It is self-evident that the solvency of the Social Security program and its unfair WEP and GPO withholdings are two separate issues that Congress must address accordingly. The Senate can quickly initiate resolution of the fairness issue by passing S. 597.
I again respectfully ask that you urge your colleagues to cosponsor S. 597, which will enable you to bring it to the Senate floor so that it can be voted on and passed.
Sincerely,
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