WEP&GPO... Social Security Fairness

Click on this link:  California Retired Teachers Association explains GPO and WEP

Further Reading on the WEP and the GPO

If you would like to have more detailed information about the WEP and the GPO, here are links to sites, such as the federal ssa.gov, and also to reports and essays.  We hope that they will give you an idea of what we are up against as well as ammunition to carry on the fight.

 

1.  Social Security Online information on the WEP and the GPO:

                                                            http://www.ssa.gov/gpo-wep/

 

2.   The Congressional Research Service reports on the effect of the WEP and GPO and of various proposals to modify them. These were done to prepare legislators for debate on the 2007 bills.

 

Report on the WEP   http://aging.senate.gov/crs/ss11.pdf 
                                               

Report on the GPO      http://aging.senate.gov/crs/ss12.pdf

 

3. The financial condition of Social Security:


                                    http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/TRSUM/index.html

4. A White Paper on WEP/GPO for further reading
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5. A good review of the subject by the Texas Retired Teachers Association
gpo_-wep_2007.pdf
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