Cash the Willie 100% wrong/Willie refusinfg to admit he's wrong Exacta yet again. As always, it's a lock. This idiot is now calling SSA's own website a "libtrad news source". He's dead wrong about his figures, as proven, and he's so locked into his bubble, where locally teachers in CT aren't in Social Security that he thinks it's true nationwide. Typical arrogant spouting about somerthing he just doesn't know about. Fool said Governement employees don't particiapte in Social Secutity. Now he's sasying they get more than those who participate in Social Security. Moron, THEY participate in Social Security, and get more because of their own 401K/Thrift Plan, which they contribute to just like those in most private jobs. Postal workers are covereed by Social Security since 1984 just like other Federal workers, but the clueless idiot tries to say they're not, because they're covered by a union????? Willie is just a know nothing Fox News Cliche spouter. I'm shocked someone who claims to be in the tax/financial field can actually be so ignorant about these topics, which even a layman can find accurate info about. That calls into question whether he's even actaully in the field. I guess one can pretend to be anything over the internet, until he stumbles into a field someone else knows a little something about, spouts off about that field and gets exposed as the fraud he is.
do teachers' participate in social security? NOPE
Public school teachers in Connecticut are not covered by Social Security for their public school teaching service. Teachers and school districts make no contributions to the Social Security system for that work and teachers cannot collect benefits based on it. Instead, the state provides teachers with retirement benefits through the state Teachers' Retirement System (TRS).
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/rpt/2006-R-0547.htm
are state police government employees? are local police government employees? are firefighters government employees? are employees of state and local governments government employees?
Approximately one-fourth of employees of state and local government do not participate in Social Security. This includes most to substantially all public employees in Alaska, Colorado, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Ohio.
In addition, approximately two-thirds of public safety officers--firefighters and police officers--do not participate in Social Security. These workers are in the seven states listed above and many other states.
An estimated one-half of public school teachers do not participate in Social Security, including a majority to substantially all in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Texas.
Also, more than one-fourth, but less than one-half of public school teachers in Georgia and Rhode Island also do not participate in Social Security.
Both employers and employees who do not participate in Social Security do not pay the Social Security portion of the FICA tax, (6.2 percent of payroll each). Public pension benefits for non-Social Security-eligible employees usually are higher than those of other public employees, to compensate for the absence of Social Security benefits.
Non-participation in Social Security dates to the origins of the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program in 1935, when coverage was limited to private sector workers due to constitutional concerns regarding the authority of the federal government to impose taxes on states and political subdivisions (see Section 218 agreements, below). These concerns were addressed in Social Security Amendments of 1950.
http://www.wikipension.com/wiki/Public_employees_and_Social_Security
are US Postal Workers government employees?
The Civil Service Retirement Act, which became effective on August 1, 1920, established a retirement system for certain Federal employees. It was replaced by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) for Federal employees who first entered covered service on and after January 1, 1987.
The Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) is a defined benefit, contributory retirement system. Employees share in the expense of the annuities to which they become entitled. CSRS covered employees contribute 7, 7 1/2 or 8 percent of pay to CSRS and, while they generally pay no Social Security retirement, survivor and disability (OASDI) tax, they must pay the Medicare tax (currently 1.45 percent of pay). The employing agency matches the employee's CSRS contributions.
http://www.opm.gov/retire/pre/csrs/index.asp
postal employees hired after Jan 1, 1987 are covered by the FERS which was refereed to in a previous post, and includes both SS and private funds and still provides much more than anyone on just SS receives
conclusion? Willie goes yard, yet again. Everything said, every statement made, every fact provided 100% accurate. I knew all this before looking up the above links, I live this stuff. So why are libtards so wrong? how can they be so uninformed? I'm telling you, it's genetic
an uninformed 10 second sound bite crowd that has serious reading comprehension issues, just a lose, lose, lose, lose on so many levels