To the editor:
I am writing to help increase awareness of the “Social Security Fairness Act” that has been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and is now pending in the Senate. If passed by the Senate and signed by President Biden, it would eliminate two provisions of the Social Security Act that unfairly reduce benefits for more than 2 million Americans, including both my partner and I and many of our colleagues who have devoted much or all of our careers to public education in Ohio. While we didn’t go into public service expecting to make lots of money, we were shocked upon retirement that we were, in fact, being penalized for our service by reduced Social Security benefits. I have expressed gratitude to both Senators Brown and Vance for co-sponsoring this bill, and, as time is running out to get much important legislation passed this year, and I have urged both of them to push this bipartisan bill forward to create a more just system and to reaffirm the value of public service across Ohio and our country. More information may be found at: https://seniorsleague.org/critical-social-security-legislation-discharge-petition/.
Gene Ammarell
Athens, Ohio
