As one of those hardest hit by the unfair Windfall Elimination Provision/Government Pension ... I cannot adequately express my amazement and relief at its repeal this year. The repeal was based ...

The Social Security Fairness Act ends both the WEP and the government pension offset, increasing the Social Security checks for more than 2 million retired public servants.

Actually the law was passed on April 17, 1983, by Ronald Reagan and was called the Windfall Elimination Provision. Approximately 900,000 (as of 2006) retired servicemen, who served 20 years plus ...