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On 8/04/15, agree wrote:
> I am a CA teacher who also worked for department stores,
> travel agencies, and the federal government prior to being a
> CA teacher (I love my career!). I have put in my 40 quarters
> and more. This does deeply concern me as I hate to think of
> all that money that I put in and would lose.
>
>
> On 7/21/15, DonnaR/CA wrote:
>> Old thread, maybe, but it's still pertinent.
>>
>> We need to fight this old law. It was designed to keep folks
>> from double-dipping, getting both STRS and SS if they didn't
>> pay into SS.
>>
>> If you are a 2nd career teacher, or you worked a lot of
>> summers, an after-school job, took a stop-out from teaching,
>> or perhaps you taught in a state or school where you
> actually
>> paid into Social Security - you should find out if you have
>> earned your 40 quarters. This is where the "unfairness"
> comes
>> in. You have paid into SS, you should be able to claim it.
> If
>> you had not taught in public school, you would collect that
>> full amount of SS. But the law is slapping those of us in
> the
>> face who have had a 2nd career, or tried to supplement our
>> income in our younger years by taking an after-school job.
> We
>> have paid into the system, we should be able to get 100% of
>> what our payment would have been without STRS, instead of a
>> measly 25%.
>>
>> There are petitions rolling around the Internet, as well as
>> outside of stores (occasionally) to repeal this law. Stop by
>> and sign it.
>>
>> BTW, California is not the only state that does this. So do
>> Missouri and Illinois, and about 10 others.
>>
>> For the record, I am NOT a person to think I'm entitled to
>> anything. But if I paid into something, by George, I'd like
> to
>> get it! If I had not worked outside of the CA STRS system, I
>> would say, OK, I don't get SS. Period.
>>
>>
>> Donna
>>
>>
>>
>> Donna

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