SP4460 Wrote:
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> Does anyone know if there are still efforts being
> made to merge/equalize RRB benefits with Social
> Security as per Paul Ryan's ideas. See link to
> BLET article including this paragraph:
>
> “Tier 1 benefits for railroad retirees are
> supposed to mimic Social Security benefits, but
> they are more generous than Social Security in
> many ways. This option would conform Tier 1 so
> that its benefits would equal those of Social
> Security, with an estimated savings to taxpayers
> of $2 billion over 10 years.”
>
> Ideas like this don't go away; they are merely
> submerged for a while 'til everyone's asleep,
> supposedly.
>
> [www.ble-t.org]
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From what I have been told, Paul Ryan was told by many senators, even those in his party, that RRR is NOT funded by the taxpayers in any way, shape or form, and to back off as it would not pass.