Social Safety advocates had been fast to weigh in.
“That is the bipartisan answer that the majority Individuals need, though some on Capitol Hill have proposed to slash advantages by elevating the retirement age, means testing, chopping COLAs, or privatizing Social Safety,” Max Richtman, president and CEO of the Nationwide Committee to Protect Social Safety and Medicare, mentioned in a press release after the signing.
“Congratulations to the sponsors and cosponsors of the Social Safety Equity Act for his or her perseverance in enacting the invoice earlier than the tip of the 118th Congress,” Richtman added. “Thanks additionally to President Biden for signing it into legislation — and for constantly fulfilling his promise to guard Individuals’ earned advantages all through the tip of his presidency. We are able to solely hope that President-elect Trump will preserve his guarantees to do the identical.”
Biden’s signing of the Social Safety Equity Act “actually is historic,” Richtman continued. “The brand new legislation rights a unsuitable that for the final 50 years has both lowered or eradicated the Social Safety advantages of sure authorities retirees. Almost 3 million public sector workers and households will now be eligible to gather their full Social Safety advantages. These embody hard-working public servants like academics, firefighters, and law enforcement officials whose advantages had been affected” by the WEP and GPO.