"The logic of the WEP -- and its cousin, the Government Pension Offset (GPO) -- was inscrutable to all but policy analysts and actuaries.... Congress responded by repealing the WEP and the GPO with a law dubbed the Social Security Fairness Act. Opponents of the repeal argue that the two rules address alleged overpayments to people who split their careers between jobs covered by Social Security and other work covered by a public sector defined benefit plan."  MORE >>