11:53:30 From California Alliance for Retired Americans to Waiting Room Participants: Thank you for joining us today! We will admit you promptly at 12pm 11:56:52 From *Yesenia Cuevas to California Alliance for Retired Americans(Direct Message): Hi Cynthia, do we have Spanish speakers? 11:57:25 From California Alliance for Retired Americans to *Yesenia Cuevas(Direct Message): Yes 11:57:31 From California Alliance for Retired Americans to *Yesenia Cuevas(Direct Message): Tom will introduce you 11:57:40 From California Alliance for Retired Americans to *Yesenia Cuevas(Direct Message): So that you can give the instructions in spanish 11:57:49 From *Yesenia Cuevas to California Alliance for Retired Americans(Direct Message): okay gracias. 11:58:02 From California Alliance for Retired Americans to *Yesenia Cuevas(Direct Message): And then I will open the interpretation feature for everyone. 12:04:40 From Elizabeth Arroyo to Everyone: Love this video. lol 12:04:56 From Anthony Avila to Everyone: Love it! Gotta see it over and over. 12:04:59 From Martha Steele Spellman to Everyone: This is a great video!!!! 12:04:59 From Shelton Yip to Everyone: I’m with you!!!!!! 12:05:03 From Patricia Schramm to Everyone: Ditto 12:05:35 From Dean Medek to Everyone: Funny. 12:05:40 From Dean Medek to Everyone: WHAT 12:05:42 From Mary Jo Poole to Everyone: :0) 12:05:57 From Ernest Harris to Everyone: Great !!!!! 12:05:59 From Anthony Avila to Everyone: Is there a way to send it to my friends? 12:06:26 From Kathi Fotinos to Everyone: Love it 12:06:31 From Judy Jackson to Everyone: Love the video 12:06:40 From Cecilia Flores to Everyone: funny but true 12:06:42 From Peter Shapiro to Everyone: Wow! Where can I get hat video??? 12:06:50 From Kathryn Donahue to Everyone: Awesome welcome video!!! 12:06:57 From Cheryl McKinley to Everyone: Great video!!! Yes, we all want a copy of this! 12:06:59 From Long beach Gray Panthers to Everyone: love, love it! 12:07:11 From California Alliance for Retired Americans to Everyone: WELCOME EVERYONE! 12:07:18 From Dean Medek to Everyone: Scrap the Cap! 12:07:28 From J L Hernandez to Everyone: that was fun 12:07:37 From Bruce McLean to Everyone: Greetings from the North State Medicare for All, 12:07:59 From Susan A. Hammer to Everyone: What a great video!!! 12:08:02 From Elizabeth Pataki to Everyone: Hello Kathy 12:09:46 From Norma Wilcox to Everyone: Norma Wilcox 12:09:56 From Chuck Walker Sr to Everyone: Scrap the cap video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZQlbtlErLo 12:10:34 From Jodi Reid to Everyone: Bowles Simpson was during Clinton administration 12:12:03 From Larry Marotta to Everyone: Video posted on CARA Facebook group and page. 12:13:45 From Dean Medek to Everyone: We need to make teaching a more attractive profession, including to people have had different jobs that paid into Social Security. 12:14:16 From Norma Wilcox to Everyone: What is the number of the bill? 12:14:44 From Dwane Camp Jr to Everyone: SJR 11 is our sponsored resolution on Social Security 12:14:55 From Jodi Reid to Everyone: The state bill is SJR 11. the National bill is HR 5723 12:16:13 From Michael Nye to Everyone: Nancy Skinner is a State Senator, former member of the Assembly 12:18:54 From Helen Baum to Everyone: Time to tax the wealthy for human services for most of us. 12:18:58 From Patricia Schramm to Everyone: Will this be available on line or those Cara members that are unable to atten 12:20:02 From Karla Salazar to Everyone: Yes it will, Patricia. 12:20:15 From Bill Philipps, AFT to Everyone: WEP/GPO robs 2 million teachers and public employees!! 12:21:28 From Mary Jo Poole to Everyone: Thank you! 12:21:31 From Cheryl McKinley to Everyone: Thanks, Bill. Yes it does - but ONLY in 13 states! Which makes it even MORE unfair! 12:22:07 From Helen Baum to Everyone: Let’s get a quick education on how the wealthy and high earners do tax avoidance that would provide the funds needed for us working and retired workers. 12:24:54 From Rachel LaForest to Everyone: to whom should we write, and who should I call? 12:24:54 From Ellen Sweeney to Everyone: Please tell us where to send our letters. My congressman never gives his opinion when a bill is still in committee. 12:25:22 From Harry Bernstein to Everyone: Please clarify the wording of “about” in this “Solution” from SR 11 Fund these measures and make a significant contribution toward long term solvency by requiring social security payments on earnings about $400,000. Does it mean up to $400,000 or above that amount? 12:27:12 From Kristopher Organ to Everyone: Thank you, Senator Skinner. 12:27:40 From Martha Steele Spellman to Everyone: Thank you, Senator Skinner, from Brentwood - Contra Costa County. 12:29:44 From Theodore Kagan to Everyone: please repeat the bill # that the president mentioned ted 12:30:12 From C. T. Weber to Everyone: I will be posting a letter of support on the legislature's portal on behalf of Peace and Freedom Party soon. Thank you. 12:30:54 From Pamela Rood to Everyone: Are other states yet passing the same SJR? 12:31:18 From Pamela Rood to Everyone: Brief history of why the cap? 12:31:27 From karen lang to Everyone: I'd like to understand better the GPO 12:31:38 From Rachel LaForest to Everyone: If I strt taing Soc/ sec and then fterwards WEP is revered, would I get my FULL earned sOC Sec? My hope of the WEP elimination is why I have held off on starting Soc. sec. 12:31:41 From Kathryn Donahue to Everyone: Question: What is the best way to encourage Nancy Pelosi to hold a vote on HR5723? 12:31:42 From Nadine Peyrucain to Everyone: My kids in their 50’s don’t have pensions either—SS will be their only future income—with the cost of everything how can they save enough. Just a statement—fighting for my adult children. 12:31:57 From karen lang to Everyone: please restate our next actions at the end 12:32:34 From Cheryl McKinley to Everyone: I support @Harry Bernstein's question - please explain the wording on the attachment. Is it 'about' or 'above' $400,000? Also - IS Social Security actually running out of money? I was told the basic algorithms that SS is based on are incorrect, as they were established in the 1930s. 12:32:38 From Ellen Sweeney to Everyone: I’m writing to my State Assemblymember, right? 12:33:04 From Nadine Peyrucain to Everyone: Please mute if not speaking 12:33:16 From Joseph Donahue, RN to Everyone: the Social Security fund has been robbed to fund other things. Those funds should be returned to Social Security. 12:33:57 From Joseph Donahue, RN to Everyone: Thank you, Senator Nancy Skinner. 12:34:15 From warren okopny to Everyone: As educators, How can we educate our legislators as we communicate to them? What are their reasons for hesitating on voting or co-signing HR 82? and S 1302? 12:34:16 From California Alliance for Retired Americans to Everyone: THANK YOU SENATOR SKINNER! 12:34:56 From Liz Larew to Everyone: So, we should be contacting our CA Assembly members to support SJR 11, correct? Should we also be contacting Speaker Pelosi to call for a vote on HR5723 (per the handout that was included in the packet of documents for this Forum)? 12:35:36 From Jodi Reid to Everyone: The last part of today's agenda will go over what we need to do for SJR 11 and for HR 5723 Hang tight 12:35:57 From Liz Larew to Everyone: Perfect. Thanks. 12:37:47 From karen lang to Everyone: ditto rachel leafs question 12:38:35 From Richard Gallo to Everyone: Republicans is trying to sunset Social Security and Medicare which is morally WRONG We paid into system 12:39:17 From Art Persyko to Everyone: Question: It’s a little unusual to have to ask our legislature to support a bill in Congress. When I first heard about the California resolution, it was a little confusing to me. Now, I understand, but if we want to ask our friends and neighbors to support the state resolution, what can we say to them about the need for a state resolution to get federal legislation? 12:39:54 From Richard Gallo to Everyone: Expand Social Security is the answer for the future 12:41:10 From Nadine Peyrucain to Everyone: Let that is the fuel to work to elect others that understand community needs and moral imperative that everyone is deserving of basic needs. 12:41:15 From *Tom Rankin to Everyone: Bowles was Clinton’s chief of staff. The Bowles-Simpson Commission was a Presidential Commission formed by Obama in 2010. 12:41:36 From Dean Medek to Everyone: Question: if WEP is eliminated, what would implementation look like? 12:42:27 From Nadine Peyrucain to Everyone: I remember well Tom Rankin—he isn’t on my list of favorite presidents. 12:42:58 From Art Persyko to Everyone: For how many more years will the S 2100 make the social security fund healthy and able to pay its benefits when compared to doing nothing? 12:43:00 From Anthony Avila to Everyone: How do you destroy Social Security? You privatize it. Isn't that what Joe Namath is doing? 12:43:58 From Richard Gallo to Everyone: What is the current status of the Social Security Restoration Act of 2021? 12:45:00 From Rachel LaForest to Everyone: it seems WEP proportionaately harms females-- for example teachers and wives often work part of their careers in Soc system, and part in PERS. 12:45:02 From Jon Bauman to Everyone: The election will NOT go badly for supporters of Social Security because ALL OF US at this meeting in CA are going to work to elect Congress members who will PROTECT & EXPAND Social Security!!!!! 12:45:20 From Peter Albert - SEIU1021 to Everyone: Can we get a list of Calif Assembly co-sponsors for SJR 11? 12:45:49 From Joan Marks to Everyone: Are they going to change the law for those that receive Social Security benefits and they are denied their spouses' benefits based upon their income even though the spouses made more money????? 12:47:23 From Ellen Yoshitsugu to Everyone: Will there be a recoding of this forum? I'm really sorry I missed it, have to go again 12:47:52 From Jodi Reid to Everyone: this forum is being recorded and will be on the CARA website by Monday. www.californiaalliance.org 12:48:04 From Ellen Yoshitsugu to Everyone: Thank you!! 12:48:40 From Harry Bernstein to Everyone: Please comment on the following— H.R. 5723 only calls for suspending GPO and WEP for five years rather than abolishing them, as H.R. 82 would do. 12:49:48 From Lela l to Everyone: when you say expand social security 12:49:56 From Lela l to Everyone: skating does that mean 12:50:06 From Lela l to Everyone: meant what 12:52:16 From Carol Garvey to Everyone: I’m still confused about that weird “donut hole.” 12:53:50 From Harry Bernstein to Everyone: The 200 or so co-sponsors of H.R. 5723 are all Democrats, although the perennial H.R. 82, a much less ambitious bill that would abolish GPO and WEP, has been a bipartisan measure (with 269 co-sponsors, although H.R. 5723 was not introduced until October 26, ’21. 12:54:16 From Bonnie Cediel to Everyone: People who are affected by the WEP/GPO have paid into into FICA at the same rate as other workers. Our money is already in the system. No additional funding should be needed to repeal the WEP and GPO. 12:54:56 From Carol Garvey to Everyone: Thank you Senator Skinner! 12:54:58 From Joseph Donahue, RN to Everyone: Thank you, Nancy Altman, for great information. 12:55:00 From Lela l to Everyone: explain wep and gpo 12:55:17 From Carol Garvey to Everyone: Also Nancy Altman! 12:55:51 From California Alliance for Retired Americans to Everyone: THANK YOU NANCY ALTMAN! 12:56:11 From Jackie Morganfield Chaplain AFRAM 2015 to Everyone: Please explain WEP and GPO 12:57:42 From Harry Bernstein to Everyone: There are millions of dollars that seniors have earned but not are receiving due to GPO and WEP. How much money per year does that amount to and what is it being used for currently? That is, what are these seniors subsidizing, those who are not receiving million$ worth of benefits that they are not receiving? 12:58:00 From Jackie Morganfield Chaplain AFRAM 2015 to Everyone: Can you please make a transcript available 12:59:44 From Dean Medek to Everyone: WEP is the Windfall Exclusion Provision. It says that anyone in STRS (the California State Teachers Retirement System) and other such organizations, have a limit to the amount of SS retirement benefits based on their retirement income from STRS. For teachers, this effectively decreases their SS retirement to a paltry amount. 12:59:59 From Harry Bernstein to California Alliance for Retired Americans(Direct Message): Please answer directly if this program is being recorded and will become available. Someone else asked about a transcript as well. Thank you. 13:00:25 From California Alliance for Retired Americans to Harry Bernstein(Direct Message): Yes, it will be posted to our website 13:01:10 From California Alliance for Retired Americans to Everyone: Yes, we will post the video recording and transcript to our website at www.californiaalliance.org 13:01:57 From Dianne to Everyone: For Michael Dunn: can you please justify the sunset clause in HR 5723 on the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)? How will that work? Why is it there? What is Congressman Larson's objection to HR 82 which offers full repeal without the sunset clause? 13:02:05 From Dean Medek to Everyone: The WEP law is convoluted and was amended because originally teachers had their SS retirement income reduced to zero. So there was an amendment that makes sure anyone paying in (even those subject to the WEP) got a minimum SS Retirement benefit. 13:02:50 From Jackie Morganfield Chaplain AFRAM 2015 to California Alliance for Retired Americans(Direct Message): Thank you 13:03:07 From Jackie Morganfield Chaplain AFRAM 2015 to Everyone: Thank you 13:03:28 From Patricia Schramm to Everyone: How solvent is S.S ? Can we stop the S.s trust fund surplus from going into the US treasury to fund government programs.? I’ve been told by a reliable source that the government pays back loans at less than 2% per year 13:05:35 From Dean Medek to Everyone: If you talk to a retired teacher that has paid into SS, they will tell you how unfair it is. The WEP was initially passed because the "public" (?!?) objected to teachers benefitting from two retirements. 13:07:23 From Cheryl McKinley to Everyone: @Dean Medek - yet, I've been told that the WEP is only in effect in 13 states! So in most states, teachers CAN receive both. In most states, those WEP provisions do not apply. Yet, we EARNED both benefits! 13:07:29 From Shelton Yip to Everyone: CARA…Thank you for this very informative call today 13:08:13 From Harry Bernstein to Everyone: Congresspeople do not easily accept messages from people outside of their districts, especially e-mail. How can Californians reach Congressman Larson’s office (or Michael Dunn directly)? 13:09:11 From Jodi Reid to Everyone: If you have questions for any of our speakers, please send them to us at CARA and we will forward them for you. YOu can email jreid.cara@gmail.com 13:09:30 From Joseph Donahue, RN to Everyone: Thank you, Michael Dunn, and Nancy Altman. 13:09:49 From Bonnie Cediel to Everyone: 82,000 Californians lose ALL their Social Security benefits because of the Government Pension Offset which mostly affects women. The wife gets nothing, despite the fact that California is a community property state. Benefits earned during a marriage should be shared equally. 13:10:01 From Kathleen McCreery to California Alliance for Retired Americans(Direct Message): Very helpful! 13:11:33 From karen lang to Everyone: if the wep is taken down it would increase my income about $600 month upon full retirement, making me able to participate in life and activities much differently 13:12:01 From Jon Bauman to Everyone: Midterms are coming up! Support candidates who will PROTECT & EXPAND SOCIAL SECURITY!!! The road to holding the US House goes through CA again, just like in 2018!!! Good incumbents must be protected, and several new seats can be claimed!!! 13:12:02 From Nadine Peyrucain to Everyone: Fighting for you sister Karen! 13:12:06 From Kristopher Organ to Everyone: CARA’s push for SJR 11 and HR 5723 really contrasts AARP’s ongoing support for WEP. Let’s push this effort through both statewide and then nationally. 13:12:19 From Margaret Siegel to Everyone: Ditto for me. My SS payment is cut in half currently. 13:12:48 From Robert Coplin to Everyone: I hope Jim Cooper supports the resolution as I found him to be one of the worst Democrat Assembly members on a lot of bills 13:13:46 From California Alliance for Retired Americans to Everyone: Please go to our website here: https://californiaalliance.org/legislation/ 13:14:15 From Anthony Avila to Everyone: Jim Cooper is the chairman of what committee? 13:15:46 From California Alliance for Retired Americans to Everyone: Please view attachment to TAKE ACTION to reach Speaker Pelosi. Thank you! 13:15:56 From Joseph Donahue, RN to Everyone: GREAT, CLEAR CALL TO ACTION, DWANE CAMP., JR. 13:16:40 From Bruce McLean to Everyone: P lease provide Pelosi's phone numbers 13:17:12 From JANET CRANE to Everyone: This is all complicated and it would be helpful to have the outline of a letter to CA congresspeople and to Pelosi that can be personalized otherwise it’s easy to get some detail of the ask wrong 13:17:33 From Jodi Reid to Everyone: The phone numbers and a sample rap are on the take action forms. Pelosi's numbers are: 13:17:33 From *Tom Rankin to Everyone: Cooper is chair of the Public Employment and Retirement Committee. 13:17:40 From *Yesenia Cuevas to Everyone: Call Nancy Pelosi 415-556-4862 San Francisco and Washington DC 202-225-4965 13:17:58 From Jodi Reid to Everyone: SF - 415-556-4862/ D.C. 202-225-4965 13:18:02 From Harry Bernstein to Everyone: Is it true that, as Speaker, Nancy Pelosi is prohibited from signing on as a co-sponsor to bills in the House? 13:18:17 From Norma Wilcox to Everyone: SF Office 415-556-4862/ DC office 202 225-4965 13:18:27 From Anthony Avila to Everyone: I need a Spanish version of today's cover letter that urges Nancy Pelosi to take action. How do I get it? 13:18:27 From karen lang to Everyone: I'm confused about the difference between hr5273 and the Larsen bill. are they the same thing ? 13:18:40 From Leslie Zondervan-Droz to Everyone: THANKS Dwayne for the specific info and directions to act. 13:18:43 From Jodi Reid to Everyone: HR 5723 is the Larson bill 13:19:49 From Bonnie Cediel to Everyone: YES, Jody! Need to work on the Senate! 13:20:17 From Robert Coplin to Everyone: What are the odds of the companion bill to pass in the US Senate 13:20:39 From Cheryl McKinley to Everyone: I see a letter to Dave Cortese, but not a letter to Jim Cooper, or his address. Suggestions? 13:20:52 From Liz Larew to Everyone: One of the attachments to the announcement for this meeting includes a sample script for what to say when calling Pelosi and her phone numbers. 13:21:30 From Harry Bernstein to Everyone: No Republicans have signed on to H.R. 5723. What are the objections that they have raised, other than being opposed to Democratic legislation? 13:23:11 From Jodi Reid to Everyone: Republicans in general support privatizing social security in order to "save it”. This is part of their platform. they also oppose raising taxes for anyone, but especially for the wealthy. 13:24:06 From Jon Bauman to Everyone: In answer to Harry's question, the Speaker does not co-sponsor or sign on to legislation, so it's not unusual that she hasn't done so. However, she has the most important function of all, which is to set the agenda and bring a bill to the floor,. That's what's at issue here- she needs to be convinced to bring the Larson bill to the floor. 13:24:06 From Paula Hall to Everyone: Is there a recording of a presentation like this available so we might use it with our community clubs and groups? 13:24:17 From Robert Coplin to Everyone: When the resolution comes up for a vote can you please send us when it comes up for a vote and the call in information 13:24:51 From Paula Hall to Everyone: Would you put Ms. Pelosi’s office numbers in the chat please? 13:25:16 From Dianne to Everyone: https://ssfairness.org/ 13:25:24 From Jodi Reid to Everyone: 415-556-4862/ 202-225-4965 (DC) 13:25:26 From Jon Bauman to Everyone: Dwane is right. Calling the Speaker's offices is the most effective means of persuasion. 13:25:38 From Paula Hall to Everyone: Thank you! 13:25:57 From Anthony Avila to Everyone: What is your question? 13:26:34 From Martha Gomez to Everyone: I don’t think the Windfall issue was addressed. 13:26:36 From Harry Bernstein to Everyone: Where is the WEP-GPO Repeal Task Force accessible? 13:26:38 From warren okopny to Everyone: Facebook: #RepealWEP #RepealGPO WEB: SSFAIRNESS.ORG 13:28:14 From Dianne to Everyone: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1315898065249754 13:28:29 From warren okopny to Everyone: HR 82 S 1302 needs co-signors google to find your legislators who have not signed on 13:28:56 From Harry Bernstein to Everyone: There are four or five SSA reform measures currently. Is there any effort to have some of the other ones coalesce around H.R. 5723? 13:30:18 From Bruce McLean to Everyone: called both of Speaker Pelosi's offices. 13:30:37 From Liz Larew to Everyone: When we call Pelosi, should we tell her that we're a member of CARA? 13:32:10 From *Tom Rankin to Everyone: HR 5723 is the comprehensive bill, the one with the broadest support and the one we need to focus on. 13:32:45 From karen lang to Everyone: that was clear 13:34:12 From Chuck Adelman to Everyone: Could someone put Pelosi’s phonenumbersin the chat? 13:34:13 From Sandy Valadez to Everyone: What is the subject on May 6? 13:34:27 From Tish Ochoa to Everyone: Well done Tom and staff and guest. I will call. 13:34:40 From Kathi Fotinos to Everyone: Thank you, great information 13:34:57 From Bonnie Cediel to Everyone: If you are looking for more information about the May 18 rally in Washington D.C. supporting both the lLarson bill and H.R. 82, there is an application and more information about the rally at the top of the homepage of ssfairness.org. 13:35:05 From Carol Montgomery to Everyone: thank you - very informative 13:35:15 From Harry Bernstein to Everyone: What is the threshold for getting a bill to the floor without going through committees? I have heard that it might be 290 co-sponsors, 13:35:23 From Joseph Donahue, RN to Everyone: Cheater confession: I called Speaker Pelosi at her SFc and DC offices and left the message, modifying. Also called Congressman Jimmy Panetta at his Salinas office, and thanked him for being a cosponsor of HR 5723, and urged him to urge Speaker Nancy Pelosi to schedule a floor vote and pass this essential legislation. 13:35:27 From DRAIL- Kholoud to Everyone: glad I joined super informative thank you! 13:35:39 From Chuck Adelman to Everyone: Could someone put Pelosi’s phone numbers in the chat? Thank you. 13:36:25 From Dwane Camp Jr to Everyone: San Francisco (415) 415-556-4862/ Washington D.C. (202) 225-4965 13:36:42 From Lela l to Everyone: why is pelosi failing to act ? 13:38:19 From Dwane Camp Jr to Everyone: It’s not totally known as to why she is reluctant to move this bill forward; however, we have surmised that due to HR 5723’s proposed tax increases on the wealthy (earners over $400k), she is less inclined to pass a bill with tax increases during an election year 13:38:55 From Connie Chew to Everyone: HI. No one answered, but I just left messages at both of Pelosi's offices. Thanks All! 13:39:34 From Dwane Camp Jr to Everyone: dcamp.cara@gmail.com 13:41:58 From warren okopny to Everyone: Any dual career retirees (both SS and government) please join us at #RepealWEP a Facebook group or ssfairness.org on the web. 13:42:40 From Nadine- AFSCME Retirees, Ohlone Land to Everyone: Linda’s information goes to the point of reopening offices and hiring enough staff to take care of processing of benefit applications. 13:43:33 From Connie Chew to Everyone: I looked up the website and there are currently 201 co-sponsors for HR 5723. Please go to: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5723/cosponsors 13:44:40 From Nadine- AFSCME Retirees, Ohlone Land to Everyone: We only need 17 more votes from the floor to pass the House. 13:45:37 From warren okopny to Everyone: all states 13:46:34 From Dianne to Everyone: WEP applies to retirees in all states & in countries overseas. SSA is a federal program & WEP affects retirees whereever they live. 13:46:38 From warren okopny to Everyone: any public pension and then SS gets reduced 13:49:09 From Dianne to Everyone: 21-30 yrs. of substantial SS earnings will reduce/eliminate your WEP penalty. 13:49:28 From warren okopny to Everyone: not all SS agent are equally trained, some do not have knowledge 13:50:55 From Martha Gomez to Everyone: Both my husband and I worked for employers paying into SOC SEC. then we later worked for the state and the county. My husband is deceased, and I cannot get SOC SEC for either one of us. I also have a disabled adult son who does collect my husband’s soc sec. I was told I cannot collect it for myself. 13:52:45 From Connie Chew to Everyone: No person answered Ro Khanna's DC office number, but I left a message for him as a co-sponsor of HR 5723 to urge Speaker Pelosi to bring this to a Floor Vote in the House. Will also look for his local office to call there, too. 13:54:34 From karen lang to Everyone: if i get my wep $$ that are due me I'd have to pay taxes on it so they'd get it back 13:55:03 From California Alliance for Retired Americans to Everyone: THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY! 13:55:09 From Jo Carson to Everyone: Rachael said she worked under PERS Pupblic Employees Retirement System...if that is true,, she will get her social security, as she was paying into Soc Sec while working under PERS...that is why I get both. If she meant to stay STRS State Teachers Retirement System , then yes, she does have a problem. 13:56:33 From Joseph Donahue, RN to Everyone: Thank you CARA and Jodi for this excellent and critically important forum. 13:59:36 From Connie Chew to Everyone: Thanks All! 13:59:38 From Mary Jo Poole to Everyone: Thank you!!!! 14:00:09 From Tish Ochoa to Everyone: Hi I got through to both numbers all is well. See you 14:01:29 From Eva Goodwin-Noriega to Everyone: What’s the name of this song? 14:02:01 From Eva Goodwin-Noriega to Everyone: Sure do love how you end these forums with this music!! 14:02:34 From Elizabeth Pataki to Everyone: wonderful program; congratulations. E 14:02:46 From Larry Marotta to Everyone: The song title is HIGHER GROUND 14:03:12 From Eva Goodwin-Noriega to Everyone: Thanks ! 14:03:39 From Janet Carpenter to Everyone: Thank you so much! 14:03:44 From Chuck Adelman to Everyone: Thanks to all for a great educational program to make us all better advocates!