Alarm Is Being Sounded Over a Social Security Fairness Act That Critics Call Anything but ‘Fair’

The Senate voted by a wide margin to move the measure past its first procedural hurdle.

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Supporters of the Social Security Fairness Act say it would prevent unfair reductions in Social Security benefits for millions of people who have worked in public service by eradicating policies that limit payout. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Social Security analysts are sounding the alarm bells that a bill to expand social security for government employees, the so-called “Social Security Fairness Act,” is anything but “fair.”

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