Amending the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Railroad Retirement of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session on S. 3157, to Amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 ; Eliminate the Provisions which Reduce the Annuities of the Spouses of Retired Employees by the Amount of Certain Monthly Benefits, June 29, 1965 |
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... position would not change for new income could better be used for improvements in other areas where the need seems greater . ( 2 ) The present provision in section 2 ( e ) of the Railroad Retirement Act for reducing a spouse's annuity ...
... position would not change for new income could better be used for improvements in other areas where the need seems greater . ( 2 ) The present provision in section 2 ( e ) of the Railroad Retirement Act for reducing a spouse's annuity ...
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... position would be if there were an accompany- ing measure to finance the cost of the benefits . My response at that time was that there was no such measure before us , and I therefore could not anticipate what our position might be ...
... position would be if there were an accompany- ing measure to finance the cost of the benefits . My response at that time was that there was no such measure before us , and I therefore could not anticipate what our position might be ...
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... position . I do not like to testify against the spouses . But the benefit that is really unduly low as far as we are concerned is that for the aged widow . We have a pie that can only be cut in so many pieces . If we have an amount to ...
... position . I do not like to testify against the spouses . But the benefit that is really unduly low as far as we are concerned is that for the aged widow . We have a pie that can only be cut in so many pieces . If we have an amount to ...
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... positions are included , the average is $ 540 . The figures are as of September 1964 , as shown by the records of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and of the Interstate Commerce Commission . Senator PELL . I agree with you , you cannot ...
... positions are included , the average is $ 540 . The figures are as of September 1964 , as shown by the records of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and of the Interstate Commerce Commission . Senator PELL . I agree with you , you cannot ...
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... position on behalf of the railroads in opposition to the bill that was then pending before your committee . My statement is practically identical with what I said last year . I think it would be preferable if I did not read it but if it ...
... position on behalf of the railroads in opposition to the bill that was then pending before your committee . My statement is practically identical with what I said last year . I think it would be preferable if I did not read it but if it ...
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$14 million 1951 amendments 89th Congress actuarial deficit additional taxes amend the Railroad AMERICAN RAILROADS amount equal annual taxable wages BEATTIE bill H.R. calendar month Chairman CLAIBORNE PELL Committee on Labor current maximum annual defined in section dual benefits entitled equal to one-twelfth financing FINNEY FINNIGAN HABERMEYER income increased taxes Internal Revenue Code June 29 Labor and Public level basis maximum annual taxable ment National Railroad Pension paid payments payroll assumption percent of taxable Railroad Pension Forum railroad retirement account Railroad Retirement Act railroad retirement annuity Railroad Retirement Board railroad retirement system Railroad Retirement Tax railroad system Railway Labor reduce the deficit restrictions section 2(e Senator FANNIN Senator PELL Social Security Act social security benefit social security system social security taxes spouse's benefit Subcommittee on Railroad Subsection tax base tax rate taxable payroll taxable wage base U.S. SENATOR WAYNE MORSE whichever is greater wife wife's benefit