United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-06-09 monographic deposited born digital 14 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-786T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-786T P0b002ee1803a1fd1 f:d05786t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-786T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-786T GAO-05-786T Federal social security programs Pensions Retirement benefits Social security benefits Social security taxes Government employees Policy evaluation Testimony A26219 Social Security covers about 96 percent of all U.S. workers; the vast majority of the rest are state, local, and federal government employees. While these noncovered workers do not pay Social Security taxes on their government earnings, they may still be eligible for Social Security benefits. This poses difficult issues of fairness, and Social Security has provisions that attempt to address those issues, but critics contend these provisions are themselves often unfair. The Subcommittee asked GAO to discuss Social Security's effects on public employees as well as the implications of reform proposals. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-786T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-786T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-786T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-786T.pdf GAO-05-786T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-786T Testimony GAO-05-786T; Social Security: Coverage of Public Employees and Implications for Reform; Federal social security programs Pensions Retirement benefits Social security benefits Social security taxes Government employees Policy evaluation