Letter: Federal workers take a hit, too

First, their checks are reduced because they had worked for the government and second, while the private sector is allowed $32,000 per couple of tax-free Social Security, the federal recipient has to pay income tax on everything.

What gets me is that this includes the senators and congressmen. Anyone who retired from a federal job, you would think they would make sure that theirs would be tax-free, wouldn't you?

PEGGY M. SIMONS

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