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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is fair and only moving forward...[/quote]
I’m on FERS-FRAE and already pay 4.4. I don’t see how it’s “fair.” It doesn’t affect me at all. It won’t change my pay. What do I gain from other people being made worse off?[/quote]

It is "fair" because we newer highers should not have been placed in unique strata in the first place to such an extreme. [/quote]
The solution would be to move new hires back to the lower percentage, not force others to pay more to make you feel better. You gain absolutely nothing except the knowledge that other people are suffering more. It’s disturbing.[/quote]

Or a solution is to make people who have not paid the 4.4% yet pay back retroactively. That would be fairer than the solution you just proposed. [/quote]
How is it fairer? The law was changed in the 2010s to make new employees pay more. The fair solution is to make them pay LESS, not to force additional people to suffer. That doesn’t help you at all.

The stability of the retirement fund is not at risk under the current system, and it wasn’t when everyone paid 0.8. You are motivated purely by spite. Get some help.[/quote]

Yes, that is a fair option, to now make everyone pay 0.8. But it is also fair to make everyone pay 4.4. What makes you happy isn't the arbiter of fairness. They aren't contacting me to figure out what makes me happy either. [/quote]

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