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zzrrt 24 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Did my old job only exist because of fraud?

Are the future benefits locked in by law or bureaucracy? Or some other reason the agency don't just decrease them?

thaumasiotes 24 days ago [–]

In the United States they tend to be locked in by law. I believe in California lowering them requires a (state) constitutional amendment.

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