News of Pending Legislation & Government Affairs of Interest to the Railroad Industry

News of Pending Legislation & Government Affairs of Interest to the Railroad Industry

Provided by Jim Hansen

President of the Florida Chapter

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Feb. 3, 2012 Federal Income Tax & R.R. Retirement Benefits - 02/13/12

Jan. 24, 2012 National R.R. Retirement Investment Trust Quarterly Report - 01/24/12

Jan. 13, 2012 RRB Customer Service Plan Update - 01/13/12

Nov. 3, 2011 Medicare Part B Premiums for 2012

Oct. 23, 2011 Retiree Earnings Limits to Rise – 2012

Oct. 21, 2011 2012 Railroad Retirement Benefit Increase

Aug. 29, 2011 Deemed Service Months Credit

July 30, 2011 Working After Retirement

July 03, 2011 Railroad Retirement Board Financial Report – 07/20/11

May 29, 2011 RRB to Begin Withholding Medicare Parts C and D Premiums

May 25, 2011 RRB Debuts New and Improved Home Page

May 20, 2011 RRB Issuing Statements of Service

Apr. 11, 2012 Medicare for Railroad Families

Apr. 9, 2011 Electronic Payments

Mar. 2, 2011 Benefits Under Railroad Retirement and Social Security

Feb. 6, 2011 Increased Federal Income Tax Withholding for Many RRB Annuitants

Jan. 1, 2011 Payroll Tax Reduction & Unemployment Benefit Extension

Dec. 3, 2010 R.R. Retirement Spouse & Widow(er)s’ Benefits

Nov. 20, 2010 Medicare Premiums for 2011

Nov. 06, 2010 Reporting Events That Can Affect Railroad Retirement Benefits

Oct. 23, 2010 RRB Reminds Customers About Availability of Toll-Free Services

Oct. 20, 2010 No Railroad Retirement Benefit Increase in 2011

Sept. 1, 2010 Acting for Impaired Railroad Retirement Beneficiaries

July 13, 2010 Electronic Payments For RRB Beneficiaries

May 23, 2010 Railroad Retirement Age Reductions

Apr. 15, 2010 Railroad Retirement – its First 75 Years

Feb. 7, 2010 Railroad Retirement Board to Mark 75th Anniversary in 2010

Dec. 30, 2009 Year 2010 Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Insurance Taxes

Nov. 25, 2009 RRB Longevity Study

Nov. 21, 2009 RRB Scores High in Customer Satisfaction Survey

Oct. 16, 2009 No Railroad Retirement Benefit Increase in 2010

Oct. 4, 2009 Railroad Retirement Survivor Benefits

Sept. 8, 2009 Railroad Retirement Spouse Benefits

April 20, 2009 One Time Economic Recovery Payments

Apr. 9, 2009 Reduced Federal Income Tax Withholding for Many RRB Annuitants

Mar. 21, 2009 One-Time Economic Recovery Payments

Feb. 26, 2009 RRB Completes Last Phase of New Toll-Free Service Project

Feb 21, 2009 Economic Recovery Package

Feb 21, 2009 Federal Income Tax & R.R. Retirement Benefits

Dec. 6, 2008 Year 2009 Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Insurance Taxes

Nov. 25, 2008 RRB Appeals Procedures

Nov. 22, 2008 Medicare Part B Premiums for 2009

Nov. 22, 2008 Toll Free Service Project

Oct. 28, 2008 The Importance of a “Current Connection.”

Oct. 4, 2008 Dual Benefit Payments

Sept. 11, 2008 Field Service Management Reorganization

Sept. 2, 2008 Applying for a Railroad Retirement Annuity

May 6, 2008 Railroad Retirement Service Credits and Pay for Time Lost

Apr. 22, 2008 Credit for Military Service under the R.R. Retirement Act

Mar. 26, 2008 2008 Economic Stimulus Package

And…they thought it was bad back then!

In 1923, former Indiana Senator Albert J. Beveridge was quoted by the press as follows:

“Government supervision and interference with life and activities bids fair to break down popular

self-rule. Consider this appalling fact. One adult person out of every 20 persons engaged in

business or industry in the United States is a government agent, official or employee either

federal, city, county or state. Another astounding fact, twin sister of the first, is that Americans

are forbidden by law to do more things and by law forced to do more things than were

the Russian people under the Czar or the German people under the Kaiser.”

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Revised: 02/03/12