[plain talk]

You all can have two full retirement checks, from your employer and Social Security, but not federal and postal retirees. You can double dip but not us.

I don't understand why your retirement is reduced when you take SS. I like to better understand that.

What I can say though is the rest of us are NOT double-dipping as you say. I paid into SS and worked for 40 years to get a pension. They are two separate things.

[Stentor]

I don't understand why your retirement is reduced when you take SS.

Federal Retirement isn't reduced. Social Security is.

Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)