Objective. 1  Closely read and reread a nonfiction text, and analyze the author's main points. 2  Explain how the author uses evidence and reasons to support his major ideas in the text.
In United States tax law, the windfall elimination provision is a regulation that aims to prevent retirees from receiving more Social Security benefits than they are entitled to, based on their payments into the Social Security system during their working years.
Security-covered and non-covered employment is sometimes referred to as a âwindfallâ that. would exist in the absence of the windfall elimination provision (WEP). The WEP reduces the. Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered. by Social Security.