To the editor: Cartoon got it wrong on Social Security

The editorial cartoon on June 17 penned by Tim Hartman is not accurate. Persons getting “government pension” one of which is known as PERS, Public Employees Retirement System, do NOT automatically qualify for Social Security. People can only receive Social Security by paying into that system. Sen. Sherrod Brown is advocating for the abolition of the “windfall provision,” which blocks qualified retired persons who have paid into Social Security to get payments that they have earned.