You are flat out mistaken. When Congress passed the WEP and GPO amendments to the social security law every other bargaining group of public employees was given a choice. Their choice was to stay in social security or opt for the Supplement Benefit System in addition to their PERS retirement. Only teachers were not given that choice. We lost our full social security benefit and got nothing to replace it. One great example of the way Alaska's elected officials have dumped on Alaska's teachers for decades. I was there when it happened in the early 1980s, but you can look it up for yourself.