Latest Fact-Checks In Pensions

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 12, 2024 a fundraising event in Seattle
"China's in a situation where they have more retired than working."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2024
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on February 12, 2022 an ad
“Under Greg Abbott’s leadership, Texas is putting taxpayer dollars into Chinese companies.”
Mostly False
February 24, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on February 17, 2022 a rally.
Virginia is "one of only a handful of states that actually taxes our veterans’ retirement.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • February 23, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 13, 2020 on social media
Politicians “receive full pay retirement after serving 1 term!”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes “tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies” and more.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on November 19, 2019 an interview
Says a study projected that a pension buyout program he expanded would save "billions and billions, potentially $25 billion."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 24, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on August 30, 2019 an interview
"We’ve got 600-plus police and fire pensions Downstate that are on the cusp of insolvency because they don’t have the revenues that they need to be able to keep those pensions going."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 8, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 8, 2019 a tweet
Says Trump administration is "raiding money" from military service member pensions to pay for the border wall.
False
By Chris Nichols • March 28, 2019
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on December 31, 2016 an op-ed in the (Springfield) State Journal-Register
The status quo led the General Assembly to reduce pension payments four straight years starting in 2005, costing billions of dollars as the delay in contributions essentially borrowed from pension funds at a very high interest rate.
True
By Madeleine Doubek • February 17, 2017
Leslie Geissler Munger
Leslie Geissler Munger
stated on September 15, 2016 a Chicago Sun-Times editorial board debate
"My opponent… was on both the city of Chicago payroll and the state of Illinois payroll simultaneously, taking full salary, funding her full pension benefits both as a city worker and as a state worker for 10 years."
Half-True
By Kevin Hoffman • September 22, 2016
Kiplinger.com
Kiplinger.com
stated on October 26, 2015 press release
Georgia is one of the 10 most tax-friendly states for retirees.  
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • November 13, 2015
stated on September 22, 2015 a speech
Every general City of Milwaukee employee "pays toward his or her pension, but approximately 88 percent of our police officers and firefighters do not."  
Mostly True
September 30, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 26, 2015 a tweet
Wisconsin's pension system is the "only one fully funded in the country."
Mostly True
August 14, 2015
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on June 30, 2015 a tweet
"Chris Christie has led New Jersey to a record-breaking 9 credit downgrades."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 2, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 a talk in Austin
"Half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in their savings account."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 9, 2015
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on October 9, 2014 a TV commercial
Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • October 31, 2014
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 a television commercial
Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 5, 2014 an interview on WLNE's "On the Record"
"I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2014
American LeadHERship PAC
American LeadHERship PAC
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV commercial
"As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2014
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 a Providence Journal-WPRI debate
"We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2014
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