Latest Fact-Checks In Pensions

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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
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
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
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on August 19, 2014 a commercial
Says Gina Raimondo's "venture capital firm secured a secret no-bid contract funded by taxpayers."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2014
Truth in Accounting
Truth in Accounting
stated on August 4, 2014 a recent report
Each Georgia taxpayer would have to send $5,000 to the treasury to cover the state’s debt.
Mostly False
By April Hunt • August 27, 2014
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on June 14, 2012 a radio appearance
The Wisconsin Retirement System for public employees is "a self-funded pension plan" and "it’s the money of the workers’ that funds it."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 4, 2012
Paul Valletta
Paul Valletta
stated on October 27, 2011 testimony at a General Assembly pension hearing
Rhode Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo "raised the mortality rate from 65 to 87" and "used a 1994 annuity chart" to create the pension crisis.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 6, 2011
Helen Glover
Helen Glover
stated on October 24, 2011 an introduction to a radio interview
"The State of Rhode Island has the worst state-funded pension in the country."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2011
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
stated on October 1, 2011 a political mailer
Says Vince Polistina is "collecting nearly $70,000 in taxpayer-funded salaries -- plus a government pension."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • October 10, 2011