Latest Fact-Checks In Pensions

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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.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020
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."  
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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."
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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."
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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."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 9, 2015
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."
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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."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on August 26, 2014 a debate
"The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 21, 2014 a news article
Says his "Act 10 reforms" have "saved the taxpayers some $3 billion."
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August 20, 2014
Seth Magaziner
Seth Magaziner
stated on July 13, 2014 a debate on WPRI-TV
Rhode Island's state pension system "underperformed the median three out of the four years that Mr. [Frank] Caprio was in office."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 3, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 26, 2014 a letter to taxpayers
Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 9, 2014
Daniel Harrop
Daniel Harrop
stated on December 15, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's Newsmakers
"We see a quarter-billion dollars in a pension fund that needs to be funded at $1.2 billion."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 9, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on October 21, 2013 a fundraising letter.
"Providence has more of its pension fund invested in hedge funds and is less transparent" about it than the state.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2013
Tim Knopp
Tim Knopp
stated on February 12, 2013 a press release
Knopp says he upheld a campaign promise not to join the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).
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By Janie Har • February 23, 2013
Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura
stated on September 14, 2012 an interview on MyCentralJersey.com
"There’s 21 congressmen and senators that have been convicted of felonies that still get their retirement, even in jail. They don’t have to wait until they’re 65."
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By Caryn Shinske • October 25, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 debate comments
Says Barack Obama has pension investments that include Chinese firms, and "investments through a Caymans trust."
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By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2012
Dannel Malloy
Dannel Malloy
stated on July 23, 2012 a radio interview
Says Chris Christie "has refused to fund pensions by billions of dollars," and got legislative approval to begin "properly funding pensions" in 2018.
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By Bill Wichert • July 29, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on December 25, 2011 an appearance on WPRI's Newsmakers
"I think with the exception of the last year or maybe the last two years, we were at 100 percent" when it came to contributing to the Providence pension fund.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2012
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop
stated on September 15, 2011 a letter to the the Postal Regulatory Commission chairwoman
"No other public or private business in America" except for the U.S. Postal Service must fund 100 percent of employee retirement and retirement health costs in advance.
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By Willoughby Mariano • November 11, 2011
Anita Perry
Anita Perry
stated on October 14, 2011 a campaign stop.
"My son had to resign his job because of federal regulations that Washington has put on us."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 22, 2011