Latest Fact-Checks In Pensions

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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.
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By Madeleine Doubek • February 17, 2017
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."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2014
Don Balfour
Don Balfour
stated on April 15, 2014 campaign flier
"I am the only senator who turned down the state pension plan for part-time legislators."
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By Nancy Badertscher • April 28, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 19, 2013 an interview
Members of the military don’t "contribute toward their pension."
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January 12, 2014
Portland Public Schools
Portland Public Schools
stated on January 22, 2013 a letter to Portlanders
Says "PPS employees have paid their own PERS contributions for many years."
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By Janie Har • March 26, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 16, 2012 a speech
"Our pension system is the only one in the country that’s 100 percent funded."
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By Dave Umhoefer • January 6, 2013
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on November 21, 2012 a letter.
Says budget savings by reducing pay and benefits for federal employees total $103 billion over 10 years -- more than $50,000 per worker.
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By Nancy Madsen • December 17, 2012
Shirley Turner
Shirley Turner
stated on July 30, 2012 a speech on the State Senate floor
"The judicial system is the most underfunded in this state, able to only pay 52 percent of its obligations. Meanwhile, judges get some of the richest pensions of all public employees."
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By Bill Wichert • August 2, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on May 15, 2012 a campaign website
"Over the past five years the federal government has paid out $601 million in retirement and disability benefits to deceased former federal employees."
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By Tom Mooney • May 23, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on December 19, 2011 a speech.
Says he’s proposed "the largest employer contribution to the Virginia Retirement System in history."
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By Sean Gorman • January 6, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 25, 2011 a news conference
Says judges "get better benefits at a lower cost than everybody else in the state."
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By Erin O'Neill • October 27, 2011
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2011 a radio interview
The law has not established whether Rhode Island public employees have property rights to their pensions.
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By Peter Lord • February 27, 2011