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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 19, 2013 in an interview:
Members of the military don’t "contribute toward their pension."
True
By Tom Kertscher • January 12, 2014
Steve Israel
Steve Israel
stated on November 6, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Things went wrong with the Medicare prescription D plan that George Bush rolled out."
True
By Steve Contorno • November 13, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on October 21, 2013 in a fundraising letter.:
"Providence has more of its pension fund invested in hedge funds and is less transparent" about it than the state.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2013
Frank Caprio
Frank Caprio
stated on May 19, 2013 in an appearance on "10 News Conference":
Since Gina Raimondo took office, investment fees on the state's pension portfolio "have gone up from about $12 million annually to about $50 million."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 2, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 27, 2013 in a speech.:
 "Of our 98,000 teachers who are K-12, over 53,000 of those teachers today are over 50 years old."
False
By Nancy Madsen • May 17, 2013
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 16, 2013 in an interview:
"Not one dime gets added to the deficit because of Social Security."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 26, 2013
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on March 15, 2013 in a newsletter:
Says "$1,100 of the tuition paid by every Oregon university student annually goes just to pay the costs of PERS."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 29, 2013
Tim Knopp
Tim Knopp
stated on February 12, 2013 in a press release:
Knopp says he upheld a campaign promise not to join the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).
Mostly True
By Janie Har • February 23, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 6, 2013 in a chain email message:
Members of Congress can "retire with the same pay after only one term" in office
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • January 11, 2013
Association of Mature American Citizens
Association of Mature American Citizens
stated on November 10, 2012 in a direct mail letter:
"If you and I fail to defund ObamaCare now, some 16,000 new IRS agents will be begin prying into our private medical records, eyeing each and every one of our treatments and prescriptions for "violations’."
Pants on Fire!
By John Hill • December 2, 2012
Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura
stated on September 14, 2012 in 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."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • October 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in a debate in Denver:
Romney’s Medicare plan was estimated to "cost the average senior about $6,000 a year."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • October 4, 2012
Scott DesJarlais
Scott DesJarlais
stated on September 2, 2012 in an interview with The Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro:
Defends his vote to push "retirement age to 70" by saying he is for "a process" that would not be fully implemented until "around the turn of the century."
Mostly False
By Richard Locker • September 17, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 2, 2012 in a speech:
Says Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan support "massive cuts in Social Security for future generations."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2012 in a radio ad:
Says Paul Ryan "tried to change the whole game" for Social Security
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • August 28, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 12, 2012 in an interview on "60 Minutes":
Says Barack Obama "robbed Medicare (of) $716 billion to pay for ... Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 15, 2012
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on August 12, 2012 in an interview on "Face the Nation":
Says Paul Ryan's budget relies on the same $700 billion in savings from Medicare that Mitt Romney and other Republicans have been attacking Democrats about.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 15, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 12, 2012 in a message via the Internet:
Medicare insurance premiums will be rising to "$120.20 per month in 2013 and $247.00 per month in 2014."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 7, 2012
Dannel Malloy
Dannel Malloy
stated on July 23, 2012 in 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.
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • July 29, 2012
E.W. Jackson
E.W. Jackson
stated on May 11, 2012 in a debate.:
"In Galveston, Texas, they have allowed people to privatize part of their Social Security. And people are building wealth."
True
By Nancy Madsen • June 8, 2012
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