Pensions Scorecard true 0% 12 Checks mostly true 0% 20 Checks half true 0% 9 Checks mostly false 0% 10 Checks false 0% 16 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 1 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Pensions Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2024 a fundraising event in Seattle "China's in a situation where they have more retired than working." By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2024 Don Huffines stated on February 12, 2022 an ad “Under Greg Abbott’s leadership, Texas is putting taxpayer dollars into Chinese companies.” February 24, 2022 Glenn Youngkin stated on February 17, 2022 a rally. Virginia is "one of only a handful of states that actually taxes our veterans’ retirement.” By Warren Fiske • February 23, 2022 Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2020 on social media Politicians “receive full pay retirement after serving 1 term!” By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2020 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. By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020 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." By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 24, 2019 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." By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 8, 2019 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. By Chris Nichols • March 28, 2019 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. By Madeleine Doubek • February 17, 2017 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." By Kevin Hoffman • September 22, 2016 Kiplinger.com stated on October 26, 2015 press release Georgia is one of the 10 most tax-friendly states for retirees. 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." September 30, 2015 Scott Walker stated on July 26, 2015 a tweet Wisconsin's pension system is the "only one fully funded in the country." August 14, 2015 Donna Brazile stated on June 30, 2015 a tweet "Chris Christie has led New Jersey to a record-breaking 9 credit downgrades." By Jon Greenberg • July 2, 2015 Bernie Sanders stated on March 31, 2015 a talk in Austin "Half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in their savings account." By W. Gardner Selby • April 9, 2015 Allan Fung stated on October 9, 2014 a TV commercial Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers." By Alex Kuffner • October 31, 2014 Ernest Almonte stated on October 19, 2014 a television commercial Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money." By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014 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." By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2014 American LeadHERship PAC stated on October 8, 2014 a TV commercial "As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times." By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2014 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." By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2014 Load More Latest Articles Fact-checking Fried, DeSantis claims about Florida’s investments in Russia By Yacob Reyes • April 7, 2022 Latest promises about Pensions No promises to show. Latest promises about Pensions
