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Latest Fact-Checks In Retirement

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Donald Trump
stated on January 6, 2024 in a speech:
Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • January 8, 2024
Jim Justice
stated on July 27, 2020 in a press conference:
West Virginia is the state with the oldest population.
Half-True
By Patrick Orsagos • July 29, 2020
Bob Hall
stated on March 25, 2019 in the Texas Senate:
“We now have several hundred teachers that are over 100 years old and what I’ve read recently is that a baby born today, their age expectancy is 110, at least.”
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 26, 2019
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 12, 2016 in an interview:
Fifty percent of workers ages 55 to 64 have “zero” money “in the bank as they enter retirement.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 21, 2016
Tom Nelson
stated on September 1, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Mike Gallagher’s plan “would cut Social Security benefits for two-thirds of seniors.”  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 23, 2016
Center for Individual Freedom
stated on April 13, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Paul Ryan backs a proposal that would be a “bailout” of Puerto Rico.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 6, 2016
Kiplinger.com
stated on October 26, 2015 in press release:
Georgia is one of the 10 most tax-friendly states for retirees.  
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • November 13, 2015
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on August 18, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst “would privatize Social Security.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 21, 2014
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
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
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
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
John Ludlow
stated on May 8, 2012 in a Facebook post:
Says “I am happy to decline PERS so that the County can save over $68,000 over a four year term that would have been paid on my behalf.”
Half-True
By Janie Har • May 11, 2012
George Nee
stated on October 19, 2011 in a pension forum:
“This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired.”
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2011
Hetty Rosenstein
stated on August 31, 2011 in a press release from the Communication Workers of America:
“The average state pension, including managers, is $23,000 a year; and just $14,000 for local government workers.”
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • September 18, 2011
Ed Schultz
stated on August 25, 2011 in MSNBC's the "Ed Show," Aug. 25, 2011:
“In (Sen. Marco) Rubio’s state of Florida alone, Social Security lifts more than — count it — a million people out of poverty.”
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 1, 2011
NJ-CAN
stated on August 9, 2011 in a petition:
Says the state’s pension and health benefits reform includes “the destruction of public sector collective bargaining rights.”
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 15, 2011
Dominick Marino
stated on June 6, 2011 in a column on PolitickerNJ.com:
“The firefighter and police officer pension system is not headed for bankruptcy, far from it. That’s because New Jersey first responders — fire fighters and police officers — have never missed making payments to the retirement system.” 
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • July 22, 2011
Rick Scott
stated on July 1, 2011 in an e-mail to state employees:
“A recent study revealed that, across the nation, taxes would have to be increased by an average of $1,300 a year just to support the currently unsustainable public employee pension systems. In Florida, that dollar figure translates to $813 a year.”
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • July 12, 2011
Herman Cain
stated on June 13, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
Says an alternative to Social Security that operates in Galveston County, Texas, has meant that participants will “retire with a whole lot more money” than under Social Security.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2011
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