claim: "the total (state) payroll has gone down. the total amount of the number of workers in the state has gone down. i like the fact that the bulk of that is just by retirements."
author: john kasich
evidence_1: aug 7, 2018 ... most wage increases have gone to the highest earners. ... market and workers'  paychecks has fueled much of the recent activism in states ... but wages and  salaries are the biggest (about 70%, according to the ... cost indices, total benefit  costs for all civilian workers have risen an ... fact tanknov 21, 2016 ...
evidence_2: (the full story has been recounted by professor edwin witte who was ... think of  as social security only paid retirement benefits to the primary worker. ... to the  states for various health and welfare programs, and the aid to dependent  children program. ... (prior to this time, most federal government workers and  officials were ...
evidence_3: mar 7, 2017 ... the unemployment rate gets most of the attention, but the monthly ... there are, in  fact, five other monthly measures of what the bls calls ... many people who don't  have jobs, such as retirees and students, may not actually want paying work. ...  and discouraged workers – people who'd like a job but have ...
evidence_4: currently, the social security board of trustees projects program cost to rise by  2035 so ... level of monthly income to workers and their families after the workers  have .... a separate trust fund has been maintained for the di program ever since  that ... total output of goods and services in the united states—our gross  domestic ...
evidence_5: sep 5, 2011 ... "the depth of the recession has slowed down revenues to the system," say  eugene ... "people act like the percentage of benefits of your salary you get is the  same for ... benefits at 62 -- at a 25% reduction compared to full benefits -- but  went back to work ... "your social security number is no state secret.".