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Pensions pump $1 trillion into economy annually

When citizens or legislators talk about eliminating public pension plans because of their cost to taxpayers, they fail to understand the $1 trillion impact these plans have on the economy as a whole.

By Paula Aven Gladych | Updated on March 06, 2012

When citizens or legislators talk about eliminating public pension plans because of their cost to taxpayers, they fail to understand the $1 trillion impact these plans have on the economy as a whole.

A new study by the National Institute on Retirement Security, “Pensionomics 2012: Measuring the Economic Impact of DB Pension Expenditures,” looked at the impact this money has on local and national economies. Its research found that not only do retirees, who receive steady paychecks from their defined benefit pension plans, spend it in their local communities, but those expenditures support 6.5 million American jobs that paid more than $315 billion to American workers. They also supported more than $134 billion in federal, state and local tax revenue.

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