A 96 percent cut in a pension check would meet almost anyone's definition of a retirement nightmare.
Most retirees continue to get their pension checks, to be sure.
He lies and says his pension check will come on Wednesday.
"Whether the economy is good or bad, they keep getting their Social Security and pension checks."
Even if the plan failed, the government would step in and start issuing the 14,000 pension checks.
She received a $70 pension check for veterans' benefits from the government every two months until her death in 2003.
"My pension check hasn't come, and it's too small, anyway."
It was the second week of the month, before everybody's pension check was all gone.
"How many people can go that long without a pension check?"
He's collecting a paycheck, a pension check and social security.