MassGOP Research Briefing

The Double Dip
Double Dipping Donnelly and Double Dipping Delahunt
are walking, talking reasons for pension reform...



Sen. Ken "Double Dipping" Donnelly (D-Arlington)
Total cost to taxpayers: $112,627

The Boston Herald reported on Sunday that Sen. Ken Donnelly (D-Arlington) collects a $51,187 pension on top of his $61,440 salary: "Sen. Kenneth J. "Double Dip" Donnelly of Arlington is an expert on pensions. Is he ever. He's such an expert he's grabbing $51,187 a year from the Arlington Retirement Board. Not too shabby, especially when you add in the fresh $61,440 he's collecting as successor in the state Senate to Jim Marzilli..." (The Boston Herald, 5/17/09)

Sen. Donnelly during the debate on pension reform: "We don't want to have to worry about ourselves in our old age": "We don't want to have to worry about ourselves in our old age. We want a good defined-benefit plan. The defined-benefit plan pays for itself. We will make sure people in retirement have money." (State House News Service, 3/31/09)

U.S. Congressman William "Double Dipping" Delahunt (D-Quincy)
Total cost to taxpayers: $222,623

Last summer, the Boston Herald reported that U.S. Congressman William Delahunt collects a $57,623 pension on top of his $165,000 salary: "Turns out he's not alone among the Bay State's congressional double-dippers. U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt, who gets the same $165,000 federal paycheck, takes home an even larger state pension than Olver. A former cop and prosecutor, Delahunt gets $57,623 annually from the state treasury, records show." (Boston Herald, 7/20/08)