One third of the French education budget is spent on teachers who no longer teach.

Posted by Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov, Oct 27, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Sources: 1 contradict2 support1 context
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 55%

Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica TarlovOct 27, 2026

The claim reads the passage's 'one third of the education budget' as spending on retired teachers, which matches teacher pensions.

Minor detail. The sources confirm the claim; only a minor detail differs, such as a name's spelling, a title's wording or a rounding.

This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.

What was said

… And again, the stats I just can't help but go to in France, and it's where we're headed, folks. We're on the same trajectory, we're just a decade behind. French retirees, on average, have greater incomes than people who are working in France, and one third of the education budget is spent on teachers who no longer teach. Old people voting in more old people who vote themselves more money at the cost of young people. Basically, young people around the West, for the last 20 years, have been presented with a check to a dinner they weren't even invited to, and I think it's …

Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov · Oct 27, 2026· from the transcriptPost →

What we found

Contradicts. Reuters says teacher pensions add about 28% to the €64bn education budget, a smaller share than 'one third' under the base it uses.[1]

Supports. A government report on the draft 2027 spending plan, as reported by AFP and News.com.au, says nearly a third of the education ministry's budget will go to pensions.[2][3]

Context. A statistics site implies pensions are about 28% of a budget that includes them (€89.64bn including pensions versus €64.5bn for the ministry mission), so the share depends on whether the base includes pensions.[4]

Context. Pension payments go to retired teachers, which is consistent with the claim's framing of teachers who no longer teach, though no source uses that phrase directly.[2][4]