Latest Fact Checks By Caryn Shinske

Leonard Lance claims federal tax code contains 4 million words, is 7 times as long as Bible

By Caryn Shinske

May 2, 2013

"The Internal Revenue code has ballooned to a 5,600-page, 4 million-word complicated mess that is seven times as long as the Bible with none of…

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Chris Christie claims he entered office with a deficit in the billions left by Barbara Buono, Jon Corzine

By Caryn Shinske

April 28, 2013

"If anyone should know irresponsible it should be Senator Buono. She’s the one, her budget left us with a $2 billion budget deficit in fiscal…

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Leonard Lance claims U.S. has highest corporate tax rate in world

By Caryn Shinske

April 25, 2013

"The United States currently has the highest corporate tax rate in the world."

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New anti-Chris Christie ad by Democratic group mostly on target

By Caryn Shinske

April 14, 2013

"Under Republican Chris Christie, New Jersey had the highest increase in unemployment in the country last year. Nearly 1 in 10 jobless. The worst unemployment…

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Chris Christie claims Corzine, other administrations raided state unemployment fund

By Caryn Shinske

April 11, 2013

"The people who were running the budget, in the Corzine years, decided to steal from the unemployment trust fund. … As did other Governors before.…

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NJ Sierra Club director claims AshBritt had dirty cleanup record in New Orleans after Katrina

By Caryn Shinske

April 7, 2013

"A report by the US General Accountability Office (GAO) in 2008 found that the disposal of Katrina wastes by AshBritt in the south resulted in…

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Sheila Oliver claims gun violence killed 269 people in New Jersey in 2011

By Caryn Shinske

March 31, 2013

"In 2011 alone, 269 New Jerseyans were killed by gun violence."

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Barbara Buono claims New Jersey unemployment ranks higher than national average, 2 other states

By Caryn Shinske

March 28, 2013

"While the United States has seen its unemployment rate steadily decline, New Jersey's remains nearly two percent higher than the national average and more than…

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Liberal group claims Mitt Romney, Dick Cheney, Donald Trump, others are draft dodgers

By Caryn Shinske

March 24, 2013

"Q: What do these ‘Patriotic' Americans have in common? A: They are all Draft Dodgers."

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Chris Christie claims 119,000 private-sector jobs lost during last year of Corzine tenure as governor

By Caryn Shinske

March 21, 2013

Said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them "Corzine jobs losses of 2009."

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Sierra Club’s Jeff Tittel claims DEP staffing levels lowest since mid-1980s

By Caryn Shinske

March 17, 2013

"DEP has 2,812 employees, the lowest level since the mid-’80s."

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Barbara Buono claims Chris Christie still supports tax cut he proposed in early 2012

By Caryn Shinske

March 10, 2013

"Governor Christie, his idea of jumpstarting the economy is to propose a trickle-down income tax cut last year and in his budget address this year,…

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