Latest Fact Checks By Erin O'Neill

Tom Kean Jr. says Democratic tax hikes chased jobs out of New Jersey

By Erin O'Neill

October 16, 2011

Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states."

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Chris Christie calls comparisons between health care reforms “completely, intellectually dishonest”

By Bill Wichert , Erin O'Neill

October 13, 2011

Says "any attempt to try to compare" the Massachusetts health care law with the federal health care law is "completely, intellectually dishonest. Governor Romney did…

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New Jersey Democrats say Republican Vince Polistina is collecting a government pension on top of $70,000 in taxpayer-funded salaries

By Erin O'Neill

October 10, 2011

Says Vince Polistina is "collecting nearly $70,000 in taxpayer-funded salaries -- plus a government pension."

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Chris Christie talks up job growth in New Jersey

By Bill Wichert , Erin O'Neill

October 4, 2011

Says "New Jersey's unemployment is significantly lower than it was when I got here. And we've created 50,000 new private sector jobs in the last…

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Chris Christie claims he balanced two budgets while facing $13 billion in deficits and didn’t raise taxes

By Erin O'Neill

October 2, 2011

Says his administration balanced "two budgets with over $13 billion in deficits without raising taxes."

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Chris Christie says Barack Obama failed to support solutions of deficit reduction commission

By Bill Wichert , Erin O'Neill

September 29, 2011

Says President Barack Obama failed "to stand up for the bipartisan debt solutions of the Simpson-Bowles Commission."

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U.S. Rep. Rush Holt says government support of research and development has fallen by nearly two-thirds since the 1960s

By Erin O'Neill

September 26, 2011

Says "as a share of the US economy, the government’s support for research and development (R&D) has fallen by nearly two-thirds since the 1960s."

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State Sen. Raymond Lesniak says New Jersey’s horse racing industry employs 13,000 people and preserves 176,000 acres of farmland

By Erin O'Neill

September 22, 2011

Says "New Jersey’s $1 billion horse racing industry … employs 13,000 individuals and ensures the preservation of 176,000 acres of horse farmland."

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Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle says 160,000 students stay home from school every day because they’re afraid of being bullied

By Erin O'Neill

September 15, 2011

Says "160,000 kids stay home every day because they are afraid to go to school because of bullying."

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Congressman Bill Pascrell says more than 600,000 public employees have been laid off in the past 18 months

By Erin O'Neill

September 12, 2011

Says 600,000 to 700,000 government workers have been laid off in the last year and a half

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NJEA claims New Jersey public school students have best Advanced Placement scores in nation

By Erin O'Neill

September 4, 2011

Says "New Jersey's public school students have the best Advanced Placement scores in the nation."

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Assemblyman Joseph Cryan says direct shipment of wine would allow underage residents easy access to alcohol

By Erin O'Neill

August 29, 2011

Says direct shipment of wine "makes underage drinking as simple as a mouse click."

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