Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., says 97 percent of those with jobs escape poverty

By Louis Jacobson

January 14, 2014

"If you have a job in this country, (there's a) 97 percent chance that you're not going to be in poverty."

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Barack Obama Facebook post says unemployment benefits saved 620,000 kids from poverty

By Louis Jacobson

January 13, 2014

"Unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012."

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Marco Rubio says marriage ‘decreases the probability of child poverty by 82 percent’

By Louis Jacobson

January 9, 2014

Marriage "decreases the probability of child poverty by 82 percent."

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Rand Paul says the longer people get unemployment insurance, it provides ‘some disincentive’ to work

By Louis Jacobson

January 9, 2014

"There are many studies that indicate" that the longer people get unemployment insurance, "it provides some disincentive to work."

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Ian Bremmer compares big gains for top 1 percent to stagnation for bottom 99 percent

By Louis Jacobson

January 7, 2014

"US: Change in Income, 2009-13. Top 1%: +31.4%. Bottom 99%: +0.4%."

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Bloggers say Obamacare coding system could usher in beheadings

By Louis Jacobson

January 2, 2014

"Obamacare Medical Codes Confirm: Execution by Beheading To Be Implemented in America."

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Economist Teresa Ghilarducci says a quarter of U.S. workers earn $18,000 or less

By Louis Jacobson

December 23, 2013

"A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year."

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RNC offered wrong poll figure for Obama support

By Louis Jacobson

December 19, 2013

"The latest Quinnipiac poll found that nearly six-in-ten Americans oppose ObamaCare -- 30% support the law and 57% oppose it."

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Peter Orszag says Medicare spending has actually fallen in absolute terms over the past year

By Louis Jacobson

December 18, 2013

"Medicare costs have slowed down dramatically. In fact, the first two months of this fiscal year, Medicare costs were down even in nominal terms relative…

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Viral blog posts say Obama ‘minions’ are allowing corporations to sell off Great Lakes water

By Louis Jacobson

December 17, 2013

"By using a little-known loophole ... Obama minions are allowing Nestle Company to export precious fresh water out of Lake Michigan."

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Viral post claims Barack Obama has begun a ‘nationwide Muslim outreach program’ for schoolkids

By Louis Jacobson

December 16, 2013

School children can earn higher grades by studying Islam under a new "nationwide Muslim outreach program" announced by President Barack Obama.

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Bill O’Reilly says Nelson Mandela ‘was a communist’

By Louis Jacobson

December 11, 2013

Says Nelson Mandela "was a communist."

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