Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Tim Pawlenty says there’s no scientific conclusion that being gay is genetic

By Louis Jacobson

July 13, 2011

"There's no scientific conclusion that (being gay) is genetic."

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Sarah Palin says price of Slim Jims has risen 169 percent recently

By Louis Jacobson

July 11, 2011

Slim Jims "just recently" cost 99 cents but now cost $2.69.

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Paul Krugman says government jobs have fallen by half million since January 2009

By Louis Jacobson

July 11, 2011

"There are actually half a million fewer government employees now than there were when (President Barack) Obama took office."

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John Cornyn says 51 percent of American households pay no income tax

By Louis Jacobson

July 8, 2011

"Fifty-one percent -- that is, a majority of American households -- paid no income tax in 2009. Zero. Zip. Nada."

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Barack Obama says post-9/11 veterans have higher unemployment than non-veterans

By Louis Jacobson

July 7, 2011

"Young veterans have a higher unemployment rate than people who didn’t serve."

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Barack Obama claims credit for “at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses.”

By Louis Jacobson

July 7, 2011

"We have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses."

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Bill Kristol says 40 percent of union members voted for John McCain in 2008

By Louis Jacobson

July 7, 2011

Forty percent of union members voted Republican in 2008.

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HUD secretary Shaun Donovan says housing prices “stabilized” since Barack Obama entered office

By Louis Jacobson

July 6, 2011

Housing prices dropped for the 30 months prior to Barack Obama taking office, "and they have stabilized, they've been about flat since the president came…

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Liberal group says family incomes grew equally prior to 1979, unequally afterward

By Louis Jacobson

July 5, 2011

From 1947 to 1979, family incomes for rich, middle-income and poor Americans grew about the same rate. But since 1979, incomes for rich families have…

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Industry warns gas prices would rise 89 cents without ethanol

By Louis Jacobson

July 1, 2011

Ethanol reduced gas prices by 89 cents per gallon in 2010, and if ethanol disappeared, gas prices could rise by as much as 92 percent.

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Barack Obama says tax rates are lowest since 1950s for CEOs, hedge fund managers

By Louis Jacobson

June 29, 2011

"If you're a … wealthy CEO or a … hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are … lower than they've been since…

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Michele Bachmann uses Barack Obama’s ‘one-term’ president comment against him

By Louis Jacobson

June 29, 2011

Says President Barack Obama said that if he doesn’t turn the economy around after three years in office, he’ll be a one-term president.

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