Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

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James Clyburn says Democrats “do not want to raise anybody’s tax rates. That’s never been on the table.”

By Louis Jacobson
June 28, 2011
"We do not want to raise anybody's tax rates. That's never been on the table."
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Jim DeMint says federal government has more revenue coming in “than we ever have”

By Louis Jacobson
June 28, 2011
"We've got more revenue than we ever have."
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Michele Bachmann says Barack Obama has “released all of the oil from the Strategic Oil Reserve”

By Louis Jacobson
June 27, 2011
"The president released all of the oil from the Strategic Oil Reserve."
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Harry Reid says Hispanic unemployment ‘ticking down’ from all-time high

By Louis Jacobson
June 27, 2011
"Hispanic unemployment has been ticking down from an all-time high of 13.9 percent because of the policies we’ve implemented."
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Jon Stewart says those who watch Fox News are the “most consistently misinformed media viewers”

By Louis Jacobson
June 20, 2011
"Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers? … Fox viewers, consistently, every poll."
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Herman Cain touts alternative to Social Security used in Galveston, Texas

By Louis Jacobson
June 17, 2011
Says an alternative to Social Security that operates in Galveston County, Texas, has meant that participants will "retire with a whole lot more money" than…
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Mitt Romney says we’re in “the slowest job recovery since Hoover”

By Louis Jacobson
June 16, 2011
"This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover."
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Rick Santorum says Barack Obama has raised a “stop sign” on oil exploration

By Louis Jacobson
June 15, 2011
Says President Barack Obama "has put (up) a stop sign … against oil drilling, against any kind of exploration offshore or in Alaska."
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Rick Santorum says Social Security cost-of-living adjustments should be based on consumer prices, not wages

By Louis Jacobson
June 15, 2011
"The cost-of-living increase in Social Security is tied to wage inflation."
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Newt Gingrich touts scale of ‘Reagan recovery’ in New Hampshire debate

By Louis Jacobson , Willoughby Mariano
June 14, 2011
If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised…
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RNC chair Reince Priebus says today’s long-term unemployment is worse than Great Depression

By Louis Jacobson
June 13, 2011
"We have unemployment that rivals the Great Depression."
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Paul Krugman says average unemployed worker has been jobless for nearly 40 weeks

By Louis Jacobson
June 10, 2011
"The average unemployed American has been out of work for almost 40 weeks."
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