Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Jeb Bush says Estonians can file their taxes in five minutes. Really?

By Louis Jacobson

June 4, 2015

"You can fill out your tax return in Estonia online in five minutes."

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Barack Obama says U.S. today ‘is the most respected country on Earth’

By Louis Jacobson

June 3, 2015

Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth."

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Martin O’Malley says it’s first time since WWII that 70% of us earn same or less as 12 years ago

By Louis Jacobson

June 2, 2015

"Today in America, 70 percent of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago, and this is the first time…

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Marco Rubio says for first time in 35 years, ‘we have more businesses dying than we do starting’

By Louis Jacobson

June 2, 2015

"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses dying than we do starting."

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John McCain says 75% of airstrike missions against ISIS return without firing a weapon

By Louis Jacobson

May 28, 2015

If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon."

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Did Rand Paul equate a right to health care with slavery?

By Louis Jacobson

May 27, 2015

Says Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has stated that supporting the "right to health care ... means you believe in slavery."

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Was Ronald Reagan’s record on black unemployment better than Barack Obama’s?

By Louis Jacobson

May 22, 2015

"During Obama's first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagan's presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent."

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Hillary Clinton says hedge fund managers ‘pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers’

By Louis Jacobson

May 20, 2015

Hedge fund managers "pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers."

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After derailment, Chuck Schumer says shortage of funds has delayed technological fix for Amtrak

By Louis Jacobson

May 18, 2015

"It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation" of a positive train control safety system. "To deny a connection…

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Labor Secretary Thomas Perez weighs incarceration’s role in inner-city Baltimore’s bleak job picture

By Louis Jacobson

May 15, 2015

Due to "over-incarceration … in 1950, two out of three young black men were in the workforce. Today, it's one out of three black men…

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Hillary Clinton says ‘not one’ GOP presidential contender backs path to citizenship

By Louis Jacobson

May 7, 2015

"Not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one."

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Hillary Clinton says U.S. ranks only 65th in world for gender pay equity

By Louis Jacobson

May 5, 2015

"The United States is 65th out of 142 nations and other territories on equal pay."

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