Fact Check Posts – Page 13

Did Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas really flee Ohio’s estate tax on his death bed?

By Tom Feran

March 2, 2011

Says Wendy’s founder "Dave Thomas left the state literally on his deathbed to avoid the estate tax."

Rep. Jim Renacci says signs for stimulus projects cost $20 million to $40 million

By Tom Feran

February 28, 2011

Says signs posted at projects funded by the federal stimulus act has cost "20 or 40 million" dollars.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich says defense spending consumes more than half the discretionary budget

By Tom Feran

February 18, 2011

"One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than…

Rep. Jay Hottinger says Ohio’s threshold for taxing estates is the nation’s lowest

By Tom Feran

February 11, 2011

Says Ohio is one of just 17 states with an estate tax, and it has "the lowest threshold in the nation."

Rep. Jim Renacci’s GM stock claim crashes on accuracy

By Tom Feran

February 9, 2011

"For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest…

Rep. Jay Hottinger’s assessment of this Founding Father unfounded

By Tom Feran

January 21, 2011

"Ben Franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and taxes. I think even he didn't envision that the tax man…

Gov. John Kasich hasn’t dismissed privatizing Ohio Turnpike, if the numbers are right

By Tom Feran

January 19, 2011

On whether the state should privatize the Ohio Turnpike.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich claims a chunk of health care dollars don’t go toward care

By Tom Feran

January 18, 2011

Says that before health care reform, one of every three health care dollars spent -- more than $800 billion a year -- didn't go for…

Columnist Brent Larkin’s claim about 1935 steam train stoked with truth

By Tom Feran

January 7, 2011

Says the 3C Corridor train would have taken "an hour and 15 minutes longer" to carry passengers across Ohio "than it would have taken on…

MetroParks Commissioner Dan Moore knows his canal history

By Tom Feran

January 6, 2011

"It's taken more time to complete the Towpath Trail than it did to build the (Ohio & Erie) Canal."

Cleveland Councilman Mike Polensek rails that sewage treatment system amounts to mistreatment of Lake Erie

By Tom Feran

January 4, 2011

"We're worse than a Third World country in terms of water quality and the way we treat our sewage."

Rep. Dennis Kucinich assails tax deductions for fast food advertising that targets children

By Tom Feran

December 6, 2010

"We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic…

Latest Fact Checks By Tom Feran

Did Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas really flee Ohio’s estate tax on his death bed?

Rep. Jim Renacci says signs for stimulus projects cost $20 million to $40 million

Rep. Dennis Kucinich says defense spending consumes more than half the discretionary budget

Rep. Jay Hottinger says Ohio’s threshold for taxing estates is the nation’s lowest

Rep. Jim Renacci’s GM stock claim crashes on accuracy

Rep. Jay Hottinger’s assessment of this Founding Father unfounded

Gov. John Kasich hasn’t dismissed privatizing Ohio Turnpike, if the numbers are right

Rep. Dennis Kucinich claims a chunk of health care dollars don’t go toward care

Columnist Brent Larkin’s claim about 1935 steam train stoked with truth

MetroParks Commissioner Dan Moore knows his canal history

Cleveland Councilman Mike Polensek rails that sewage treatment system amounts to mistreatment of Lake Erie

Rep. Dennis Kucinich assails tax deductions for fast food advertising that targets children