Fact Check Posts – Page 61

Columnist Margaret Carlson says Perry has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicand and ending federal income tax

By W. Gardner Selby

August 28, 2011

Rick Perry "has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax."

Rick Perry says Paint Creek, Texas doesn’t have a ZIP code

By W. Gardner Selby

August 27, 2011

Says his hometown of Paint Creek, Texas, "doesn’t even have a ZIP code."

Mike Villarreal says Texans earning minimum wage more than doubled with Rick Perry as governor

By W. Gardner Selby

August 24, 2011

Says that before Rick Perry became governor, "only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... Today, that number has…

Arne Duncan says class sizes in Texas have grown massively

By W. Gardner Selby

August 19, 2011

Says Texas schools have had "massive increases" in class sizes with Rick Perry as governor.

Gov. Rick Perry says Texas public schools teach evolution and creationism

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms , W. Gardner Selby

August 19, 2011

"In Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools."

White House press secretary says Perry “wanted to secede from the union”

By W. Gardner Selby

August 17, 2011

Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union."

Rick Perry says government wants to require commercial driver’s licenses of anyone who drives a tractor across a road

By W. Gardner Selby

August 16, 2011

Says the government wants to require farm tractor drivers to hold commercial driver’s licenses even if they’re just crossing a single public road.

Lloyd Doggett says Texas has worse unemployment than 25 states and it’s tied with Mississippi for most minimum-wage workers

By W. Gardner Selby

August 16, 2011

"Twenty-five states have lower unemployment than Texas" which is "tied with Mississippi for more minimum-wage jobs than anywhere in the United States."

Mitt Romney says a poll showed him the only Republican besting Obama in Texas

By W. Gardner Selby

August 14, 2011

Says a poll found him the only Republican candidate who could beat Barack Obama in Texas -- and by eight points.

Lamar Smith seeks to suspend discretion that he once urged government to apply

By W. Gardner Selby

August 7, 2011

On applying prosecutorial discretion to immigration cases.

Rick Perry says Texas has lowest per-capita state debt of big states and fourth-lowest of all states

By W. Gardner Selby

August 6, 2011

Says Texas has "the fourth-lowest debt per capita of any state in the nation, and we are the lowest of any of the big states."

UPDATED: Retiree group says Social Security doesn’t contribute a penny to U.S. deficit

By W. Gardner Selby

August 2, 2011

"Social Security doesn’t contribute a penny to the deficit."

Latest Fact Checks By W. Gardner Selby

Columnist Margaret Carlson says Perry has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicand and ending federal income tax

Rick Perry says Paint Creek, Texas doesn’t have a ZIP code

Mike Villarreal says Texans earning minimum wage more than doubled with Rick Perry as governor

Arne Duncan says class sizes in Texas have grown massively

Gov. Rick Perry says Texas public schools teach evolution and creationism

White House press secretary says Perry “wanted to secede from the union”

Rick Perry says government wants to require commercial driver’s licenses of anyone who drives a tractor across a road

Lloyd Doggett says Texas has worse unemployment than 25 states and it’s tied with Mississippi for most minimum-wage workers

Mitt Romney says a poll showed him the only Republican besting Obama in Texas

Lamar Smith seeks to suspend discretion that he once urged government to apply

Rick Perry says Texas has lowest per-capita state debt of big states and fourth-lowest of all states

UPDATED: Retiree group says Social Security doesn’t contribute a penny to U.S. deficit