Latest Fact-Checks By Robert Higgs

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Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor
stated on August 3, 2013 in an email:
"Ohioans can expect to pay up to 41 percent more for their insurance premiums when Obamacare takes effect next year."
Half-True
By Robert Higgs • August 9, 2013
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor :
Says Delaware County has more waterfront property than any other county in the state of Ohio
True
By Robert Higgs • June 27, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on May 21, 2013 in remarks at a General Assembly session:
"During the Civil War, more than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army -- more per capita than any other state."
True
By Robert Higgs • June 5, 2013
Mike Foley
Mike Foley
stated on April 23, 2013 in news release:
Ohio’s lost more jobs in March than any other state in the nation.
Mostly True
By Robert Higgs • May 13, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 21, 2013 in a television interview:
"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."
True
By Robert Higgs • April 8, 2013
Joseph Testa
Joseph Testa
stated on February 4, 2013 in a news conference:
"About two-thirds of all consumption is services. . . It was just the opposite" when the sales tax was enacted in the '30s.
Mostly True
By Robert Higgs • February 27, 2013
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on October 18, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
On privatization of Social Security.
Full Flop
By Robert Higgs, Sabrina Eaton • October 19, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 25, 2010 in a posting on Facebook:
Says a "Pro-Stimulus economist admits it is not working … "
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Higgs • September 16, 2010
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on September 1, 2010 in a statement on his campaign website:
"Boccieri voted to spend a billion dollars an hour, every hour, for his first 50 days in office"  
Mostly False
By Robert Higgs • September 8, 2010
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on August 16, 2010 in a video posted online:
"The Great Lakes Compact has a loophole. And the loophole is that while you cannot remove the water in a big transport, you can remove it in containers of 5.7 gallons or less."
Mostly True
By Robert Higgs • September 1, 2010
Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs
stated on August 12, 2010 in an issue statement posted to his website:
Cap and trade legislation that Zack Space supported "would cost the average household approximately $1,761 per year in increased energy rates."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Higgs • August 13, 2010
Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs
stated on July 21, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
"In the 18th Congressional District, 100% of electric generation comes from coal."
True
By Robert Higgs • July 24, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on June 21, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
"Since 1904, the Ohio victor has won the presidency 25 out of 27 times "
True
By Robert Higgs • July 23, 2010
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on June 10, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
"The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure."
True
By Robert Higgs • July 23, 2010