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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 2, 2024 a written statement:
"Since Vice President Harris and I took office … incomes have risen faster than prices."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 3, 2021 remarks from the White House:
“Even after accounting for rising prices, the typical American family has more money in their pockets than they did last year.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 1, 2020 an interview:
“PPP on average probably provided a grant of around $11,000 per employee."
Mostly True
By Lawrence Andrea • July 24, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 19, 2020 a debate:
“Mike Bloomberg owns more wealth than the bottom 125 million Americans.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2020
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on January 16, 2020 a tweet:
“There’s an Amazon distribution center that was advertising, last time I was there, up to $12.75 an hour. Your parents made that three decades ago.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • February 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Trump just cut the scheduled federal pay raise, stating that he can’t do it now because of ‘serious economic conditions’ in America.”
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2020
Henry Cisneros
Henry Cisneros
stated on January 29, 2020 a meeting:
Says San Antonio has “the lowest per capita income of any major Texas city.”
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By Madlin Mekelburg • February 7, 2020
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on October 22, 2019 a tweet:
"Child care costs account for 24% of a WI family’s budget." 
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • January 3, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 16, 2019 answering questions from reporters:
"I entered as one of the poorest men in Congress, left one of the poorest men in government, in Congress and as vice president."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 30, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 24, 2019 a speech:
"49% of all new income goes to the top 1%."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 29, 2019
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on August 20, 2019 a tweet:
"Since the passage of Tax Cuts, real disposable personal income per household has increased $5,205."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 12, 2019 a speech at George Washington University:
"In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County, Va., a wealthy county, just 350 miles away, life expectancy was nearly 82 years, an 18 year differential. The life expectancy gap for women in the two counties was 12 years."
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By Kristen Uppercue, Patrick Orsagos • July 18, 2019
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on February 26, 2019 a speech.:
"Women earn on average 80-cents on the dollar compared to white men doing similar jobs."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • March 13, 2019
Jason Smith
Jason Smith
stated on January 30, 2019 a tweet:
Federal workers "are paid well above the HOUSEHOLD income in southern Missouri."
Mostly True
By Olivia Garrett • February 21, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 11, 2019 a Facebook post:
Since 1938 the minimum wage has been increased "23 times" and was raised "21 times during Democratic congresses, and only twice during Republican ones."
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • February 14, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 26, 2018 an ad in the Houston Defender:
Says "black Americans have 10 times less wealth than white Americans."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2018
Dana Wachs
Dana Wachs
stated on April 11, 2018 an interview:
Says Scott Walker "has turned down $1 billion of Medicaid money over the course of his tenure."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 15, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 17, 2018 an online ad:
"Property and income taxes will be lower in 2018 than they were in 2010."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • May 30, 2018
Joe Kennedy
Joe Kennedy
stated on January 30, 2018 response to State of the Union address:
"Top CEOs (are) making 300 times the average worker."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • January 31, 2018
Mike McCabe
Mike McCabe
stated on May 21, 2017 an interview:
"When you look at all the state and local taxes we pay in Wisconsin, the wealthiest 1 percent pay the lowest overall tax rate."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 2, 2017
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