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Latest Fact-Checks On Barbara Buono

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Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on August 23, 2013 a speech to students at the Rutgers New Brunswick campus:
Tuition at Rutgers has increased 10 percent since Gov. Chris Christie took office because he "cut funding for higher education."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • September 22, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on July 9, 2013 an online gubernatorial campaign ad:
"Guess what, governor? There’s no fried butter in Newark. Just 13 percent unemployment."
True
By Caryn Shinske • July 14, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on June 26, 2013 a state Senate budget hearing:
Says spending in the fiscal 2009 budget was lower than spending in the fiscal 2014 budget
True
By Caryn Shinske • July 7, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on May 22, 2013 a gubernatorial campaign television ad:
"To hear Gov. Christie tell it, everything in New Jersey is going just fine. Well I see another New Jersey with 400,000 unemployed. One of the worst jobless rates in the country. Working and middle class families have seen costs soar, from property taxes to college tuition."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • May 26, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on March 19, 2013 a response to the release of employment data by the state Labor Department:
"While the United States has seen its unemployment rate steadily decline, New Jersey's remains nearly two percent higher than the national average and more than a point higher than Connecticut and New York."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • March 28, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on March 5, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donell":
"Governor Christie, his idea of jumpstarting the economy is to propose a trickle-down income tax cut last year and in his budget address this year, he stated his support for it again."
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • March 10, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on January 28, 2013 an interview on NJToday:
"New Jersey has lost over half of our pharmaceutical jobs to states you know, not low-tax states like in the South, but high-tax states like New York."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • February 24, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on January 29, 2013 an interview on Fox 5’s Good Day New York:
Says the pension and health benefits reform "eliminated collective bargaining for health benefits."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 7, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on January 13, 2013 an interview on bluejersey.com:
Says Chris Christie’s plan "to kick-start our economy" is to propose an "income tax cut that disproportionately benefits the wealthy, and...he's still proposing it."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • January 24, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on December 11, 2012 a video advertisement:
"I have the experience as Senate Budget Chair of cutting $4.5 billion in spending -- to close the deficit while protecting education and health care."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • December 20, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on November 29, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor:
Says "the number of Americans living at or below the poverty line is at its highest level since" 1964.
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 3, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on October 1, 2012 an interview on NJToday:
Says Chris Christie created "this new category where you could get laid off and just be totally denied unemployment benefits forever."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • October 11, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on August 27, 2012 an op-ed in Politico:
Says Gov. Chris Christie has embarked on a tour to "demand that New Jersey’s Democratic legislature approve an immediate tax cut that would disproportionately benefit the wealthiest."
False
By Erin O'Neill • September 2, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on May 7, 2012 an interview on The Dom Giordano Show:
Says in March New Jersey was "one of only eight states in the nation to lose jobs" and "the state with the highest loss of jobs in the nation."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • May 13, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on April 30, 2012 a news release:
"Wisconsin lost more jobs over the past 12 months than any other state."
True
By Bill Wichert • May 2, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on January 25, 2012 a column:
Says "as of November, we were ranked 45th in the nation in terms of job creation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • February 10, 2012