Fact Check Posts – Page 10

Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary

"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014

Bob Seger
stated on October 12, 2014 an interview

The proposed mine in northern Wisconsin would be built without any government oversight, and will be nine miles long.

By James B. Nelson • November 10, 2014

Dennis Richardson
stated on October 10, 2014 a campaign debate

"Women and men both are making less when you adjust for inflation than when" John Kitzhaber was first elected governor.

By Dana Tims • October 30, 2014

Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on October 27, 2014 a TV ad

"Scott Walker opposed a plan to help Wisconsin students refinance their student loans."

October 29, 2014

Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 a television commercial

Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014

Michelle Obama
stated on October 7, 2014 a speech

"The unemployment rate for young people is down from a 10.6 percent high in 2009 to 2.6 percent today."

October 12, 2014

Allan Fung
stated on September 29, 2014 a TV commercial

In the 38 Studios deal, "Wall Street investors took a risk, and went bust."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 12, 2014

Republican Governors Association
stated on September 23, 2014 a campaign TV ad

Mary "Burke’s record: 130,000 fewer jobs."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 3, 2014

Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 21, 2014 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers."

"In 2001 and '02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the) 100% level in that year, and we did for two years at that point."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 28, 2014

Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 10, 2014 a radio interview

Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Karen Lee Ziner • September 12, 2014

Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 20, 2014 a campaign TV ad

"Scott Walker gave Wisconsin job creation money to his cronies: corporate friends who contributed to his campaigns" and got $570 million in job-development incentives

By Dave Umhoefer • September 3, 2014

Larry Elder
stated on August 20, 2014 comments on CNN

"If black America were a country, it’d be the 15th wealthiest nation in the world."

By Derek Tsang • September 2, 2014

Freedom Partners
stated on August 6, 2014 a television ad

Sen. Jeff Merkley "voted six times for more debt."

By Dana Tims • August 15, 2014

D’Banj
stated on August 3, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

"The music industry is the biggest export from Africa after oil and gas."

By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2014

George Will
stated on July 27, 2014 a syndicated column

Oregon’s "three largest employers, and 13 of the top 25, are health care providers."

By Dana Tims • July 31, 2014

Rob Astorino
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview on "Fox & Friends"

The state of New York is the "worst in the nation in economic recovery."

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2014

John Kitzhaber
stated on July 18, 2014 a campaign debate

Oregon "is the most trade-dependent state in the nation"

By Bill Adair • July 25, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview on PBS' "The Charlie Rose Show"

The number of jobs created and people lifted out of poverty during Bill Clinton’s presidency was "a hundred times" what it was under President Ronald Reagan.

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014

Monica Wehby
stated on July 9, 2014 an economic issues statement

The 2011 Rebuild America Jobs Act "would have cost the average American family $1,000 a year while making no significant impact to fix our infrastructure and roads."

By Dana Tims • July 11, 2014

Jeff Merkley
stated on July 9, 2014 an economic issues statement

"I co-sponsored the Rebuild America Jobs Act" for transportation and infrastructure.

By Dana Tims • July 11, 2014

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