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Latest Fact-Checks On Scott Walker

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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 30, 2011 a TV interview:
Says recall organizers "started their website last November" and began work on their effort before he even took office.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 8, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 16, 2011 a television interview:
The St. Norbert College/Wisconsin Public Radio poll has "been wrong in almost every election."
False
By James B. Nelson • December 4, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 15, 2011 a radio interview:
"The overwhelming number" of school districts reported their staff stayed the same or grew after the 2011-’13 state budget  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 27, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 16, 2011 an interview:
"The largest category of people coming into the technical schools in Wisconsin are people with four-year degrees."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 26, 2011 a television interview:
Says he never called teachers "thugs" and has said nothing but "great things" about them during the fight over his curbs on unions
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 13, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 2, 2011 a fund-raising letter:
"Wisconsin is broke," and "state government is $3 billion in debt."
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • September 22, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 2, 2011 a campaign fundraising letter:
"I asked the unions to pay into their own health care insurance ... and they said I was being unreasonable. I requested that they contribute toward their own pensions ... and they screamed it was unfair."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 16, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 15, 2011 a news release:
A new college tuition reciprocity agreement with Minnesota "makes college education more affordable for Wisconsin residents."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • September 4, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 7, 2011 a news release and column:
"Under our (2011-’13) budget, the average (Wisconsin) property taxpayer will save $700."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 18, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 21, 2011 a television interview:
Says many public-employee unions falsely told their Wisconsin members his budget-repair bill sought 12 percent to 13 percent of their incomes for health insurance premiums.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 10, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 30, 2011 a news release:
On repeal of Wisconsin's smoking ban
Full Flop
By James B. Nelson • July 7, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 21, 2011 an appearance on national TV:
Two years ago we had "the largest structural deficit ever in Wisconsin."
False
By James B. Nelson • July 3, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 21, 2011 a television interview:
Says critics who say he cut Medicaid are wrong; his budget added $1.2 billion to the program  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 24, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 22, 2011 a news release:
Says Milwaukee County spent over $170,000 in salaries in 2010 for employees to "participate in union activities such as collective bargaining."
True
By Tom Kertscher • May 8, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 29, 2011 an announcement of an application for federal stimulus money for rail:
On federal stimulus money for expanding rail service.
No Flip
By James B. Nelson • April 13, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 20, 2011 an appearance on a TV interview program:
Wisconsin state and local government workers pay "$500, $600 or in some cases, $1,000" per year in union dues.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 8, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 27, 2011 an appearance on a TV interview program:
"We've seen local union after local union rush to their school boards, their city councils, their technical school boards and rush through contracts in the past two weeks that had no contributions to the pension and no contribution to health care."
Mostly False
By Cary Spivak • March 3, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 21, 2011 a news conference and many other venues:
"We’re broke. We don’t have any more money."
False
By James B. Nelson • March 3, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 27, 2011 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
"Most federal employees do not have collective bargaining for benefits, nor for pay."
True
By Robert Farley • March 2, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 21, 2011 a news conference:
If public employees don’t pay more for benefits starting April 1, 2011, "the equivalent" is 1,500 state employee layoffs by June 30, 2011 and 10,000 to 12,000 state and local government employee layoffs in the next two years.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 25, 2011
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