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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 24, 2008 Lorain, Ohio:
Clinton said "great things about NAFTA until she started running for president."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 25, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 1, 2008 Denver:
John McCain has said the economy is "not his strong suit."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 24, 2008 Boca Raton, Fla.:
"Two-thirds of our economy is a consumer economy."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 30, 2008
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on January 25, 2008:
"The 1990s were a time of prosperity. We created more than 22-million new jobs, moved 8-million people out of poverty, and turned our economy around."
True
By Robert Farley • January 25, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 24, 2008 a debate in Boca Raton.:
Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy.
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 24, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 19, 2007 Knoxville, Iowa:
"Thanks to President Bush's policies....The income gap is now higher than at any time since the Great Depression."
Half-True
By Wes Allison • December 15, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 5, 2007 New York, N.Y.:
"Productivity has risen 18 percent ...yet wages have stayed flat... There are 5-million more people in poverty here in our country than there were in 2000."
True
By Wes Allison • December 15, 2007
Chain email
Chain email
stated on December 12, 2007:
An anonymous e-mail says that Hillary Clinton advocates communism.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 12, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 9, 2007 Dearborn, Mich.:
''The leading Democratic candidate once said that the unfettered free market is the most destructive force in modern America.''
False
By John Frank • November 13, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 9, 2007 Dearborn, Mich.:
"A lot of people don't know that 50,000 Americans now make their living off eBay."
Half-True
By Janet Zink • October 9, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on September 26, 2007 a debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.:
"Today New Mexico (has) the sixth-fastest growing economy."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • September 27, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 9, 2007 a debate in Miami, Fla.:
"About 40 percent of Hispanic homeowners have subprime mortgages."
True
By Bill Adair • September 10, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on June 21, 2007 New York City.:
An estimated 56 million Americans don't have bank accounts.
Mostly True
By Wes Allison • August 23, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 21, 2007:
"Let's pay attention to kids who are not going to college, which ends up being about 60 percent of the kids... and get them trained for the jobs that are there. Because, you know, there are auto mechanic jobs paying $50,000, $60,000 that they can't get filled. There are airline mechanic jobs paying a lot of money that can't get filled." Remarks at AFSCME forum 6/19/2007  
True
By Matthew Waite • August 21, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 22, 2007 Washington, DC:
"Corporate profits are up, CEO pay is up, but average wages of Americans are flat."
True
By Bill Adair • August 1, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on May 12, 2007 a story by Reuters wire service.:
"We now have the greatest income inequality since the Great Depression."
True
By Wes Allison • June 12, 2007
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