Fact Check Posts – Page 11

Robert Reich
stated on August 29, 2011 an opinion column

"The ratio of corporate profits to wages is now higher than at any time since just before the Great Depression."

By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2011

John Cornyn
stated on August 24, 2011 a Twitter message.

Congressional Budget Office "says 8 (percent) unemployment till 2014!"

By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 2011

John Kasich
stated on July 17, 2011 an appearance on "Meet the Press"

"Believe it or not, consumer spending is up over the last eight months."

By Reginald Fields • August 1, 2011

Marc Morial
stated on July 17, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"The black unemployment rate (has) increased since the recovery has begun."

By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2011

Bob McDonnell
stated on July 13, 2011 a TV interview.

Ninety percent of the job growth in Virginia has been in the private sector.

By Sean Gorman • July 18, 2011

Paul Krugman
stated on July 11, 2011 a "New York Times" column

"There are actually half a million fewer government employees now than there were when (President Barack) Obama took office."

By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter town hall

"Young veterans have a higher unemployment rate than people who didn’t serve."

By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011

Dennis Kucinich
stated on June 1, 2011 a House committee hearing

"Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food."

By Tom Feran • June 24, 2011

Paul Krugman
stated on June 9, 2011 a New York Times column

"The average unemployed American has been out of work for almost 40 weeks."

By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2011

Bob McDonnell
stated on May 20, 2011 an interview.

For more than 30 years after World War II, there was a steady reduction in U.S. debt as a percentage of gross domestic product.

By Sean Gorman • May 25, 2011

Amy Hanauer
stated on May 5, 2011 at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse

"To give a sense of how families are struggling, a record four out of every 10 school kids in Ohio now qualifies for subsidized lunch."

By Joe Guillen • May 24, 2011

Randy Forbes
stated on May 5, 2011 a statement.

Failure to raise the debt limit does not force a U.S. default on debt payments.

By Wes Hester • May 16, 2011

John Kasich
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech to the Ohio Chamber of Commerce

"We're within 600 miles of 60 percent of America. We're in a perfect location."

By Tom Feran • May 13, 2011

Mark Warner
stated on April 17, 2011 a TV appearance.

"Right now we are spending at an all-time high, close to 25 percent of our GDP [is] being spent on the federal government. But our revenues are at an almost all-time low of about 15 percent [of GDP]."

By Jacob Geiger • April 22, 2011

Tim Kaine
stated on April 5, 2011 a YouTube video

Virginia was named "best managed state, best state for business and best state to raise a child" while I was governor.

By Jacob Geiger • April 7, 2011

George Will
stated on April 3, 2011 a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"

"We lost more jobs in this great recession than the last four recessions combined."

By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2011

Michael Moore
stated on March 5, 2011 a speech to protesters in Madison, Wisconsin

"Just 400 Americans -- 400 -- have more wealth than half of all Americans combined."

March 10, 2011

Rick Scott
stated on February 28, 2011 a press release touting a state tourism program

"We know that every 85 visitors create one Florida job."

By Laura Figueroa • March 10, 2011

John Kasich
stated on February 22, 2011 an interview on CNN

"We have lost 600,000 jobs over the period of the last 10 years. Only Michigan and California have done worse."

By Tom Feran • March 4, 2011

Sherrod Brown
stated on February 22, 2011 a newspaper column

"For every $10,000 invested in business incubators, up to nearly 70 local jobs are generated."

By James McCarty • March 3, 2011

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