Fact Check Posts – Page 11

Facebook posts
stated on October 28, 2014 a meme on social media

Says the 1956 Republican Party platform supported equal pay, the minimum wage, asylum for refugees, protections for unions and more.

By Nai Issa, Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on October 24, 2014 a speech

Says Scott Walker "gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce."

October 28, 2014

Ernest Almonte
stated on October 5, 2014 an interview on WLNE's "On the Record"

"I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2014

Jim Webb
stated on September 23, 2014 a speech.

In 1968 "the average corporate CEO made 20 times the average worker’s pay. Today that multiple is about 350."

By Sean Gorman • October 19, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on October 10, 2014 a debate

Under Scott Walker’s policies, "the typical Wisconsin family has actually seen their real income drop by nearly $3,000 in the last four years."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2014 remarks during a campaign stop

"More than 70,000" job openings are listed on a state jobs website.

By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2014

Joni Ernst
stated on October 11, 2014 a debate

"Iowa has the fourth fastest-growing personal income in the United States, while nationally, the real wage has decreased over the past eight years that Congressman (Bruce) Braley has been there by 2.7 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2014

American LeadHERship PAC
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV commercial

"As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 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

Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 a gubernatorial debate

"The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs."

By Katie Sanders • October 10, 2014

Nik Kovac
stated on September 30, 2014 a TV interview

Milwaukee police and firefighters "are routinely getting 4 percent raises annually while everybody else is either getting zero or one percent raises."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 9, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2014 a speech in Princeton, Ind.

"The states that have raised the minimum wage (this year) have had faster job growth than the states that haven’t raised the minimum wage."

By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2014

Thom Tillis
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate

In North Carolina, "now we're near the national average" for unemployment.

By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2014

Thom Tillis
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate

By voting for Obamacare, Sen. Kay Hagan "voted to kill the equivalent of 2.5 million jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2014

Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 a Providence Journal-WPRI debate

"We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 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

Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2014 a Facebook meme

Countries with a higher minimum wage than the United States’ $7.25 an hour include Denmark at $21, Australia at $15.81, Germany at $11 and France at $12.35.

By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2014

Jay Wiley
stated on September 15, 2014 an Austin City Council candidate forum

Austin has "over 1,000 city employees that make six-figure salaries."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview

Says Scott Walker's jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead "Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people."

September 19, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on September 3, 2014 a press release

Says Mary Burke’s Madison school district "will be the only school district left in the state" to "ignore the (Act 10) law" in the 2015-16 school year.

By Dave Umhoefer • September 10, 2014

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