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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 in the State of the Union address:
"Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known ... corporate profits are up."  
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Bumper Sticker
Bumper Sticker
stated on December 20, 2010 in Washington, D.C.:
"CEOs now earn 431 times what their workers earn."
Half-True
By Martha M. Hamilton • December 21, 2010
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 30, 2010 in a Senate floor speech:
"Last year, ExxonMobil made $19 billion in profit. Guess what. They paid zero in taxes. They got a $156 million refund from the IRS."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2010
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on October 25, 2010 in testimony given at a public hearing:
Electric utility FirstEnergy's annual revenues are greater "than the GDP of Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Iceland, or 15 African nations."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 10, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on October 10, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":
Just like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "the AFL-CIO receives dues from foreign entities associated with it."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 12, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2010 in a speech:
"Groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 11, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2010 in a town hall meeting:
The Bush administration had been "giving (auto companies) billions of dollars and just asking nothing in return."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 22, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2010 in a town hall meeting:
"There's a big chunk of the country that thinks that I have been too soft on Wall Street."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 22, 2010
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on September 15, 2010 in a political ad:
"As the CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina laid off 30,000 workers."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • September 17, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2010 in a speech on Labor Day:
John Boehner wants to reopen a tax loophole "that actually rewarded corporations for shipping jobs and profits overseas."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2010
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on September 2, 2010 in a television commercial:
Proposed tax changes are a "handout" to BP.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2010
Joe Sestak
Joe Sestak
stated on August 31, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2010
Keith Stokes
Keith Stokes
stated on August 7, 2010 in an interview on WJAR-TV:
"One of the things we found very clearly and consistently is that [video gaming] is a growth industry."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 25, 2010
David Gregory
David Gregory
stated on July 25, 2010 in an interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on NBC's Meet the Press:
"25 percent of our economy is the financial sector."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on July 15, 2010 in a campaign mail piece.:
"Rick Scott's company is partners with Playboy in a social networking website that has community pages specifically geared towards gay dating."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 19, 2010
Stephen Archambault
Stephen Archambault
stated on June 28, 2010 in a speech at the state Democratic convention:
Blue Cross headquarters has "a $30,000 granite table."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 11, 2010
Ron Klein
Ron Klein
stated on June 28, 2010 in a fundraising e-mail:
"West has raised $2 million from those that would leave our beaches in ruins, end Social Security and Medicare, and give corporations free reign."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 1, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on June 22, 2010 in a Democratic U.S. Senate debate against Rep. Kendrick Meek:
"If there were not derivatives, there would be no bank loans at all today."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva • June 28, 2010
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on June 20, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.":
"In the case of General Motors, the (Bush) administration wrote a check without asking for any conditions of change."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 21, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2010 in a speech from the Oval Office:
"Oil companies showered regulators (at the Minerals Management Service) with gifts and favors, and were essentially allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2010
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