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Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on March 25, 2014 in a jobs proposal:
"Wisconsin wages are declining at double the rate of other states."
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • March 31, 2014
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on December 26, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 28, 2014
We Are Wisconsin
We Are Wisconsin
stated on February 17, 2014 in an email:
With his proposal to cut income and property taxes, Scott Walker is "increasing the state deficit at a time when borrowing is already at record levels."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2014 in a speech:
"Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2014
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on February 11, 2014 in a House floor speech:
"According to one study, the minimum wage today is worth $2 less than in 1968."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 21, 2014
Kai Ryssdal
Kai Ryssdal
stated on February 18, 2014 in a "Marketplace" segment:
A Congressional Budget Office report says President Barack Obama’s executive order to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers "will cost the economy 500,000 jobs."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 20, 2014
Brad Avakian
Brad Avakian
stated on January 31, 2014 in a campaign website statement:
"In Oregon, women earn an average of 79 cents for every dollar that men earn for doing the same job. That’s just wrong."
Mostly True
By Dana Tims • February 19, 2014
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on February 12, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Ed Show":
"When union membership goes down, so do (middle class) wages."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address:
"The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • January 29, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 26, 2014 in an interview with "Fox News Sunday":
"The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • January 26, 2014
Jason Carter
Jason Carter
stated on January 15, 2014 in a speech:
The average Georgia family makes $6,000 less than the average family did 10 years ago when inflation is factored in.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • January 23, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on January 21, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"Since Barack Obama became president of the United States, 95 percent of economic gains have been made by the richest 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on January 7, 2014 in an interview:
Scott Walker's income "tax plan is a tax hike. It increases taxes for nearly 80% of the people in the state."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2014
National Federation of the Blind
National Federation of the Blind
stated on October 31, 2013 in a news release:
Goodwill Industries International pays workers with disabilities wages as low as pennies per  hour.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • December 18, 2013
Oregon Business Association
Oregon Business Association
stated on December 9, 2013 in the OBA's 2014 Work Plan:
"The middle class can be defined to include those with income between roughly $20,000 and $60,000."
Half-True
By Dana Tims • December 11, 2013
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on November 27, 2013 in an email:
"The Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls a fortune equal to the wealth of the bottom 42 percent of Americans combined."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2013 in a speech:
"By the time she turns 3 years old, a child born into a low-income home hears 30 million fewer words than a child from a well-off family."
True
By Julie Kliegman • December 5, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2013 in a Facebook posting:
"Since 1988, Congress has raised its own salary 15 times 'to reflect rising costs.' But raised the minimum wage only three times."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 2, 2013
Senfronia Thompson
Senfronia Thompson
stated on November 20, 2013 in email blast from Progress Texas:
"Macy's sent a letter to Rick Perry urging him to veto" equal pay bill.
True
By Sue Owen • November 25, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 8, 2013 in in a press release:
Chris Christie "cut equal pay for women, calling it 'senseless bureaucracy.' "
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • October 17, 2013
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