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Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on February 26, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"Our economy (in Louisiana) has grown 50 percent faster than the national GDP, even since the national recession."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2014 in a speech:
"Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade."  
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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."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 21, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 4, 2014 in a news release:
"The only time over the last 25 years when the state’s unemployment rate exceeded the U.S. average was when (Mary) Burke was commerce secretary."  
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By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2014
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 31, 2014 in a speech:
"Right now, we only keep 50 percent of Georgia Tech's graduates."
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By Eric Stirgus • February 11, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 in State of the Union address:
"For the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China is no longer the world’s No. 1 place to invest; America is."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 29, 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.
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By Steve Contorno • January 29, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 26, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
Under President Barack Obama, "We’ve got the lowest labor force participation in over three decades, since 1978."
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By Katie Sanders • January 26, 2014
Rana Foroohar
Rana Foroohar
stated on January 10, 2014 in a CNN interview:
"The median male worker in this country has not seen a raise, inflation adjusted, for 30 years, basically."
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By Katie Sanders • January 15, 2014
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on January 12, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"If you have a job in this country, (there's a) 97 percent chance that you're not going to be in poverty."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 14, 2014
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau
stated on January 7, 2014 in a mailing to Austin's Bob Cole:
Federal law requires residents to participate in the U.S. government’s American Community Survey.
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 5, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
"There are many studies that indicate" that the longer people get unemployment insurance, "it provides some disincentive to work."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2014
Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer
stated on January 4, 2014 in a tweet:
"US: Change in Income, 2009-13. Top 1%: +31.4%. Bottom 99%: +0.4%."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2014
Steven Rattner
Steven Rattner
stated on December 16, 2013 in a segment on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
The United States is "behind many countries in Europe in terms of the ability of every kid in America to get ahead."
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By Katie Sanders • December 19, 2013
Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee
stated on December 4, 2013 in an episode of CNN's "Crossfire":
"60 percent of people on food assistance are working."
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By Julie Kliegman • December 11, 2013
James Carville
James Carville
stated on December 8, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"One-third of all bank tellers (are) on public assistance."
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By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 8, 2013 in an interview on ABC’s "This Week":
"About 2 percent of Americans get paid the minimum wage."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2013
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 22, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"The nine-day deer hunt contributes more than $1.3 billion in revenue to the state of Wisconsin."
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By Dave Umhoefer • December 4, 2013
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on December 1, 2013 in a Doonesbury strip in the Sunday comics:
"The economy bled $24 billion" due to the government shutdown.
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By Jon Greenberg • December 3, 2013
Mike Plant
Mike Plant
stated on November 20, 2013 in an interview:
"No one in the country has ever built a brand new sports facility and created this kind of development at the same time."
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By Eric Stirgus • November 22, 2013
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