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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 18, 2011 a tweet
"Since 2000, nearly 12 million Americans have slipped out of the middle class and into poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2011
Sheila Oliver
Sheila Oliver
stated on July 8, 2011 a press release from Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex)
"Numerous studies have shown that these so-called right-to-work laws do not generate jobs and economic growth."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • July 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter Town Hall
Says that when President Bill Clinton raised the top tax rates to levels now proposed by Obama, the country experienced significant job growth.
Half-True
July 7, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2011 comments at a bill signing
"In May we generated more jobs than all the rest of the country combined: 28,000 jobs in May for the state, 54,000 for the entire country."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • July 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 14, 2011 a cameo interview.
"Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2011
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on June 19, 2011 a CNN interview
When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states in job creation.  
Half-True
June 22, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2011
Brian Deese
Brian Deese
stated on June 2, 2011 a telephone news conference
"We've seen 115,000 jobs created in the American auto industry since GM and Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • June 9, 2011
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Texas Public Policy Foundation
stated on April 25, 2011 a television ad that ran through May 20
Says that in the last five years, Texas "created more jobs than all other states combined."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 29, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on May 5, 2011 a presidential debate
"Prices are going up. Unemployment is continuing to go up."
Half-True
May 6, 2011
Steve Moore
Steve Moore
stated on April 1, 2011 a column in the "Wall Street Journal"
The ratio of people working for the government and working in manufacturing today is "an almost exact reversal of the situation in 1960."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2011
Babur Lateef
Babur Lateef
stated on March 26, 2011 a YouTube video.
Since Corey Stewart became chairman in November 2006, unemployment is up 150% and average home price sales are down $150,000.
Half-True
By Jacob Geiger • March 30, 2011
Organizing for America
Organizing for America
stated on March 14, 2011 a Tweet.
The GOP budget plan "would cut nearly a million jobs."
Half-True
By Jacob Geiger • March 21, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on March 4, 2011 a newspaper interview
"If you look at the jobs lost in the private sector as opposed to the job gains in the public sector, it's out of whack. The government's growing and the private economy's shrinking."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • March 21, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on March 4, 2011 a press release.
"Put simply, less government spending equals more private sector jobs."
Half-True
By Jacob Geiger • March 16, 2011
Brian Moran
Brian Moran
stated on February 25, 2011 a news release.
Gov. Bob McDonnell in 2010 "did not even create enough jobs to keep pace with population growth" in Virginia. 
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • March 3, 2011
Garnet Coleman
Garnet Coleman
stated on February 15, 2011 a press conference.
Says that in some Texas communities, "our unemployment rate is still at 10 and 20 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 23, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on February 17, 2011 a news release
Since Sherrod Brown and the Democrats "rammed" the economic stimulus bill through, "Ohio's unemployment rate has risen to 9.6 percent, above the national average."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • February 22, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 12, 2011 a speech.
Virginia ranked 35th in job creation in 2009 under Gov. Tim Kaine, and moved up to third for 2010, while McDonnell has been in office. 
Half-True
By Jacob Geiger • January 15, 2011
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on December 21, 2010 an interview.
"There hasn't really been a lot of net growth in the federal workforce when you compare it to say, 1990."
Half-True
By Wes Hester • January 6, 2011
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