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Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on December 15, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • January 12, 2012
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 7, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.
"I delivered a flat tax for my state. I took my state to No. 1 in job creation. With all due respect to what Rick Perry has said about Texas, we did a little bit better."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Matt Wingard
Matt Wingard
stated on January 2, 2012 a news story online
"Oregon’s per capita income is 9 percent below the national average and getting worse. This is a state that’s actually getting poorer."
Half-True
By Janie Har • January 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 3, 2012 a web video advertisement
Says he lived up to a 2008 promise when he "closed corporate tax loopholes that were sending profits overseas."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on December 18, 2011 an interview
Wisconsin’s monthly job reports have a "margin of error" of 75 percent and were "way off" in eight of first 10 months of 2011.
Half-True
January 4, 2012
David Frum
David Frum
stated on November 28, 2011 a New York magazine article.
"Eighty percent of the net new jobs created in the state of Texas since 2009 went to the foreign-born."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 2, 2011
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on November 30, 2011 a Web video
In Pennsylvania, President Barack Obama’s policies have increased unemployment 19 percent, led to the loss of 37,900 manufacturing jobs, and left 189,000 more people in poverty.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 22, 2011 the CNN Republican presidential debate
"When you sanction the Iranian central bank, that will shut down (Iran's) economy."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 23, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 13, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
After losing 750,000 jobs a month before this administration, the U.S. economy under Barack Obama has had 20 straight months of growth, has added 2.8 million jobs in the private sector and added "millions of jobs in manufacturing."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 5, 2011 an email to supporters
The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive."
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • October 27, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 26, 2011 a press release.
Says Texas unemployment is dire in various ways such as a doubling in the jobless rate during Rick Perry's governorship. Also, the Texas rate has increased faster than the national rate during Barack Obama's presidency.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 27, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on October 26, 2011 a statement on his congressional website
"For each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • October 26, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 28, 2011 a news release
"During Sherrod Brown’s past decade as a D.C. politician, more than one out of every four jobs that has left America, left from Ohio. ... Sherrod Brown will own these horrendous Ohio job numbers next year."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • October 24, 2011
George Nee
George Nee
stated on October 19, 2011 a pension forum
"This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 18, 2011 an online video
"Our president has labeled Americans as soft."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 23, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
"Over the last several years, 40 percent (of) the jobs created in Texas were created for illegal aliens."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2011
Tom Kean Jr.
Tom Kean Jr.
stated on October 7, 2011 a news release
Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 16, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidental primary debate
The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 13, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.
"I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2011
Occupied Wall Street Journal
Occupied Wall Street Journal
stated on October 5, 2011 an article
"More than 25 million Americans are unemployed. More than 50 million live without health insurance. Perhaps 100 million live in poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2011
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