Fact Check Posts – Page 18

Rick Scott
stated on September 14, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

Says the Panhandle has had its highest-ever bed tax collections in 2011.

By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2011

Barbara Boxer
stated on September 20, 2011 an interview on MSNBC

"Since 1995, the top 400 wealthiest families have seen their incomes go up 400 percent and their tax rates go down 40 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2011

Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 1, 2011 a talk show discussion

"Mike Trainor...still owes $250,000 to the state."

By Lynn Arditi • September 11, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on September 5, 2011 a Labor Day speech in Detroit

A bipartisan payroll tax cut championed by the White House has meant that "the average family has an extra $1,000 in their pocket" this year.

By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2011

Jim Petro
stated on August 11, 2011 a speech at Ohio State University

Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars."

By Aaron Marshall • August 30, 2011

Donna Brazile
stated on August 21, 2011 a comment on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour'

"Over the last four years, 53 percent of black wealth has just disappeared."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 24, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on August 8, 2011 a speech to a Manchester, N.H. Rotary club

Says he worked with the Democratic legislature to balance spending with revenues so that "at the end of my four-year term, the rainy day fund was established at more than $2 billion."

By Josh Rogers • August 16, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on August 11, 2011 the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa

Says that under President John F. Kennedy, "government took up" 27 percent of the economy, and today it "consumes 37 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2011

Jennifer Granholm
stated on July 31, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"I cut more as a percentage out of government than any state in the country this past decade. And where is Michigan in terms of its economic growth? Cutting did not result in economic growth."

By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2011

Jon Husted
stated on July 18, 2011 a tweet on Twitter

"#Business formation is still on the rise in Ohio! So far in 2011 we’ve assisted w/ 44,443 new business filings."

By Mark Naymik • August 3, 2011

Dennis Kucinich
stated on July 15, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives

"Social Security didn’t cause the debt crisis. Social Security had nothing to do with the debt crisis."

By Tom Feran • August 2, 2011

Arianna Huffington
stated on July 24, 2011 a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"

"Most countries have no debt ceiling."

By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2011

Gina Raimondo
stated on July 10, 2011 an appearance on 10 News Conference

"The average 401(k) in America of a person who's 60 years old is under $100,000."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 24, 2011

John Kasich
stated on July 12, 2011 an interview on Fox News

"We jumped 11 places since beginning this year in terms of being job-friendly."

By Tom Feran • July 21, 2011

Marco Rubio
stated on July 17, 2011 interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"

"We have not had unemployment this high for this long since the Great Depression."

By Katie Sanders • July 19, 2011

Republican National Committee
stated on July 7, 2011 a television commercial

Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone."

By Mark Naymik • July 13, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on July 11, 2011 a press conference

"As we've seen that federal support for states diminish, you've seen the biggest job losses in the public sector -- teachers, police officers, firefighters losing their jobs."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 12, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter town hall

"We have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses."

By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011

Lisa Hamler-Fugitt
stated on June 1, 2011 testimony before a House subcommittee

"Ohio currently ranks 50th out of all states in income growth."

By Tom Feran • July 7, 2011

Michele Bachmann
stated on June 27, 2011 several speeches and interviews

Says President Barack Obama said that if he doesn’t turn the economy around after three years in office, he’ll be a one-term president.

By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2011

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