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Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on September 14, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?"
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By Sabrina Eaton • October 4, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 15, 2011 an op-ed:
"If our recovery were more typical of the postwar era . . . we would have 14 million more jobs today."
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By Willoughby Mariano • October 3, 2011
Rick Scott
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.
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By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2011
Barbara Boxer
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."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2011
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 1, 2011 a talk show discussion:
"Mike Trainor...still owes $250,000 to the state."
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By Lynn Arditi • September 11, 2011
Barack Obama
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.
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By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2011
Jim Petro
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."
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By Aaron Marshall • August 30, 2011
Donna Brazile
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."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 24, 2011
Mitt Romney
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."
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By Josh Rogers • August 16, 2011
Mitt Romney
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."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2011
Jennifer Granholm
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."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2011
Jon Husted
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." 
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By Mark Naymik • August 3, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
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."
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By Tom Feran • August 2, 2011
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on July 24, 2011 a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Most countries have no debt ceiling."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2011
Gina Raimondo
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."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 24, 2011
John Kasich
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."
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By Tom Feran • July 21, 2011
Marco Rubio
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."
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By Katie Sanders • July 19, 2011
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 7, 2011 a television commercial:
Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone."
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By Mark Naymik • July 13, 2011
Barack Obama
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."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 12, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter town hall:
"We have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses."
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By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • July 7, 2011
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