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Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 an advertisement:

"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016

Bill McRaven
stated on January 21, 2016 addressing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board:

University of Texas undergraduate student debt "is less than $21,000… probably one of the lowest debts across the nation."

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By W. Gardner Selby • May 12, 2016

Ben Carson
stated on April 20, 2016 a Fox Business interview:

"Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt."

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By Lauren Carroll • April 21, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 a campaign speech:

"A college loan is the only loan in the United States that you cannot refinance when interest rates go down."

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By Chris Nichols • April 6, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on February 5, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

"Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together."

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By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016

Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 29, 2015 a Facebook post:

"How many concerts would Taylor Swift have to perform to pay off one day of interest on our national debt? She would have to perform every day for three years."

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By Joshua Gillin • November 6, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on July 17, 2015 a campaign rally in Houston:

"We borrow a million dollars every minute."

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By Lauren Carroll • July 21, 2015

Tim Lee
stated on June 30, 2015 mass email:

Cobb County businesses have already been awarded contracts worth $250 million on construction of a new Braves stadium.

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By Nancy Badertscher • July 14, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on July 2, 2015 a speech:

"We've cut the deficit by two-thirds."

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By Tom Kertscher • July 8, 2015

Russ Feingold
stated on June 5, 2015 a speech:

Says U.S. Senate opponent Ron Johnson "is opposed to all government-assisted student loans."

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By Tom Kertscher • June 19, 2015

Dave Brat
stated on May 29, 2015 a Facebook post:

"In just 17 years, spending for Social Security, federal health care and interest on the debt will exceed ALL tax revenue!"

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By Warren Fiske • June 16, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 3, 2015 his budget speech:

Borrowing in my 2015-’17 state budget is less than half that in my predecessor’s last budget and "the lowest it has been in a decade."

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By Dave Umhoefer • February 10, 2015

Ron Johnson
stated on December 11, 2014 an interview:

Two-thirds of the federal budget is "permanent law ... it's permanently appropriated."

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By Tom Kertscher • December 19, 2014

Ernest Almonte
stated on October 5, 2014 an interview on WLNE's "On the Record":

"I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2014

American LeadHERship PAC
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV commercial:

"As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2014

Gina Raimondo
stated on August 26, 2014 a debate:

"The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2014

John McCallum
stated on March 18, 2014 a video:

"A child born in America today will inherit $1.5 million in debt the moment they're placed in their mother's arms."

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By Eric Stirgus • March 26, 2014

Daniel Harrop
stated on December 15, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's Newsmakers:

"We see a quarter-billion dollars in a pension fund that needs to be funded at $1.2 billion."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 9, 2014

Daniel McKee
stated on November 13, 2013 a campaign speech:

The town of Cumberland has "its highest bond rating in history."

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By John Hill • December 13, 2013

Marco Rubio
stated on November 20, 2013 a speech at American Enterprise Institute:

"The reason we have a national debt is not because of defense spending. What is driving our long-term debt are Medicare and Social Security programs."

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By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2013

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