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Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis
stated on February 5, 2015 testimony before the House Committee on Labor
The minimum wage has risen $2.35 in the last two years. That's 31 percent.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 16, 2015
Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof
stated on December 4, 2014 a broadcast of "The Daily Show"
The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the United States is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid South Africa."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 17, 2014
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary
"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on October 10, 2014 a campaign debate
"Women and men both are making less when you adjust for inflation than when" John Kitzhaber was first elected governor.
False
By Dana Tims • October 30, 2014
Kai Ryssdal
Kai Ryssdal
stated on February 18, 2014 a "Marketplace" segment
A Congressional Budget Office report says President Barack Obama’s executive order to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers "will cost the economy 500,000 jobs."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 20, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 12, 2013 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
Of the roughly 15 percent of Americans who don’t have health insurance, "half of them made more than $50,000 a year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 15, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 5, 2012 a report
"If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 16, 2012
Mike White
Mike White
stated on October 23, 2012 an email to employees
Says that with President Obama's re-election, state and federal income tax rates for some taxpayers will rise "to roughly 65 percent."
False
November 15, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 10, 2012 a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM
Says "when I voted against [an increase in the minimum wage], it was in the 80s."
False
By Erin O'Neill • October 15, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 22, 2012 a campaign email
Says 7,000 millionaires "gamed the system to pay no income taxes."
False
September 30, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 27, 2012 a speech
"Household income in America has gone down for families an average of $4,000 in the last four years" while it " went up $5,000" under Mitt Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2012
stated on June 12, 2012 an interview
Since President Barack Obama took office, "you have 1,700 employees just at the Department of Transportation" earning over $170,000.
False
June 21, 2012
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on June 5, 2012 an interview
Says President Barack Obama wants to raise "the lowest (income) tax rate from 10 to 15 percent."
False
June 17, 2012
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on April 28, 2012 a song/speech
Says Gov. Scott Walker approved a "gutting" of two tax credits that help the poor and elderly.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • May 10, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
stated on April 20, 2012 a speech to Carter County Republican Party
"Personal income is growing faster in Tennessee on average than any other state in the country."
False
By Tom Humphrey • April 27, 2012
Sheila Oliver
Sheila Oliver
stated on April 19, 2012 an interview on WOR-AM
Says "$57,000 is the mean [income] in our state" for a family.
False
By Erin O'Neill • April 25, 2012
Americans for Prosperity: New Jersey
Americans for Prosperity: New Jersey
stated on October 24, 2011 a television ad posted on YouTube
Says state Senate President Stephen "Sweeney gave us the nation's highest income tax rates, driving out jobs."
False
By Erin O'Neill • October 31, 2011
Steve Moore
Steve Moore
stated on February 2, 2011 HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
In the 1980s, "The lowest income people had the biggest gains."
False
February 3, 2011
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 15, 2010 an interview with a weekly newspaper
"I represent the fourth-poorest (congressional) district" in the nation.
False
January 3, 2011
Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy
stated on November 5, 2010 comments made during adoption of Milwaukee's 2011 city budget
"Mequon and Milwaukee have the highest disparity of income in the country."
False
November 12, 2010
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