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Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on September 6, 2011 a campaign commercial:
Toledo Mayor "Mike Bell (once) lost his job as a firefighter because his city ran out of money."
True
By Tom Feran • September 23, 2011
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on August 29, 2011 an opinion column:
"The ratio of corporate profits to wages is now higher than at any time since just before the Great Depression."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2011
Mark Miller
Mark Miller
stated on May 18, 2011 remarks to reporters:
"Abraham Lincoln (once) jumped out of a window in the Illinois Legislature in order to deny a quorum."  
True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 30, 2011
Tim Grendell
Tim Grendell
stated on April 18, 2011 a forum on the state budget:
"In Senate Bill 5, there is this new method of evaluating teachers. … You’re also going to be rated on what the parents think of you and they can send questionnaires and surveys home to parents."
True
By Joe Guillen • April 26, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 14, 2011 a Senate committee hearing:
"Foreign companies in the United States have a significantly higher unionization rate than other companies overall."
True
By Tom Feran • April 25, 2011
George Will
George Will
stated on April 3, 2011 a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"We lost more jobs in this great recession than the last four recessions combined."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 21, 2011 an interview on Fox News:
"Our average private sector employee pays 23 percent for their health care. Our average city worker in Ohio pays 9 percent."
True
By Joe Guillen • March 10, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 3, 2011 a speech in the Senate:
"Hitler didn't want unions. Stalin didn't want unions. Mubarak didn't want independent unions. These autocrats in history don't want independent unions."
True
By Tom Feran • March 8, 2011
MacIver Institute
MacIver Institute
stated on March 3, 2010 a video news release:
In 2011, "the average annual compensation for a teacher in the Milwaukee Public Schools system will exceed $100,000."
True
By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 27, 2011 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
"Most federal employees do not have collective bargaining for benefits, nor for pay."
True
By Robert Farley • March 2, 2011
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on February 22, 2011 an interview on the Fox News Channel:
"Every (Wisconsin) legislator that votes for this bill" will have to "give up the same amount of pay" as other state employees.
True
By Robert Farley • February 24, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 19, 2011 a news release:
In 2009, Democratic Wisconsin state senators "rammed through a billion-dollar tax hike in 24 hours with no public input."
True
By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2011
George Will
George Will
stated on February 20, 2011 ABC's "This Week":
If Wisconsin's governor cuts perquisites as much as he plans to do, "it would still leave (workers) better off than their private sector" counterparts.
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By Robert Farley • February 21, 2011
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