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One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on December 3, 2012 a news release
Says state schools superintendent candidate Don Pridemore "voted for the largest cuts to public education in our state history" and for "$2.3 billion in tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy."
Half-True
December 12, 2012
Sher Valenzuela
Sher Valenzuela
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
"A Gallup report recently said that nearly 50 percent of small business owners aren't hiring because of what they call ‘regulatory uncertainty.’"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 11, 2012 a campaign speech
"The number of new businesses started per year has dropped by 100,000 during this president’s term."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • April 22, 2012
Senate Republican Conference
Senate Republican Conference
stated on March 22, 2012 a Web video
"Up to 80 percent of small businesses will be forced to give up their current plans due to new Obamacare regulations."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • March 27, 2012
Jeff Brandes
Jeff Brandes
stated on September 26, 2010 a campaign video
Company may close, "all because government essentially says if they don't hire a lifeguard to watch their workers, they can't stay open."
Half-True
By David DeCamp • October 28, 2010
Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis
stated on June 23, 2010 announcing his campaign for secretary of state
Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis wrongly takes credit for small-business program
Half-True
By Cynthia Needham • July 14, 2010
Frank Caprio
Frank Caprio
stated on June 10, 2010 speeches and on his campaign website
"If every small business in our state, on average, was able to create one new job we would cut our unemployment rate in half."
Half-True
By Cynthia Needham • June 25, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 3, 2010 a Web video
"Bill White used D.C. connections from his job in the Clinton administration to form a company that did business in the Middle East and defaulted on a $60 million loan."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 16, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate
"We lowered the business tax from 4 percent down to 1 percent."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 22, 2010
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