Latest Fact-Checks In Wealth

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 19, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
 "99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent."
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By Katie Sanders • April 19, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 a talk in Austin
"Half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in their savings account."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 9, 2015
Ernest Almonte
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
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on December 26, 2013 a Facebook post
"Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 28, 2014
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 2, 2012 a speech
"$500 billion of the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy goes to 120,000 families."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 9, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 27, 2012 an interview
Wealthy taxpayers, not middle-income earners, get "most of the deductions" in the tax code.
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 29, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on August 15, 2012 a news release
"For Social Security, which is projected to remain solvent through 2033, Whitehouse has cosponsored [a bill that] . . . would extend the life of the program by an additional 75 years."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 14, 2012 a campaign speech
"Over the last few decades, the income of the top 1 percent grew by more than 275 percent -- to an average of $1.3 million a year."
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By Henry J. Gomez • June 28, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on February 13, 2012 a campaign video posted on YouTube
"They're paying a less rate of tax -- these richest people in America -- than they have in the last 80 years."
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By Bill Wichert • March 11, 2012
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