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Latest Fact-Checks On Mark Warner

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Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on June 27, 2011 an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
"If you look at our tax mix, the share of corporate revenues as a percentage of our overall revenue mix has declined by about half over the last 30 years."
Half-True
By Jacob Geiger • July 2, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 17, 2011 a TV appearance.
"Right now we are spending at an all-time high, close to 25 percent of our GDP [is] being spent on the federal government. But our revenues are at an almost all-time low of about 15 percent [of GDP]."
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By Jacob Geiger • April 22, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 11, 2011 a meeting with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial board
"There used to be 16 workers for every one person on Social Security. ... Now it’s three."
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By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • April 12, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 25, 2011 a TV interview.
The U.S. loses more on tax breaks than it collects in personal income taxes. 
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By Warren Fiske • February 1, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on December 6, 2010 a floor speech.
The national debt grew an estimated $15 billion last weekend.
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By Wes Hester • December 9, 2010
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on November 11, 2010 n Op/Ed in The Financial Times
$65 billion "would be added to the deficit if we keep the cuts for people on the highest incomes."
Mostly True
By Wes Hester • November 14, 2010
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on August 26, 2008 Denver
The U.S. energy policy is to "borrow money from China to buy oil from countries that don't like us."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 26, 2008
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