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Alicia Menendez
Alicia Menendez
stated on April 27, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"A white family is likely to have about six times as much wealth than a black or Hispanic family coming out of the recession."
True
By Julie Kliegman • April 27, 2014
Neera Tanden
Neera Tanden
stated on April 27, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"95 percent of the income gains in the last few years have gone to the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 16, 2014 a radio interview
"In 2013 we had the largest, the best, private sector job growth we’ve had in this state since the 1990s."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on April 8, 2014 a news release
"In Wisconsin, a woman only earns 80 cents for every $1 a man earns."
Mostly True
April 23, 2014
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on April 20, 2014 an opinion piece
"Typical minimum wage earners in America are teenagers living with their parents in middle class families."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 20, 2014
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on March 25, 2014 congressional testimony.
"From 1972 until 2011, the number of EPA employees increased by 107 percent while the number of total federal personnel decreased by 15 percent."  
True
By Nancy Madsen • April 14, 2014
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on April 13, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Obamacare is "costing 2 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 13, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on March 13, 2014 a campaign ad
Says the Koch brothers want to "protect tax cuts for companies that ship our jobs overseas."
False
By Steve Contorno • April 11, 2014
Genevieve Wood
Genevieve Wood
stated on April 8, 2014 comments on CNN
"Young women today in metropolitan areas" who are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 9, 2014
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on April 8, 2014 a discussion on Fox News' "The Five"
"Of all the jobs President Obama claims to have created since he started, only 38.5 percent are women. So 61.5 percent have gone to men."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2014
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on April 4, 2014 a meme on Twitter
"Who will raising the minimum wage actually help? … More than half work full-time. The average worker is 35 years old."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 31, 2014 an online ad
"Since December 2010 Florida has created 540,000 new jobs."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 19, 2014 a radio commentary
Wisconsin is "one of the bluest" states, but under Scott Walker its unemployment rate "is around 3.5%."
False
April 2, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on March 25, 2014 a jobs proposal
"Wisconsin wages are declining at double the rate of other states."
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • March 31, 2014
Steven Rattner
Steven Rattner
stated on March 30, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Manufacturing wages today in America on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 30, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on March 25, 2014 a report
"Wisconsin now ranks among the top 10 states for out-migration."  
Mostly False
March 30, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 24, 2014 a television ad from Let's Get to Work
"Obamacare will drive 2.5 million Americans out of the workforce."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on January 21, 2014 an interview
"Our state economic development agency under Walker, WEDC, actually isn’t even using the funds that are appropriated to it."
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • March 23, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on March 7, 2014 a radio interview
After hiring a campaign manager in 2006, "I got this $100 and something fee ... for hazardous materials."  
Mostly False
By John Hill • March 23, 2014
Barbara Sharief
Barbara Sharief
stated on March 21, 2014 a speech in Davie, Fla.
Broward County’s unemployment rate of 5.3 percent is "the lowest in Florida."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2014
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