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Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on April 20, 2016 a Fox Business interview:
"Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 21, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 5, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:
"Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 the State of the Union address:
We have cut "our deficits by almost three-quarters."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
American Action Network
American Action Network
stated on December 8, 2015 a newspaper ad:
"Under conservative leadership, Congress has reduced the federal deficit by 60 percent – nearly $800 billion."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 11, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2015 a press conference:
Today, the deficit is "below the average deficits over the past 40 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2015
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 27, 2015 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"When I left Washington, we had a $5 trillion surplus."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on April 25, 2015 a meme first posted on Facebook:
Says "Bush Jr. handed Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit" and Obama "reduced Bush Jr.’s deficit to just $492 billion."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2015 a speech:
Under Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin "projected a $1 billion (budget) surplus and it turns out to be a deficit of $2.2 billion."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2015
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on July 1, 2015 a town hall meeting in Colebrook, N.H.:
The federal deficit would pay for 40 gallons of "New Hampshire maple syrup" for everyone in the United States.
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • July 22, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on July 17, 2015 a campaign rally in Houston:
"We borrow a million dollars every minute."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 2, 2015 a speech:
"We've cut the deficit by two-thirds."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • July 8, 2015
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan
stated on May 27, 2015 a news conference:
The Convention Center "was sold as a building that would never cost taxpayers a dime."  
Mostly True
By Mark Reynolds • June 7, 2015
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on March 8, 2015 a speech in Concord, N.H.:
"If you took every penny of the 1 percent, including their dog, you wouldn't even begin to balance the budget."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • March 27, 2015
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 18, 2015 the 2016 Budget Resolution from House Budget Committee:
Under current conditions, by 2023, the interest payments on the national debt will be $722 billion, larger than the projected defense spending of $696 billion.
True
By April Hunt • March 27, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 his 2015 State of the Union address:
We've seen "our deficits cut by two-thirds."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2015
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 a television commercial:
Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014
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."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2014 a speech at Northwestern University:
The cost of "health care is now the single-biggest factor driving down" the federal budget deficit.
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 8, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2014 a speech at Northwestern University:
"When I took office, the deficit was nearly 10 percent of our economy. Today, it's approaching 3 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2014
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