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Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 in a written statement.:
"The United States ranks second worst in income inequality across developed countries," after taxes and transfers.
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • July 13, 2015
Tom Toles
Tom Toles
stated on June 18, 2015 in an editorial cartoon:
A "working woman" will earn $7.70 on $10.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • July 10, 2015
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 in a news release.:
"Income disparities in the United States are the worst since the 1920s."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 30, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 4, 2015 in a post on Twitter:
"The gap between the very rich and everyone else in America is wider today than at any time since the 1920s."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Miles Adair • June 18, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando:
"Sixty million Americans depend on Social Security, and one-third of all the seniors in America depend on Social Security for 90 percent of their income."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • June 4, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
 "99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 19, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 in a talk in Austin:
"Half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in their savings account."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 9, 2015
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on February 4, 2015 in a speech.:
"If you look at the income of average Americans...they’re absolutely flat in constant dollars since 1979."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • February 9, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 20, 2015 in an interview with Fox News:
"Today the top 1 percent earn a higher share of our national income than any year since 1928."
Mostly True
By Alex Wilts • January 30, 2015
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 7, 2015 in a speech at the AFL-CIO National Summit on Raising Wages:
"The average family not in the top 10 percent makes less money today than they were making a generation ago."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2015
Glenn Hegar
Glenn Hegar
stated on January 2, 2015 in speaking to reporters:
The "average taxpayer will see the equivalent of a 2 percent pay raise as a result of low fuel prices."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 10, 2015
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on November 9, 2014 in a TV interview:
"Our median income here in Providence is the same as the median income in Mississippi."
Mostly True
By Katie Mulvaney • November 27, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 28, 2014 in a speech:
Wisconsin Republicans "repealed a statewide fair pay law" that made "sure women are treated fairly on the job."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 31, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 13, 2014 in a debate:
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "would help lift over a million Americans out of poverty."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on October 13, 2014 in a debate:
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour "will destroy between half a million and one million jobs."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
Americans for Responsible Solutions
Americans for Responsible Solutions
stated on September 16, 2014 in an ad:
"Most people in New Hampshire want to raise the minimum wage. (State Rep. Marilinda) Garcia opposes it."
Mostly True
By Al McKeon, Jonathan Van Fleet • October 3, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 11, 2014 in a Facebook graphic:
"There is no state in the U.S. where a 40-hour minimum wage work week is enough to afford a two-bedroom apartment."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • September 18, 2014
Mark Harris
Mark Harris
stated on September 2, 2014 in an interview:
Says Glenn Grothman pushed through state tax credits that when phased in, "someone that owns a factory that produces millions in income" will pay "less tax than their nephew would if he worked full time at Taco Bell for minimum wage."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2014
The Other 98%
The Other 98%
stated on August 24, 2014 in a Facebook post:
"McDonald’s workers in Denmark have a union. Earn $45,000/year."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2014 in a meme on social media:
"In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2014
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