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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 19, 2016 a TV ad :
Says Bernie Sanders "fundamentally changed the lives" of Immokalee farm workers in Florida for the better.  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 12, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:
Says she will "work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate on MSNBC:
Americans "are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 1, 2016 a political ad:
"While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 14, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:
"Wages adjusted for inflation haven’t risen since the turn of the last century."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 17, 2014 his State of the State address:
"Texas has more full-time state employees per capita than California and Illinois."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 20, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 13, 2015 a news release:
Middle-class Americans "pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 25, 2015
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on December 8, 2014 an opinion piece:
"Site selectors who decide where businesses expand or relocate shun closed shop states like Wisconsin in favor of Right to Work states like Iowa, Indiana and Michigan."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 17, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 a press conference after the G20 summit:
"Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 21, 2014 a debate:
Says Scott Brown "voted to reward" companies "to ship jobs overseas."
Half-True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 31, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 24, 2014 a speech:
Says Scott Walker "gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 a gubernatorial debate:
"The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • October 10, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2014 a speech in Princeton, Ind.:
"The states that have raised the minimum wage (this year) have had faster job growth than the states that haven’t raised the minimum wage."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2014
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate:
In North Carolina, "now we're near the national average" for unemployment.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2014 a Facebook meme:
Countries with a higher minimum wage than the United States’ $7.25 an hour include Denmark at $21, Australia at $15.81, Germany at $11 and France at $12.35.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2014
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on August 18, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst "would privatize Social Security."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 21, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 25, 2014 a post on his campaign website:
Says Rick Scott’s record on jobs includes Florida "ranked 2nd in the nation in long-term unemployment."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2014
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on April 14, 2014 a campaign website:
In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each."
Half-True
By John Hill • April 15, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on December 16, 2013 an interview.:
"The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America"
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • January 24, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2014 a Facebook post:
"Unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2014
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