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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 27, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
The tax policies of George W. Bush "created a dynamic effect of high growth."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2015 an interview with CBS' Stephen Colbert:
"When (Ronald) Reagan came in, from 1978 to 1982, economic growth averaged less than 1 percent a year. There’s only one other four-year period where that’s true. That’s true from 2008 to 2012."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2015
Don Zimmerman
Don Zimmerman
stated on September 1, 2015 an Austin City Council meeting:
Salaries of Austin residents who don't work for city government "have not been going up 3 percent a year for the last several years."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 19, 2015 remarks at the 2015 New Hampshire Democratic Party State Convention:
"Under Republicans, recessions happen four times as frequently as under Democrats."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 22, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 14, 2015 a speech.:
"The top 1/10th of 1 percent today in America owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman, Tom Kertscher • September 21, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN debate:
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker turned a $1 billion surplus into a $2.2 billion budget deficit.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 8, 2015 a tweet:
"Jeb's policies in Florida helped lead to its almost total collapse."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • September 15, 2015
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on September 15, 2015 a TV ad in Iowa:
Says Donald Trump supports the Wall Street bailout.  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 8, 2015 a campaign video:
"Florida led the nation in job creation" while Bush was governor.
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • September 10, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Sarah Palin:
"We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech:
Says Ron Johnson "opposes entirely a federal minimum wage," except perhaps for "guest workers."
True
By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2015
Glen Sturtevant
Glen Sturtevant
stated on August 18, 2015 a candidates' forum.:
"Last year, we had zero percent growth in GDP in Virginia ...The only states that did worse than us were Alaska and Mississippi."
True
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • August 25, 2015
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on July 13, 2015 a television show:
Under Scott Walker, "the Wisconsin middle class is shrinking at a faster rate than any other state in the country."
False
By Kevin Crowe, Tom Kertscher • August 24, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on August 11, 2015 an interview with Inc. magazine:
"There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • August 19, 2015
Georgia Department of Economic Development
Georgia Department of Economic Development
stated on July 9, 2015 a press release:
Film and television productions generated a $6 billion economic impact for Georgia’s economy in the most recent fiscal year.  
Half-True
By April Hunt • August 7, 2015
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 6, 2015 comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:
"I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2015 a town hall in Nashua, N.H.:
"The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2015
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on July 9, 2015 a written statement.:
"In 1960, we spent more than 3 percent of our GDP on infrastructure projects like the Interstate Highway. Today we spend less than 1 percent of our GDP on these vital investments."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • August 3, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 2, 2015 an interview on ABC "This Week":
Under President Barack Obama, income levels and unemployment numbers "are worse now than just about ever" for African-Americans.
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 1, 2015 a speech:
"The top one-tenth of 1 percent" of Americans "own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • July 29, 2015
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