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Latest Fact-Checks In Poverty

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Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on August 25, 2011 in MSNBC's the "Ed Show," Aug. 25, 2011:
"In (Sen. Marco) Rubio's state of Florida alone, Social Security lifts more than -- count it -- a million people out of poverty."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 1, 2011
Ron Kind
Ron Kind
stated on June 30, 2011 in a news release:
"Before Medicare, only 51 percent of Americans 65 and older had health care coverage and nearly 30 percent lived below the poverty line. Today, thanks to Medicare ... nearly all seniors have coverage and 75 percent fewer struggle in poverty."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 25, 2011
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 18, 2011 in a tweet:
"Since 2000, nearly 12 million Americans have slipped out of the middle class and into poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 5, 2011 in an interview on CNN:
"Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 9, 2011
Colleen Conley
Colleen Conley
stated on April 13, 2011 in a radio interview:
"We are the most generous in New England and New England is known for its generosity toward its welfare recipients."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 24, 2011
Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on June 28, 2010 in a speech at the state Democratic convention:
For every $1 spent on afterschool programs, "we can save over $5, almost $6, in crime costs down the line."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 30, 2010
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on February 25, 2010 in the televised health care summit:
The health care bill "dumps 15 to 18 million low-income Americans into a Medicaid program that none of us want to be a part of because 50 percent of doctors won't see new patients."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • March 1, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 30, 2008 in a TV ad.:
Obama says his bill "reduced welfare rolls nearly 80 percent."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • June 30, 2008
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