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stated on May 17, 2015 a meme on social media

"During Obama's first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagan's presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 18, 2015 an appearance in Mason City, Iowa

Hedge fund managers "pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers."

False

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2015

Bill Gates
stated on May 17, 2015 an interview on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS"

The "highest economic growth decade was the 1960s. Income tax rates were 90 percent."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • May 17, 2015

Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee

"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."

False

By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015

Thomas Perez
stated on May 7, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

Due to "over-incarceration … in 1950, two out of three young black men were in the workforce. Today, it's one out of three black men are in the workforce."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2015

Maria Shriver
stated on May 10, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"Two-thirds of American families rely on the mother's income to stay above the poverty level."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on May 10, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"We doubled the size of the company (Hewlett-Packard)."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • May 10, 2015

Lincoln Chafee
stated on May 10, 2015 an interview on CNN

"We had the biggest drop of the rate of unemployment (in) all but 4 states."

Mostly False

By Mark Reynolds • May 10, 2015

John Taylor
stated on April 24, 2015 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers."

"The people of Tiverton have historically supported [gambling measures] at a rate higher than the rest of the state."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 7, 2015

John Boehner
stated on May 3, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics."

False

By Jon Greenberg • May 3, 2015

Jim Lampley
stated on May 2, 2015 comments before the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight

The projected revenue from the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight is "larger than the annual GDP of 29 different countries."

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • May 3, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on April 23, 2015 an interview

Minnesota’s "advantage" in economic growth has been having "Republicans in charge of at least one part of government" for all but two years, while Wisconsin Democrats "for many years" before 2011 controlled both legislative chambers and the governorship.

False

By Dave Umhoefer • April 29, 2015

Texas Organizing Project
stated on March 5, 2015 a press release

"The unemployment rate among blacks in Texas is 9.5% -- far more than double white unemployment -- and wages have fallen for black workers in Texas since 2000."

True

By Alex Wilts • April 23, 2015

Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group

"More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on April 14, 2015 an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

"We are in the sixth year of recovery, and median income is below what it was at the start of the recovery."

True

By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2015

Occupy Democrats
stated on March 31, 2015 a meme on social media

Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on March 29, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week"

In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 a television interview

"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on March 23, 2015 a speech at Liberty University

"Small businesses (are) going out of business in record numbers."

False

By Steve Contorno • March 24, 2015

David Simas
stated on March 18, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day"

Job growth in the United States is now at the "fastest pace in this country's history."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015

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