Fact Check Posts – Page 42

Ted Cruz
stated on February 8, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"92 million Americans aren't working."

By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2015

Nicholas Mattiello
stated on January 18, 2015 in an interview on "10 News Conference":

"There haven't been tax cuts for the rich" in Rhode Island.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 8, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on February 4, 2015 in a speech in Detroit:

"Millions of people have given up looking for work altogether."

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2015

Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 in the governor's State of the State address:

"Since I took office, over 319,000 new private sector jobs have been created in Georgia with nearly 93,000 of those coming in the past 12 months."

By April Hunt • February 3, 2015

Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
stated on January 10, 2015 in a tweet:

"Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 1, 2015

John Boehner
stated on January 25, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":

The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create."

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2015

Terry Jeffrey
stated on January 21, 2015 in a column in TownHall.com:

There were more people on welfare than working in 2013.

By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2015

Keith Parker
stated on January 21, 2015 in a Twitter post:

Only "18 percent of jobs are accessible by transit for metro Atlanta residents. 33 percent for those living in the city."

By April Hunt • January 28, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on January 26, 2015 in a breakfast talk in Iowa:

The U.S. unemployment rate has "been massaged, it’s been doctored."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2015

Nathan Deal
stated on January 13, 2015 in a press release:

Mercedes-Benz USA moving its headquarters to Atlanta will create at least 800 jobs.

By April Hunt • January 26, 2015

Andy Puzder
stated on January 13, 2015 in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal:

"Obamacare has caused millions of full-time jobs to become part-time."

By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2015 in a speech in Detroit:

"The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in."

By Steve Contorno • January 22, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:

The economy is "creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999."

By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:

"Our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis."

By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 in his 2015 State of the Union address:

"Since 2010, America has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan, and all advanced economies combined."

By Lauren Carroll • January 21, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2015 in a speech in Wayne. Mich.:

Over the past five years, the American automobile industry has "created about 500,000 new jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 9, 2015 in remarks in Clinton, Tenn.:

"Factories are opening their doors at the fastest pace in almost two decades."

By Lauren Carroll • January 20, 2015

Kevin Flynn
stated on November 25, 2014 in a website story:

"There’s nothing in the [RhodeMap RI] plan that takes away local government control and local zoning control."

By Katie Mulvaney • January 16, 2015

Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 in the governor's State of the State address:

"Georgia is now the eighth most populous state in the nation, moving from the number 10 position in just four years."

By April Hunt • January 16, 2015

Bob Buckhorn
stated on January 15, 2015 in a campaign ad:

Tampa Bay is "leading the state in jobs creation."

By Richard Danielson • January 15, 2015

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