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Herman Cain
stated on August 11, 2014 comments on Fox News Business:

"Over the last 40 years, real wage growth has been flatlined because of the policies of the Federal Reserve ... It was all driven by the Federal Reserve."

Mostly False

By Linda Qiu • August 26, 2014

Gina Raimondo
stated on August 7, 2014 a campaign ad:

"Before I was state treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs."

True

By Karen Lee Ziner • August 21, 2014

Freedom Partners
stated on August 6, 2014 a television ad:

Sen. Jeff Merkley "voted six times for more debt."

False

By Dana Tims • August 15, 2014

Gary Lambert
stated on August 11, 2014 a campaign mailer:

Says Marilinda Garcia supports "$150 billion in new taxes."

Pants on Fire!

By Jim Haddadin • August 15, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on July 30, 2014 a tweet:

"Wisconsin is #1 in the Midwest for personal income growth over the year."

True

By Dave Umhoefer • August 14, 2014

Cormick Lynch
stated on August 3, 2014 a debate on WPRI's Newsmakers:

The cost of "college education has gone up 1,200 percent since 1978."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 10, 2014

D’Banj
stated on August 3, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":

"The music industry is the biggest export from Africa after oil and gas."

False

By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on August 5, 2014 a speech in Iowa:

"It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open."

True

By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2014

Dennis Richardson
stated on July 18, 2014 a campaign debate:

"It's been 17 years that we've had unemployment higher than the national average in Oregon."

True

By Dana Tims • August 4, 2014

Seth Magaziner
stated on July 13, 2014 a debate on WPRI-TV:

Rhode Island's state pension system "underperformed the median three out of the four years that Mr. [Frank] Caprio was in office."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 3, 2014

George Will
stated on July 27, 2014 a syndicated column:

Oregon’s "three largest employers, and 13 of the top 25, are health care providers."

False

By Dana Tims • July 31, 2014

Rob Astorino
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview on "Fox & Friends":

The state of New York is the "worst in the nation in economic recovery."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2014

Lindsey Graham
stated on July 27, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

Russia "has an economy the size of Italy."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • July 27, 2014

John Kitzhaber
stated on July 18, 2014 a campaign debate:

Oregon "is the most trade-dependent state in the nation"

False

By Bill Adair • July 25, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2014 a speech in Delaware:

"We've recovered (from the recession) faster and come farther than almost any other advanced country on Earth."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • July 23, 2014

Nan Rich
stated on July 11, 2014 a speech to the Florida Press Association:

"Tourism and retirees are the dominant economic engines in our state."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2014

Fresh Start PA
stated on July 15, 2014 a campaign ad:

Under Gov. Tom Corbett, "Pennsylvania ranks 49th in job creation."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview on PBS' "The Charlie Rose Show":

The number of jobs created and people lifted out of poverty during Bill Clinton’s presidency was "a hundred times" what it was under President Ronald Reagan.

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on July 18, 2014 a meme on social media:

Says former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said that "if the workers are more insecure, that's very healthy for the society" because "they'll serve the masters gladly and passively."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014

Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign commercial:

Says Charlie Crist "voted against raising the minimum wage."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • July 17, 2014

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