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Latest Fact-Checks In Small Business

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Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on February 5, 2013 a Twitter post
"What concerns me is there is only two sentences that have been written about minority business."
Half-True
By Janel Davis • February 22, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 27, 2013 an interview
"We’re taxing our small businesses now at rates higher than corporations."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 7, 2013
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on December 3, 2012 a news release
Says state schools superintendent candidate Don Pridemore "voted for the largest cuts to public education in our state history" and for "$2.3 billion in tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy."
Half-True
December 12, 2012
Frank Guinta
Frank Guinta
stated on September 25, 2012 an advertisement, “Veterans,”
"Carol Shea-Porter … wants to increase taxes on small business and job creators."
False
By Jake Berry • October 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
"Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 4, 2012 keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Says Mitt Romney told university students in Ohio that to start a business, they should "borrow money if you have to from your parents."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2012
Anthony Gemma
Anthony Gemma
stated on August 28, 2012 an online debate
U.S. military uniforms are manufactured in China.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2012
Sher Valenzuela
Sher Valenzuela
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
"A Gallup report recently said that nearly 50 percent of small business owners aren't hiring because of what they call ‘regulatory uncertainty.’"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2012
Chuck Fleischmann
Chuck Fleischmann
stated on July 17, 2012 in a blog post on his campaign website.
Says that President Obama said that "Small Businesses Succeed Because of Government."
False
By Michael Collins • August 6, 2012
Robert DiMuccio
Robert DiMuccio
stated on June 14, 2012 a letter to policy holders
"Rhode Islanders pay among the highest auto repair bills in the nation."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 29, 2012 a TV interview with Greta Van Susteren
A company with "20 employees" could go "out of business" because of health care law requirements to buy insurance.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders, Tia Mitchell • July 3, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 11, 2012 a campaign speech
"The number of new businesses started per year has dropped by 100,000 during this president’s term."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • April 22, 2012
Senate Republican Conference
Senate Republican Conference
stated on March 22, 2012 a Web video
"Up to 80 percent of small businesses will be forced to give up their current plans due to new Obamacare regulations."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • March 27, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on March 3, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
"Ninety percent of the people who work in this country work for companies under 100 people, maybe even less than that."
False
By Bill Wichert • March 21, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on February 1, 2012 a speech on the House floor
Says "sixty-two percent of small businesses over the last five years went under because they couldn't pay their health care bills."
False
By Bill Wichert • February 24, 2012
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on January 10, 2012 a debate
Federal law prohibits the growing of industrial hemp in the United States.
True
By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 25, 2011 a news release.
Small businesses "create 70 percent of the jobs in America."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 30, 2011
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rodney Frelinghuysen
stated on November 4, 2011 an email newsletter
Says the Treasury Department "says 41 percent of all business income reported on individual returns would be hit by the [millionaires’] surtax" that "would harm small businessmen and women, the very people we are counting on to create new jobs."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • November 13, 2011
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on October 5, 2011 a speech
"The Tax Foundation figures Rhode Island as the 10th highest state for state and local tax burden per capita in the country. We're the 6th worst in the country for the business tax index. We're the 3rd highest per capita in the country for all taxes."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter town hall
"We have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011
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