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Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 a talk in Austin:

"Half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in their savings account."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 9, 2015

Starbucks
stated on March 20, 2015 a newspaper advertisement:

"White people control almost 90 percent of the nation's wealth."

True

By Tom Kertscher • March 31, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 23, 2015 a Tweet:

"From 2013-2015, the richest 14 Americans increased their net wealth by more than $157 billion, yet the Republican budget would not require these Americans to contribute one penny to deficit reduction."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • March 27, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 6, 2015 a speech:

Six of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area."

True

By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2015

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

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

False

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

Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 13, 2015 a news release:

Middle-class Americans "pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • January 25, 2015

Nicholas Kristof
stated on December 4, 2014 a broadcast of "The Daily Show":

The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the United States is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid South Africa."

False

By Jon Greenberg • December 17, 2014

Mike Stenhouse
stated on November 14, 2014 a radio interview:

"According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood."

False

By Katie Mulvaney • December 14, 2014

Ernest Almonte
stated on October 5, 2014 an interview on WLNE's "On the Record":

"I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV ad:

Under Scott Walker's "tax plan, the average Wisconsin taxpayer got just $11 a month. But corporations got $610 million in tax cuts. Millionaires got at least $1,400 per year."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • October 16, 2014

Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on August 15, 2014 A campaign ad:

Says Mitch McConnell voted "three times for corporate tax breaks that send Kentucky jobs overseas."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • September 12, 2014

Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
stated on August 31, 2014 a direct-mail piece:

"Scott Walker has given a $10,000 tax deduction to millionaires who send their kids to exclusive private schools."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • August 31, 2014

Senate Majority PAC
stated on August 20, 2014 a campaign ad:

Says Thom Tillis "gives tax breaks to yacht and jet owners."

False

By Lauren Carroll • August 26, 2014

Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on August 15, 2014 a campaign ad:

Says of Mitch McConnell, "What can happen in 30 years? A senator can become a multi-millionaire in public office."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • August 25, 2014

Bill Clinton
stated on June 29, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office."

Half-True

By Katie Sanders • June 29, 2014

Erin Lynch
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate:

"The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2014

Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 28, 2014 comments on his radio show:

"Some of the wealthiest Americans are African-American now."

False

By Aaron Sharockman • April 29, 2014

Seth Magaziner
stated on April 13, 2014 an appearance on “10 News Conference”:

"In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 21, 2014

Occupy Democrats
stated on December 26, 2013 a Facebook post:

"Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 28, 2014

Ari Melber
stated on February 5, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Cycle":

"The median net worth of American households hasn't changed much over the past decades, it's about $20,000 ... but Congress' average median net worth has ballooned, more than doubled."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • February 11, 2014

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