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stated on April 26, 2012 a tweet
Says Gov. Scott Walker "has caused Wisconsin to lose more jobs than any other state in the country."
Half-True
May 6, 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
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on March 23, 2012 an op-ed
According to the Congressional Budget Office, "as many as 20 million Americans could lose their employer-based insurance thanks to Obamacare."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says Rick Santorum "opposes right-to-work"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 4, 2012 a town hall meeting in Peterborough, N.H.
"You can hire lots of bureaucrats.  That’s what the president’s done.  He’s added 135,000 people to the government workforce."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 9, 2012
Matt Wingard
Matt Wingard
stated on January 2, 2012 a news story online
"Oregon’s per capita income is 9 percent below the national average and getting worse. This is a state that’s actually getting poorer."
Half-True
By Janie Har • January 6, 2012
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on November 15, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "slashed" pensions and benefits for public employees.
Half-True
November 25, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 9, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Michigan
"The unemployment rate among (the) non-college-educated is well into the double digits in America. It's 4 percent or 5 percent for people who have college degrees."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Educational Fund
Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Educational Fund
stated on October 30, 2011 website article, emails, direct mail
"People are five to seven times more likely to be murdered in workplaces that allow firearms than in those that prohibit it."
Half-True
November 7, 2011
George Nee
George Nee
stated on October 19, 2011 a pension forum
"This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2011
Occupied Wall Street Journal
Occupied Wall Street Journal
stated on October 5, 2011 an article
"More than 25 million Americans are unemployed. More than 50 million live without health insurance. Perhaps 100 million live in poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
"170,000 of the jobs" created in Texas under Gov. Rick Perry "were government jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2011
SEIU
SEIU
stated on September 7, 2011 a political mailing
"Republicans fought to protect tax loopholes for corporations that send our jobs overseas."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 7, 2011
Ted Ferrioli
Ted Ferrioli
stated on April 26, 2011 an opinion column
"The Public Employee Retirement System is making more millionaires than the Oregon state lottery."
Half-True
By Janie Har • June 16, 2011
James Cenerini
James Cenerini
stated on March 24, 2011 testimony before the Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee
When you compare our state pension system "to other systems throughout the country, our benefits are not gold-plated. They are not rich. They are actually average or below average."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 3, 2011
Travis Rowley
Travis Rowley
stated on February 22, 2011 a web commentary
"Last year it was discovered that Rhode Island's public employees ranked 4th in average pay, while the private sector ranked 23rd."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2011
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on February 20, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
"The  firefighters, the policemen and others who supported (Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker) in his election bid ... don't have to worry about their collective bargaining rights."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 21, 2011
Bumper Sticker
Bumper Sticker
stated on December 20, 2010 Washington, D.C.
"CEOs now earn 431 times what their workers earn."
Half-True
By Martha M. Hamilton • December 21, 2010
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on December 12, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"Barack Obama is in an economy that's only worsened since he's been president of the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 13, 2010
Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman
stated on October 15, 2010 a TV ad
Jerry Brown "gave California state employees collective bargaining powers" and "now, state employees can retire at 55 with much of their salary for life."
Half-True
October 22, 2010
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