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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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Robert Farley • October 22, 2010
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