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Latest Fact-Checks On Paul Ryan

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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 9, 2011 in a television interview:
Even a 100 percent tax on millionaires would only fund four months of government operations, failing to seriously address budget deficits and debt.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 20, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on July 6, 2011 in a radio interview:
Says the U.S. borrows "42 cents of every dollar Washington spends today and about half of that comes from countries like China."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 15, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 16, 2011 in a speech in Chicago:
On taxes, President Barack Obama wants to raise "the top rate to 44.8 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 18, 2011 in a private briefing to Members of Congress:
"The Congressional Budget Office has this economic model where they measure the economy going forward, and they are now telling us that the entire economy crashes in the year 2037 because their computer simulation can't conceive of any way in which the U.S. economy can continue."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 17, 2011 in an appearance on a TV interview program:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s move to limit collective bargaining rights has led to "riots" at the Capitol -- "It's like Cairo has moved to Madison these days."
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • February 18, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 in the GOP response to the State of the Union address:
"Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies, an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 27, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 in the GOP response to the State of the Union:
The health care law "is accelerating our country toward bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 27, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 in a response to the State of the Union address:
"The debt will soon eclipse our entire economy."
True
By Stephen Koff, Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 2, 2010 in an election-night interview :
"Discretionary spending went up 84 percent in the last two years"
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 7, 2010
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 31, 2010 in a speech to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs:
In 2004, "20 percent of U.S. households were getting about 75 percent of their income from the federal government. ... Another 20 percent were receiving almost 40 percent."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • April 21, 2010
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