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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 18, 2011 in a speech. :
Says his proposed payroll tax cut "will mean an extra $1,500 in your pocket compared to if we do nothing."
True
By Warren Fiske • October 21, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on October 19, 2011 in a Senate floor speech:
With recent growth "it is very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing fine."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 in a campaign video.:
Says more than 1 million Texans are jobless, the state has its highest unemployment rate in more than 20 years and joblessness doubled on Rick Perry’s watch.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 20, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:
"Over the last several years, 40 percent (of) the jobs created in Texas were created for illegal aliens."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2011
Mark Miller
Mark Miller
stated on September 28, 2011 in a news release:
"Nearly 14,000 Wisconsinites have lost their job since Governor Walker and the Republicans took over in January."
False
By James B. Nelson • October 19, 2011
Dave Yost
Dave Yost
stated on October 2, 2011 in a newspaper column:
"The city of Columbus would save $41 million a year if employees had to contribute to their own, guaranteed-check pensions."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • October 19, 2011
Tom Kean Jr.
Tom Kean Jr.
stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release:
Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 16, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 10, 2011 in a campaign ad:
"Romneycare has … killed 18,000 Massachusetts jobs."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 14, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release:
"Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' "
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • October 13, 2011
Edd Houck
Edd Houck
stated on September 29, 2011 in a TV ad.:
"Bryce Reeves chaired a group bankrolled by a New York billionaire who fired hundreds of Virginia workers and sent their jobs to China."
False
By Sean Gorman • October 12, 2011
Occupied Wall Street Journal
Occupied Wall Street Journal
stated on October 5, 2011 in 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
Matthew Rothschild
Matthew Rothschild
stated on October 4, 2011 in an interview:
U.S. unemployment among people ages 16 to 24 is "18.4 percent, which is a 60-year high."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 10, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 27, 2011 in a television commercial:
"Senate Bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 10, 2011
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on September 29, 2011 in an interview:
"We have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. It’s 35 percent."
True
By Tom Kertscher • October 9, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 13, 2011 in a campaign commercial:
Says that politicians who approved collective bargaining restrictions for public employees "exploited a loophole exempting themselves from Senate Bill 5."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 7, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on September 15, 2011 in a television interview:
"We have a $2 trillion to $3 trillion infrastructure deficit. We’ve got work that needs to get done. We’ve got people that want to go to work."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • October 6, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 4, 2011 in an answer to reporters:
On how he measures his promise to create 700,000 private-sector jobs in seven years.
Full Flop
By Becky Bowers • October 4, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 4, 2011 in a press conference:
Says "New Jersey's unemployment is significantly lower than it was when I got here. And we've created 50,000 new private sector jobs in the last 20 months after having lost 117,000 in the year before I got here."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • October 4, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 in a speech:
"My home state since June of 2009 created 40 percent of the new jobs in America."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 4, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 2, 2011 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
Chris Christie has not been "effective at creating jobs … (or have) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... New Jersey (has) one of the higher unemployment rates in the country at 9.4 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2011
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