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Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on January 12, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"If you have a job in this country, (there's a) 97 percent chance that you're not going to be in poverty."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 14, 2014
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau
stated on January 7, 2014 a mailing to Austin's Bob Cole
Federal law requires residents to participate in the U.S. government’s American Community Survey.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 5, 2014 an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
"There are many studies that indicate" that the longer people get unemployment insurance, "it provides some disincentive to work."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2014
Gene Sperling
Gene Sperling
stated on January 5, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Our economy still has three people looking for every job (opening)."
True
By Julie Kliegman • January 7, 2014
Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer
stated on January 4, 2014 a tweet
"US: Change in Income, 2009-13. Top 1%: +31.4%. Bottom 99%: +0.4%."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2014
Teresa Ghilarducci
Teresa Ghilarducci
stated on December 15, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "Up"
"A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 23, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on December 17, 2013 a Facebook post
"Florida has experienced positive job growth for 39 consecutive months."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 19, 2013
Steven Rattner
Steven Rattner
stated on December 16, 2013 a segment on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
The United States is "behind many countries in Europe in terms of the ability of every kid in America to get ahead."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • December 19, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 5, 2013 an interview
Under President Obama’s health-care reforms, the premium for "an average plan for a family didn't go down by $2,500 per year, it's gone up about $2,500 per year."
Half-True
December 15, 2013
Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee
stated on December 4, 2013 an episode of CNN's "Crossfire"
"60 percent of people on food assistance are working."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • December 11, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 19, 2013 a new book
"We are experiencing the worst economic recovery America has ever had."
False
By James B. Nelson • December 11, 2013
David Madland
David Madland
stated on December 6, 2013 a broadcast of CNN's "Crossfire"
"The CBO just said if we cut this (unemployment benefits) extension, we will kill jobs, because those people who are looking for work won't have any money to spend."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 10, 2013
James Carville
James Carville
stated on December 8, 2013 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"One-third of all bank tellers (are) on public assistance."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 8, 2013 an interview on ABC’s "This Week"
"About 2 percent of Americans get paid the minimum wage."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2013
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on November 27, 2013 an email
"The Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls a fortune equal to the wealth of the bottom 42 percent of Americans combined."
True
December 8, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 5, 2013 a meme on the Internet
Says Vladimir Putin said, "President Obama and his fellow Democrats are either idiots or deliberately trying to destroy their own economy."
Pants on Fire!
December 5, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2013 a speech at the Center for American Progress
The minimum wage "in real terms right now is below where it was when Harry Truman was in office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2013
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 22, 2013 a Facebook post
"The nine-day deer hunt contributes more than $1.3 billion in revenue to the state of Wisconsin."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 4, 2013
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on December 1, 2013 a Doonesbury strip in the Sunday comics
"The economy bled $24 billion" due to the government shutdown.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 3, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2013 a Facebook posting
"Since 1988, Congress has raised its own salary 15 times 'to reflect rising costs.' But raised the minimum wage only three times."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 2, 2013
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