Fact Check Posts – Page 7

John Kitzhaber
stated on May 7, 2014 an email to supporters

"Oregon today has 100,000 more jobs than it did when I was elected."

By Dana Tims, Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2014

Rick Santorum
stated on May 11, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union."

The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs."

By Julie Kliegman • May 11, 2014

Neera Tanden
stated on April 27, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"95 percent of the income gains in the last few years have gone to the top 1 percent."

By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on April 16, 2014 a radio interview

"In 2013 we had the largest, the best, private sector job growth we’ve had in this state since the 1990s."

By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on April 8, 2014 a news release

"In Wisconsin, a woman only earns 80 cents for every $1 a man earns."

April 23, 2014

Genevieve Wood
stated on April 8, 2014 comments on CNN

"Young women today in metropolitan areas" who are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males.

By Aaron Sharockman • April 9, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on March 31, 2014 an online ad

"Since December 2010 Florida has created 540,000 new jobs."

By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014

Steven Rattner
stated on March 30, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

"Manufacturing wages today in America on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole."

By Katie Sanders • March 30, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on January 21, 2014 an interview

"Our state economic development agency under Walker, WEDC, actually isn’t even using the funds that are appropriated to it."

By James B. Nelson • March 23, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2014 a speech to the Democratic National Committee in Boston

"When I talk about (raising the) minimum wage ... half of Republicans agree with it."

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on February 27, 2014 an event at the White House

"Fewer black and Latino men participate in the labor force, compared to young white men."

By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2014 a speech

"Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade."

February 23, 2014

David Cicilline
stated on February 11, 2014 a House floor speech

"According to one study, the minimum wage today is worth $2 less than in 1968."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 21, 2014

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 4, 2014 a news release

"The only time over the last 25 years when the state’s unemployment rate exceeded the U.S. average was when (Mary) Burke was commerce secretary."

February 14, 2014

Kasim Reed
stated on January 31, 2014 a speech

"Right now, we only keep 50 percent of Georgia Tech's graduates."

By Eric Stirgus • February 11, 2014

Keith Ellison
stated on February 9, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

"Americans work way more than an average of industrialized countries around the world."

By Julie Kliegman • February 9, 2014

Thomas Perez
stated on February 4, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

"If you have a union job, you're making on average $950 a week. If you have a non-union job, you're making $750 a week."

By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address

Women "make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014

Chris Christie
stated on January 14, 2014 a State of the State address

"Today, our unemployment rate is 7.8 percent. That is the lowest in five years."

By Caryn Shinske • January 19, 2014

Rana Foroohar
stated on January 10, 2014 a CNN interview

"The median male worker in this country has not seen a raise, inflation adjusted, for 30 years, basically."

By Katie Sanders • January 15, 2014

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