Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Joseph Trillo
Joseph Trillo
stated on January 20, 2012 a debate
"We got [the Quonset Business Park] for free and we’re getting zero dollars out of it into the state coffers … other than the fact that it produces the jobs."
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By Alex Kuffner • February 3, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 3, 2012 a television ad
"We wiped out a $3.6 billion deficit without raising taxes."
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By Dave Umhoefer • January 29, 2012
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on January 9, 2012 a press release
Says 282 Texas school districts have requested emergency waivers to increase elementary school class sizes because of "unprecedented fiscal challenges."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 21, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 17, 2012 a video
Says "we’ve accomplished balancing two budgets without raising taxes. We’ve now created 60,000 new private-sector jobs. We’ve made government smaller."
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By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • January 17, 2012
Craig James
Craig James
stated on January 3, 2012 an online video ad.
Says Rick Perry cut taxes.
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 his State of the State address
"My recommended budget includes $1 billion in new state funding for education."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 10, 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.
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November 25, 2011
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on November 15, 2011 a video
A recall election for Wisconsin governor would cost "$7.7 million -- $7.7 million that may already be allocated to merit raises for teachers or health care for the poor or school books for your kids."
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November 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 31, 2011 a television ad
"We cut a record $15 billion from our state budget."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 14, 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."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 11, 2011 the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.
Says Rick Perry increased spending in Texas by more than 50 percent.
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By Sue Owen • October 14, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 26, 2011 a television interview
Says he never called teachers "thugs" and has said nothing but "great things" about them during the fight over his curbs on unions
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By Dave Umhoefer • October 13, 2011
Committee for Our Children's Future
Committee for Our Children's Future
stated on September 20, 2011 a television ad
Says Gov. Chris Christie "cut spending (by) $1 billion" and provided "$850 million in new education funding."
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By Bill Wichert • October 6, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 27, 2011 a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Says his administration balanced "two budgets with over $13 billion in deficits without raising taxes."
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By Erin O'Neill • October 2, 2011
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on September 7, 2011 a TV show
One Wisconsin school district "is so worried about losing state funding that it has stopped giving milk to elementary school kids during snack time."
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September 19, 2011
Hetty Rosenstein
Hetty Rosenstein
stated on August 31, 2011 a press release from the Communication Workers of America
"The average state pension, including managers, is $23,000 a year; and just $14,000 for local government workers."
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By Bill Wichert • September 18, 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."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 10, 2011 a news conference in Belmar
"Since I introduced my budget -- first budget -- in March of 2010, we've created 50,000 new private-sector jobs for the people of this state."
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By Erin O'Neill • August 21, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 10, 2011 an interview
"I started with a $3.7 billion budget deficit. Now we are projecting a $1.2 billion surplus."
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By Amy Sherman • August 18, 2011
NJ-CAN
NJ-CAN
stated on August 9, 2011 a petition
Says the state’s pension and health benefits reform includes "the destruction of public sector collective bargaining rights."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 15, 2011
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