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Kiki Curls
Kiki Curls
stated on April 4, 2016 following a Missouri Senate Budget Committee hearing:
Missouri "is the state with the lowest paid workers."
Half-True
By Conner Smith • May 2, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 1, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says Donald Trump’s "only economic agenda is imposing massive taxes on the American people with a 40 percent tax hike of a giant tariff."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • May 1, 2016
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 28, 2016 a post on Medium:
Says the Congressional Budget Office "is expecting a protracted economic malaise for at least the next decade under current policies."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 21, 2016 a rally at a Phoenix high school:
"The economy always does better when there’s a Democrat in the White House."
Half-True
By Anthony Cave • April 6, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 27, 2016 a television ad:
"Twenty million Americans are out of work."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 12, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:
Says she will "work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate on MSNBC:
Americans "are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 1, 2016 a political ad:
"While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 3, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the State address:
"We have completely turned our economy around."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • January 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 14, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:
"Wages adjusted for inflation haven’t risen since the turn of the last century."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2015 a Republican presidential debate:
 Income inequality "seems to be worst in cities run by Democrats."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth Republican presidential debate:
Says the United States is in "the worst recovery from an economic recession since World War II."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 11, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 a town hall meeting in Concord, N.H.:
"If you're born poor, you're more likely to stay poor than any time in American history."
Half-True
By Nick Reid • October 30, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 the third Republican presidential debate:
"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses closing than starting."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 13, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas:
"African-American youth unemployment is 51 percent. Hispanic youth unemployment is 36 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 8, 2015 a campaign video:
"Florida led the nation in job creation" while Bush was governor.
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • September 10, 2015
Georgia Department of Economic Development
Georgia Department of Economic Development
stated on July 9, 2015 a press release:
Film and television productions generated a $6 billion economic impact for Georgia’s economy in the most recent fiscal year.  
Half-True
By April Hunt • August 7, 2015
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on July 9, 2015 a written statement.:
"In 1960, we spent more than 3 percent of our GDP on infrastructure projects like the Interstate Highway. Today we spend less than 1 percent of our GDP on these vital investments."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • August 3, 2015
Jeff Atwater
Jeff Atwater
stated on July 13, 2015 an open letter to Floridians:
"Although we have twice the population of Greece, the state of Florida employs three times fewer government employees."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 22, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on July 12, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"We're destroying more businesses in the United States now than are being created for the first time in our history."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 12, 2015
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