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Taxpayer Association of Oregon
Taxpayer Association of Oregon
stated on October 31, 2011 in a newsletter:
Says "the City of Portland alone has 84 public relation representatives on payroll which cost taxpayers over $6.2 million (a year)."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 4, 2011
Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on October 14, 2011 in a campaign commercial:
"Government employees make 43 percent more in wages and benefits" than private-sector workers.
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • November 4, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 1, 2011 in a Fox television interview:
"Thirty million Americans, including a lot of people in Florida, are going to be able to get healthcare next year because of that law."
False
By Molly Moorhead • November 3, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 21, 2011 in a talk at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H.:
In Libya, "America spent $2 billion total and didn’t lose a single life."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • November 3, 2011
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on the CBS News show "Sunday Morning":
Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 3, 2011 in a campaign ad:
"Because of Barack Obama the mission in Iraq ended."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • November 3, 2011
Corey Stewart
Corey Stewart
stated on November 1, 2011 in TV and newspaper interviews.:
On George Allen's U.S. senate candidacy.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • November 3, 2011
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on November 4, 2011 in remarks:
Under a law proposed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, businesses that move into Wisconsin "don't have to pay any taxes" on their income for two years.
True
November 3, 2011
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on October 18, 2011 in a speech:
"New Jersey alone, my home state, is facing a ten-and-a-half billion dollar shortfall in its 2012 fiscal budget. This means more cuts in state and local spending for education, which means our kids are hurt."
False
By Bill Wichert • November 3, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on October 31, 2011 in a campaign speech:
"They talk about this problem with binding arbitration. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to have somebody from Los Angeles fly into Zanesville and impose a wage settlement on you ... and then they’re on the plane back to Los Angeles."
Pants on Fire!
By Joe Guillen • November 3, 2011
H204TEXAS PAC
H204TEXAS PAC
stated on October 24, 2011 in an email blast.:
Proposition 2 on November’s Texas ballot "does not cost state taxpayers any money."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 3, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 25, 2011 in a TV commentary.:
Says "tanking" Rick Perry’s federal tax plan has "huge tax cuts for rich people and big tax hikes for everyone else."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 2, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 28, 2011 in a web advertisement:
Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on gun control.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 2, 2011 in a campaign ad:
"Because of Barack Obama 32 million new people will have healthcare."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • November 2, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 28, 2011 in a web advertisement:
Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on abortion.
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 31, 2011 in an interview on "PBS Newshour":
China is "trying to develop nuclear capability."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 2, 2011
MacIver Institute
MacIver Institute
stated on October 25, 2011 in a video:
Says some Wisconsin state employee contracts "gave some employees $4 for bringing in their own lunch."
Mostly True
November 2, 2011
Joseph Chiusolo
Joseph Chiusolo
stated on October 25, 2011 in a press release:
Says "Essex County residents suffer the second highest property taxes in the nation."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • November 2, 2011
Ann Lininger
Ann Lininger
stated on October 22, 2011 in in campaign literature :
Says Measure 3-386 will cost a fortune for elections while Measure 3-388 will cost less.
False
By Janie Har • November 2, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on September 28, 2011 in a news release:
Attacks on Planned Parenthood "come at a time when the poverty rate among women is the highest in nearly two decades and 1 in 5 women under 65 don’t have access to health care."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • November 2, 2011
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