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Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on April 12, 2011 in a speech before Congress:
Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent his advisers to study socialism with Soviet dictator Josef Stalin so the president could replicate it in the United States.
False
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • April 19, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 30, 2011 in an interview:
"When we lower tax rates, we generate more in revenues. That happened in '86 with the Reagan plan, happened in 2001, following the Bush plan."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • April 15, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 11, 2011 in a meeting with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial board:
"There used to be 16 workers for every one person on Social Security. ... Now it’s three."
True
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • April 12, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 29, 2011 in an op-ed:
Says "an average of $4 billion is added to the national debt" every day.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 11, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 7, 2011 in an op-ed:
Says "some [states] with the largest reductions in crime have also lowered their prison population."
True
By Eric Stirgus • April 5, 2011
Calvine Rollins
Calvine Rollins
stated on February 27, 2011 in an op-ed:
Georgia public sector employees do not have a say in the conditions of their employment, do not have bargaining rights or a say in their working conditions.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • March 30, 2011
Young Americans for Liberty
Young Americans for Liberty
stated on March 24, 2011 in a press release:
"Every taxpayer owes about $130,000 to pay off the national debt."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 29, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on March 11, 2011 in a Twitter post:
"Since President Obama took office, gas prices have gone up 67 percent."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • March 23, 2011
Georgia state senators
Georgia state senators
stated on March 16, 2011 in a legislative debate:
Say easing restrictions on selling alcohol on Sundays will result in more traffic crashes and fatalities.
False
By Eric Stirgus • March 18, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on March 2, 2011 in a radio interview:
"Georgia still has one of the richest programs in terms of scholarships for students to go to college."
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 15, 2011
Larry Gause
Larry Gause
stated on March 1, 2011 in a flier and campaign website:
Says Charlotte Nash "pretends to be a chicken farmer" in order to get property tax exemptions.
False
By Eric Stirgus • March 11, 2011
Burrell Ellis
Burrell Ellis
stated on February 22, 2011 in an interview:
DeKalb County has cut more money from its general fund budget "than any local government in the Atlanta metro region."
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 4, 2011
Rob Woodall
Rob Woodall
stated on February 1, 2011 in a town hall meeting:
One half of federal spending goes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while the other half goes to other programs funded with money "borrowed from a foreign land."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 25, 2011
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
stated on February 14, 2011 in an op-ed:
Sunday liquor sales could generate $3.4 million to $4.8 million a year in additional sales tax revenue for Georgia.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • February 22, 2011
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on February 11, 2011 in :
The federal government regulates the holes in Swiss cheese.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 21, 2011
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Federation for American Immigration Reform
stated on July 1, 2010 in a report:
Illegal immigration costs Georgia $2.4 billion a year
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 18, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on February 11, 2011 in an interview:
The United States is "the only developed country in the world that has not cut its corporate tax rate."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 15, 2011
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on February 9, 2011 in a speech:
More than one-quarter of America’s young adults are too fat to serve in the U.S. military
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 11, 2011
Vance Smith
Vance Smith
stated on January 19, 2011 in a budget presentation:
Georgia has some of the best maintained roads in America.
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 7, 2011
Chris Cummiskey
Chris Cummiskey
stated on January 19, 2011 in a budget presentation:
Georgia is the second-fastest growing state for international tourists.
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 2, 2011
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