Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Occupy Wall Street protester’s sign says 94 percent of deeper-pocketed candidates win

By Louis Jacobson

October 17, 2011

"94 percent of winning candidates in 2010 had more money than their opponents."

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Alan Grayson says United States has fifth-most unequal wealth distribution in world

By Louis Jacobson

October 14, 2011

"According to Wikipedia, there are only five countries in the entire planet that are more unequal than the United States in the distribution of our…

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Mitt Romney says uninsured increased under Rick Perry

By Louis Jacobson

October 13, 2011

When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, "the percentage uninsured went down." Under his successor, Rick Perry, "it's gone up."

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Mitt Romney raps number of uninsured kids in Texas, touts statistics for Massachusetts

By Louis Jacobson

October 12, 2011

Massachusetts has "less than 1 percent of our kids that are uninsured. You (Gov. Perry) have a million kids uninsured in Texas."

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Jon Huntsman touts record on taxes, job creation in New Hampshire debate

By Louis Jacobson

October 12, 2011

"I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation."

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Mitt Romney says rising government share threatens free economy

By Louis Jacobson

October 12, 2011

In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent…

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Are statistics in the Occupied Wall Street Journal correct?

By Louis Jacobson

October 11, 2011

"More than 25 million Americans are unemployed. More than 50 million live without health insurance. Perhaps 100 million live in poverty."

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Viral Facebook post on CEO-worker pay ratio has obscure past

By Louis Jacobson

October 10, 2011

Say the ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay in the U.S. is 475 to 1.

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Barack Obama says Arab Spring sent gas prices higher

By Louis Jacobson

October 7, 2011

The Arab Spring … "drove up gas prices."

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Bernie Sanders says six bank companies have assets equaling 60 percent of U.S. GDP

By Louis Jacobson

October 6, 2011

"Today, you have six financial institutions, the largest six, that have assets that are the equivalent of 60 percent of the GDP of the United…

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Should President Barack Obama apologize for flip-flop on drone strikes? Louisiana lawmaker says yes

By Louis Jacobson

October 5, 2011

Says Barack Obama is a "hypocrite" for criticizing President George W. Bush’s "drone attack program," then using it aggressively as president.

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Haley Barbour says Barack Obama benefited from biggest Congressional Democratic majorities since Lyndon Johnson

By Louis Jacobson

October 4, 2011

When he took office in 2009, President Barack Obama "had the biggest Democratic majorities in Congress since Lyndon Johnson."

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