Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Under Chris Christie, does New Jersey have “one of the higher unemployment rates in the country”?

By Louis Jacobson
October 3, 2011
Chris Christie has not been "effective at creating jobs … (or have) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... New Jersey (has) one of the…
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Did Chris Christie’s New Jersey create no net new jobs last year?

By Louis Jacobson
October 3, 2011
"When it comes to being effective at creating jobs … (Chris Christie has not had) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... Last year, New…
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Barack Obama slams Rick Perry on climate change, citing Texas wildfires

By Louis Jacobson
September 28, 2011
Says Texas wildfires are linked to climate change.
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Barack Obama says construction workers pay higher tax rate than someone earning $50 million a year

By Louis Jacobson
September 27, 2011
"A construction worker who’s making $50 or $60 grand a year shouldn’t be paying higher tax rates than the guy who’s making $50 million a…
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Rick Perry says he never backed moving Social Security back to the states

By Louis Jacobson
September 23, 2011
Says he never said he wanted to move Social Security "back to the states."
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Michele Bachmann says Barack Obama ‘has the lowest public approval ratings of any president in modern times’

By Louis Jacobson
September 23, 2011
"President Obama has the lowest public approval ratings of any president in modern times."
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Barbara Boxer says 400 richest taxpayers saw incomes grow by 400%, tax rates fall by 40%

By Louis Jacobson
September 21, 2011
"Since 1995, the top 400 wealthiest families have seen their incomes go up 400 percent and their tax rates go down 40 percent."
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Nancy Pelosi says jobs increased faster in 2010 than in eight years under Bush

By Louis Jacobson
September 20, 2011
More private-sector jobs were created in the second year of the Obama administration than in the eight years of the Bush administration.
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Eric Cantor blog post attacks Barack Obama for “tax on soup kitchens”

By Louis Jacobson
September 15, 2011
The jobs bill includes "President Obama's tax on soup kitchens"
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Sean Hannity says Barack Obama’s jobs bill creates new avenue for unemployed to sue for discrimination

By Louis Jacobson
September 15, 2011
Under President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, "you can sue if you are unemployed and don't get the job and think you weren't hired because you…
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