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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.

Progressive magazine editor says young worker unemployment at “60-year high”

October 10, 2011

U.S. unemployment among people ages 16 to 24 is "18.4 percent, which is a 60-year high."

Libertarian leader says Texas Gov. Rick Perry backed a guest worker program

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms October 10, 2011

Says Rick Perry "supported a guest worker program to help people who would otherwise be illegal aliens."

We Are Ohio claims SB 5 would make it harder for nurses to care for patients

By Joe Guillen October 10, 2011

"Senate Bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need."

Did Rick Perry’s Coke claim pass the taste test?

By Eric Stirgus October 10, 2011

Coca-Cola’s CEO "said he finds it easier to do work in China than in the United States."

New Jersey Democrats say Republican Vince Polistina is collecting a government pension on top of $70,000 in taxpayer-funded salaries

By Erin O'Neill October 10, 2011

Says Vince Polistina is "collecting nearly $70,000 in taxpayer-funded salaries -- plus a government pension."

GOP Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner says U.S. has “highest corporate tax rate in the world”

October 9, 2011

"We have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. It’s 35 percent."

Conservative activist Steve Lonegan claims “Social Security system is broke.”

By Bill Wichert October 9, 2011

"Today, the Social Security system is broke."

Dr. Nick Tsiongas says health care is greatest contributor to increases in Rhode Island state budget

By Edward Fitzpatrick October 9, 2011

"Health care is the greatest contribution to spending increases in the state budget."

Pundit says 50,000 Hispanic citizens turn 18 and become eligible to vote every month

By W. Gardner Selby October 7, 2011

"Every month, another 50,000 U.S.-born Hispanics turn 18 and become eligible to vote."  

Barack Obama says Arab Spring sent gas prices higher

By Louis Jacobson October 7, 2011

The Arab Spring … "drove up gas prices."

No CEOs have been arrested for bringing down the economy, said Michael Moore

By Angie Drobnic Holan October 7, 2011

"Not a single banker, a CEO from Wall Street, anyone from corporate America — nobody, (there was) not one arrest of any of these people…

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