Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2014 in a TV interview:

"Federal government reneging" on Medicaid payments to Wisconsin caused about $240 million in extra costs in the 2013-’15 state budget.

By Dave Umhoefer • February 28, 2014

Mothers Against Drunk Driving
stated on February 11, 2014 in a press release:

"A majority of drunk driving deaths and injuries are caused by drunk driving offenders with no prior convictions."

By Dave Umhoefer • February 24, 2014

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 10, 2014 in a press release:

As state Commerce secretary, Mary Burke drafted, sponsored and promoted "budgets that raised taxes by billions, created high structural deficits and raided funds to finance huge spending hikes."

By Dave Umhoefer • February 19, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on January 19, 2014 in a speech:

Wisconsin is "not a high tax and fee state." When you look at "all the money state and local governments bring in" from residents, "we're more in the middle."

By Dave Umhoefer • February 5, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on January 20, 2014 in an interview:

"We’re trailing every other state in the Midwest in terms of job creation since January of 2011."

By Dave Umhoefer • February 2, 2014

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on January 22, 2014 in a news release:

"The national economic recovery has led to higher than expected tax revenues and projected budget surpluses in nearly every state in the nation, including Wisconsin."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 27, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on January 22, 2014 in a speech:

"With the tax controls we already put in place, property taxes on a typical home in December of 2014 will actually be lower than they were in December of 2010."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 23, 2014

David Cullen
stated on January 1, 2014 in a constituent newsletter:

Action by the Milwaukee County Board will "provide the County Executive with the same level of security as the Governor and the Mayor of Milwaukee while saving taxpayers $300,000."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 19, 2014

Kathleen Vinehout
stated on December 5, 2013 in a speech:

"If you make the average amount of people in Wisconsin, $50,000, you got $1.60 less a week in taxes" under the state income-tax cut, but "it didn’t show up in your paycheck."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 14, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on January 6, 2014 in an interview:

"Jobs that involve the minimum wage are overwhelmingly jobs for young people starting out in the workforce."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 13, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on December 13, 2013 in an interview:

"Scott Walker raises nearly 70 percent of his money from out of state"

By Dave Umhoefer • December 22, 2013

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on November 19, 2013 in a web posting:

Says Gov. Scott Walker dropped out or was kicked out of college short of a degree "not long after" he was "kicked out of student elections at Marquette University."

By Dave Umhoefer • December 21, 2013

Robin Vos
stated on November 22, 2013 in a Facebook post:

"The nine-day deer hunt contributes more than $1.3 billion in revenue to the state of Wisconsin."

By Dave Umhoefer • December 4, 2013

Julaine Appling
stated on November 13, 2013 in a radio interview:

In Wisconsin, more than 300,000 people have "some kind of addictive gambling problem, whether it’s pathological or what we’d categorize as a problem gambler."

By Dave Umhoefer • November 27, 2013

Mary Burke
stated on November 6, 2013 in an interview:

"You've seen where we're now going from a $700 million surplus to getting into the next biennium with almost a $750 million deficit."

By Dave Umhoefer • November 19, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on November 13, 2013 in a book:

"The $3.6 billion deficit we inherited has turned into more than a half-billion-dollar surplus."

By Dave Umhoefer • November 15, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on November 13, 2013 in a book:

"During my eight years as county executive, we cut the number of county workers by 20 percent."

By Dave Umhoefer • November 14, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on October 25, 2013 in a press release:

With a bill bringing $100 million in property tax relief, "the typical Wisconsin homeowner will save approximately $680 over four years."

By Dave Umhoefer • November 7, 2013

Chris Abele
stated on October 1, 2013 in a speech:

"We’re one of the only communities in the country that didn’t lose population in the last census."

By Dave Umhoefer • November 3, 2013

Chris Abele
stated on October 1, 2013 in a speech:

"We’re second only to Boston in college students per capita."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 27, 2013

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