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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on December 15, 2011 in a news conference:
"We've got a personal tax system that's so complicated it costs Americans about $500 billion a year to comply with the current tax code."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • December 12, 2011
Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson
stated on November 18, 2011 in a speech at the City Club of Cleveland:
Says military expenditures for the United States are greater than the combined spending of the next 14 largest nations.
True
By Tom Feran • December 5, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 1, 2011 in a congressional hearing:
"A couple retiring today will pay about $119,000 in lifetime Medicare taxes and receive about $357,000 in lifetime Medicare benefits. ... about 3 bucks in benefits for every dollar in taxes."
True
By Tom Feran • November 8, 2011
Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on October 14, 2011 in a campaign commercial:
"Government employees make 43 percent more in wages and benefits" than private-sector workers.
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • November 4, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on October 12, 2011 in a news conference:
"We buy 35 percent of all Chinese exports."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 20, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release:
"Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' "
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • October 13, 2011
Alliance for America's Future
Alliance for America's Future
stated on October 11, 2011 in a campaign mailing:
"We just can’t afford to pay 100 percent of government employee benefits."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 12, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 25, 2011 in a television interview:
"We have asked public employees to pay 10 percent of the costs of their guaranteed pension and 15 percent of the cost of their health care. ... The leadership of those public employees unions don't want to pay anything."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • September 27, 2011
Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on September 6, 2011 in a campaign commercial:
Toledo Mayor "Mike Bell (once) lost his job as a firefighter because his city ran out of money."
True
By Tom Feran • September 23, 2011
Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor
stated on September 8, 2011 in an opinion column:
Says that even if you have no children, "under Obamacare, you would still have to carry insurance that covers pediatric, maternity and newborn care even though you do not need it."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • September 19, 2011
Dan Ramos
Dan Ramos
stated on August 13, 2011 in a newspaper column:
"Gov. Kasich and the Republican-dominated legislature have foregone the popular option of closing tax loopholes that amount to $7 billion annually in this state."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • September 13, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 28, 2011 in a newspaper column:
Says the federal government is "the largest energy user in the country."
True
By Tom Feran • September 7, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 12, 2011 in web pages:
Say Ohio Reps. Marcia Fudge, Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."
Pants on Fire!
By Charles Pope, Tom Feran • September 6, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on August 4, 2011 in an appearance on MSNBC:
"Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies."
True
By Tom Feran • August 29, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 19, 2011 in a television interview:
"We rank below Ethiopia, I'm told, in terms of our exports per capita, well below any of the other developed countries we trade with, and well below China and (South) Korea."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • August 25, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on August 2, 2011 in a television interview:
Says that Wall Street hedge fund managers "pay a lower tax rate than does a sheet metal worker in Parma or a school teacher in Cleveland."
True
By Tom Feran • August 22, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 10, 2011 in a news release:
"Credit agency says Rep. Gibbs recklessly caused downgrade, higher interest rates."
False
By Tom Feran • August 15, 2011
Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
stated on August 8, 2011 in a news release:
"President Obama and Democrats' spending addiction has driven our national debt to historic proportions, maxed out our national credit card and has now led to the Democrat Downgrade of our country's AAA credit rating."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • August 12, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on July 15, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Social Security didn’t cause the debt crisis. Social Security had nothing to do with the debt crisis."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • August 2, 2011
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on July 25, 2011 in a news release:
Says Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel "supports allowing the United States to default on its obligations."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • July 28, 2011
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