Latest Stories By Robert Higgs

For more than two weeks, the Romney and Obama campaigns have argued about whether President Barack Obama insulted entrepreneurs.

Did you get the chain email that claims the health care law will institute a new tax on home sales? 

It boldly proclaims that the health care law includes "a 3.8% sales tax" on "all real estate transactions." The claim has persistently circulated for two years, but there's just one catch: It's not true.

We ran it through the Truth-O-Meter.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, in an ad that's airing in Ohio called "Where did all the money go" charges that stimulus money went overseas to pay for electric cars in Finland.

We took a look to see if money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus act, helped to Fisker Automotive manufacture high-end, plug-in cars.

Is stimulus money paying for traffic lights on Chinese streets?

That's a claim made by Americans for Prosperity in a TV ad running in Ohio and seven other states.

The ad blames President Barack Obama for sending stimulus money overseas while Americans are out of work. The claim about traffic lights is the third one we've checked out.
 

Is your tax money paying for jobs in Finland?

That's one of the claims in an ad Americans for Prosperity is airing in eight states, including Ohio.

The ad takes aim at President Barack Obama, claiming that stimulus money was sent overseas while Americans are out of work. The claim about Finland is the second one we've checked out.

Americans for Prosperity takes aim at President Barack Obama in a ad running in Ohio and seven other states, claiming that stimulus money was sent overseas while Americans are out of work.

"Tell President Obama, American tax dollars should help American taxpayers," the narrator says. Instead, $2.3 billion in tax credits funded jobs in Mexico, Finland and China, the ad claims.

We checked it out the so-called funding for jobs in Mexico and found the claim somewhat incendiary.

Super Tuesday, the multi-state primary day, is less than a week away. Ohio is one of the key states, so we're spotlighting statements from the GOP candidates.

Super Tuesday, the multi-state primary day, is less than two weeks away. Ohio is one of the key states, so we're spotlighting statements from the GOP candidates.

Super Tuesday, the multi-state primary day, is less than two weeks away. Ohio is one of the key states, so we're spotlighting statements from the GOP candidates.

Super Tuesday, the multi-state primary day, is less than a month away. Ohio is one of the key states, so we're spotlighting statements from the GOP candidates.

Rick Santorum said recently that he warned in 2006 of a meltdown in the housing market. We took a look.

The multi-state primary day, Super Tuesday, is less than a month away. Ohio is one of the key states voting that day, so we're spotlighting statements from the GOP presidential candidates.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said recently that newly elected President Obama told America that if Congress approved the stimulus plan he would hold unemployment below 8 percent.

It's a common claim that voters are likely to hear again, so we looked into it.

The multi-state primary day, Super Tuesday, is less than a month away. Ohio is one of the key states voting that day, so we're spotlighting statements from the GOP presidential candidates.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said recently he "never voted for a Democrat when there was a Republican on the ballot."

We looked into it and found that's a matter of interpretation.