Statements we say are Half-True
"When housing and transportation costs are combined, Atlanta’s cost of living -- typically perceived as relatively low -- ranks as 7th worst out of 51 metros nationally."
Under President Barack Obama’s watch, "oil production on federal lands has decreased 14 percent over the past year."
Georgia’s HOPE scholarship is "still the richest scholarship program in America."
"There is not one single federal housing program yet that has not needed a bailout to survive."
Metro Atlantans spend "over an hour every day" or "five hours a week" commuting, for a total of "260 hours a year."
"[W]hen adjusted for cost of living, Georgia ranks first nationally in teacher salary and benefits."
Mitt Romney "supervised a company guilty of massive Medicare fraud."
"[A]t his current rate, President Obama will have added more debt to the United State of America by the end of his first term than each of the previous 43 presidents -- combined!"
"Twenty-five or 24 million people" are "out of work or stopped looking for work."
Since President Barack Obama took office, "2 million more Americans are out of work."
"Unemployment has fallen from 10 percent during the president’s first year in office to 8.5 percent today."
"We have cut crime across every single zone in the city of Atlanta by between 10 percent and 16 percent, depending on the zone."
The planned expansion of Savannah’s port is a "jobs creating project."
"Republicans are attempting to remove Barack Obama from Georgia’s Presidential Ballot in 2012."
"Five members of [the Common Cause Georgia] board accepted maximum campaign contributions."
Congress gave an unelected board "the power to deny care to seniors."
"The study of the Savannah River Estuary . . . clearly demonstrates the project can be constructed and [environmental] impacts will be mitigated."
"[Former Georgia congressman] Bob Barr voted ... to raise his own pay."
"By fiscal year 2013, the state is expected to wipe through [HOPE scholarship] reserve funds."
"[A]n extra 8 million Americans [are] projected to join state Medicaid programs in the next few years."
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