Statements we say are Half-True
"[A]n extra 8 million Americans [are] projected to join state Medicaid programs in the next few years."
In Georgia, "hard-earned lottery dollars are doled out to the scion[s] of wealthy families."
"Current projections indicate that Medicare will go bankrupt by 2017, while Social Security will bottom out by 2037."
Coca-Cola’s CEO "said he finds it easier to do work in China than in the United States."
"We have had over 40 days this summer where it was unsafe to breathe the air."
Under President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, states would no longer have to lay off teachers, firefighters and police officers.
"We [the city of Atlanta] are overbuilt on housing."
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals estimates 200 animals will be spared annually as the result of former President Bill Clinton adopting a vegan diet.
"Recent international reports show the United States near the bottom among industrialized nations for k-12 academic achievement."
Georgia’s illegal-immigration legislation "simply follows existing federal law."
"95 percent of teachers and principals are not implicated in the [Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal] report at all."
If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.
Workers who pick produce in Georgia’s fields can make $12 to $18 an hour.
"We have seized more currency, more drugs, more outbound arms in the past year than any year in our country’s history."
It is estimated that Arizona "has lost more than $100 million in hospitality industry revenues since passage of the Arizona immigration laws."
"Gwinnett Medical Center is operating in the negative," in part, because of illegal immigrants.
According to crime statistics, "riding MARTA has been becoming more and more safe over the years."
"When we lower tax rates, we generate more in revenues. That happened in '86 with the Reagan plan, happened in 2001, following the Bush plan."
"Since President Obama took office, gas prices have gone up 67 percent."
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