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Statements about Income
Jim Renacci

Jim Renacci

True

Those who don't pay are mostly seniors or poor

"The top 1 percent (of income earners) paid 36.7 percent (of the taxes).  ... The top 50 percent pay 97.7 percent."  

Dennis Kucinich

Dennis Kucinich

True

Big bucks for corporate big shots

"The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."

Jim Petro

Jim Petro

Mostly True

Sorting out dollar estimate requires higher degree

Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars."

Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

True

Does this count as coddling?

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."

Lisa Hamler-Fugitt

Lisa Hamler-Fugitt

Mostly True

50 years of slow growth

"Ohio currently ranks 50th out of all states in income growth."

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