All Mostly True statements involving Barack Obama
"In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs. Last year, they created the most jobs since 2005."
"Right now, American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years."
"Fifty percent of Speaker Gingrich’s tax plan goes to the top 1 percent."
"Because of Barack Obama 32 million new people will have healthcare."
A bipartisan payroll tax cut championed by the White House has meant that "the average family has an extra $1,000 in their pocket" this year.
Says Ronald Reagan "repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the United States to be impaired in any kind of way."
"Eighty percent of the American people support an approach (to federal budget problems) that includes revenues and includes cuts."
"As we've seen that federal support for states diminish, you've seen the biggest job losses in the public sector -- teachers, police officers, firefighters losing their jobs."
"We have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses."
"You see a whole bunch of Korean cars here in the United States, and you don't see any American cars in Korea."
"If you're a … wealthy CEO or a … hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are … lower than they've been since the 1950s."
Says "we have now more Border Patrol officers … than we’ve had at any time in our history."
Says Paul Ryan "voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for."
"Gov. (Rick) Perry helped balance his budget with about $6 billion worth of federal help, which he happily took, and then started blaming the members of Congress who had offered that help."
The Republican budget plan "says that 10 years from now, if you’re a 65-year-old who’s eligible for Medicare, you should have to pay nearly $6,400 more than you would today."
"Last year, American oil production reached its highest level since 2003."
"Today, American companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets."
"The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in saltwater."
"As many as a quarter of our students aren’t even finishing high school."
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