All Mostly True statements involving David Axelrod
Says Republicans want to cut education by 25 percent.
"The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996."
Republicans extended unemployment insurance under President Bush "when he asked to extend unemployment insurance."
When President Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. When he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion.
Obama's plan for health care reform "ends exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles or co-pays."
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