All True statements involving Dennis Kucinich
"Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes."
"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."
"The Fed created $1.2 trillion out of nothing, gave it to banks, and some of them foreign banks, so that they could stabilize their operations."
"Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food."
The Bush tax cuts "helped to create a substantial part of the deficit."
Says none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse."
"One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than half of our discretionary spending."
"The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure."
"Well, you know, the Teamsters wanted to drill in Alaska. I voted against drilling in Alaska. So it's not like I'm a slam dunk on every issue."
"Social Security ... is solid through about 2040 without any changes whatsoever."
"Thirty-four percent of Hispanics don't have any health care at all, don't have any health insurance."
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