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Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

False

Try 611,000 one-year jobs over a decade

"If you put the $47 billion in revenue (raised over 10 years by the Buffett rule) into infrastructure you could create 611,000 infrastructure jobs."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Half-True

Decline started before Obama became president

"The number of new businesses started per year has dropped by 100,000 during this president’s term."

Stephen Laffey

Stephen Laffey

False

Toyota says otherwise

Giant companies like Toyota will not locate in a state that has not passed a right-to-work law

Joseph Trillo

Joseph Trillo

Half-True

What about tax revenue?

"We got [the Quonset Business Park] for free and we’re getting zero dollars out of it into the state coffers … other than the fact that it produces the jobs."

Thomas Sgouros Jr.

Thomas Sgouros Jr.

False

Claim is De-Verified

"[If] you apply for a job, the chances are 1 in 7 that you are going to be denied that job unfairly if everybody is forced to use E-Verify."

Direct Action for Rights & Equality

Direct Action for Rights & Equality

Pants on Fire!

So wrong it’s almost criminal

"Roughly 25% of RI has a criminal record"

Chain e-mail

Chain e-mail

Pants on Fire!

The TARP bailout was a LOT cheaper

Unemployment and the housing and auto industry crises can be fixed by giving a million dollars to every worker over age 50 to retire.

Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

True

Whether to China or Chattanooga - tax break is the same.

"The law, right now, permits companies that close down American factories and offices and move those jobs overseas to take a tax deduction for the costs associated with moving the jobs to China or India or wherever."

James Langevin

James Langevin

Mostly False

Update: Just under 2,000 jobs created in R.I.

"In Rhode Island, there were thousands of jobs that were created" by the federal stimulus program

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