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Statements about Census
Ronnie Earle

Ronnie Earle

Mostly True

Inequality has risen over decades

"Inequality in Texas is steadily getting worse, with very few rich people, a great many poor people, and fewer and fewer in the middle."

Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Mostly True

Perry may be right, but he's using wrong statistics

"More than 1,000 people ... move to Texas every day."

Bill Bennett

Bill Bennett

Mostly True

He understates both figures, but the larger point holds

"Four percent of American citizens are black males, but they are 35 percent of murder victims."

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann

Pants on Fire!

ACORN not getting money, not collecting data

ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and "they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public."

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann

Pants on Fire!

Bachmann's claim wrong, and illegal

Says the Constitution only requires her to tell the census "how many people are in our home."

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