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Statements about Economy
Jeff Mullis

Jeff Mullis

Mostly True

Kaboom!

Georgia loses "millions of dollars of revenue because people go out of state to buy fireworks."

John Kasich

John Kasich

True

On the money

"Under Gov. Kasich, Ohio wages have increased by $10.3 billion."

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Half-True

Not all are unfilled due to skill shortage

"There are 3 million jobs available in America that are not filled because too many of our people don’t have the skills for those jobs."

Ron Book

Ron Book

False

Study commissioned by Host Committee does not equal "everybody"

"Super Bowl L by everybody's estimation is a $500 million economic impact to the state of Florida."

Virginia Foxx

Virginia Foxx

Mostly True

Right diagnosis, wrong evidence

"There are 3.6 million jobs sitting vacant, in part because there aren’t enough qualified applicants to fill them."

Eric Cantor

Eric Cantor

Mostly False

Employment tenure has increased

"Over the last 20 years, the world has changed. It used to be that one could make a career out of working for one company. Today, the average worker stays at his or her job for barely four years."

Rick Scott

Rick Scott

False

The real problem was real estate, real estate, real estate

A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago."

Carolyn Medeiros

Carolyn Medeiros

Mostly False

Claim needs rehabilitation

"There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. And there's federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses."

Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy

Mostly False

Not what the best measure shows

Says the federal government is earning more tax revenue now "than any other time."

Gary Sasse

Gary Sasse

True

CVS got 59 percent of the total

Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."

Sarah Eckhardt

Sarah Eckhardt

Mostly True

UPDATED: Poverty up since 2000, but local rate sometimes goes down

Says Travis County's unemployment rate is below the national average while its poverty rate exceeds the national average--and local poverty is rising.

Bob Stacey

Bob Stacey

False

Interstate agreement calls for costs to be split 50-50

Says "If Oregon’s Legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the CRC, it will … leave Oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility."

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

True

It shrank slightly, but it did shrink

"Our economy actually shrank during the last three months of 2012."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

True

Yes, but new jobs just a fraction of those lost

"After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three."

Keith Faber

Keith Faber

Half-True

A little word that means a lot

"Ohio is doing better right now than the national average on all the (economic) numbers."

Rodney Frelinghuysen

Rodney Frelinghuysen

Mostly True

Sandy hit Buffalo?

Says "the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nation's economy."

Sean Hannity

Sean Hannity

False

A valid concern, incorrectly described

Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago."

Terry McAuliffe

Terry McAuliffe

False

Company didn't address state concerns

Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant.

Ted Strickland

Ted Strickland

Mostly True

Experts split on which month marks the start

Says Ohio’s economic recovery "started in February 2010."

Scott Walker

Scott Walker

Mostly True

The governor is among them

"Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree."  

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