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Nathan Deal

Nathan Deal

Half-True

Doesn't quite get the job done

The state of Georgia lost 16 percent of its employees last year, and that percentage has risen over the past three years.

Rick Scott

Rick Scott

Mostly True

Had been declining for years

"This budget also reflects the smallest state government workforce per 1,000 residents in Florida in this century."

Rick Scott

Rick Scott

Mostly False

Close, if you forget original 2010 promise

"We are already almost halfway to our 2010 goal of creating 700,000 new jobs in seven years."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Study: 21 percent of region's economic oomph

Says that according to a report, "the tech sector now drives more than one-quarter of Austin’s economy."

Ron Meyer

Ron Meyer

Half-True

Misinterprets data

"Only three in 10 young Americans under 30 -- 30 percent under 30 -- have full-time work."

Mike Foley

Mike Foley

Mostly True

Loss leader

Ohio’s lost more jobs in March than any other state in the nation.

Gilberto Hinojosa

Gilberto Hinojosa

Mostly True

Cue the great recession

"The economy added more jobs during four years under Obama than it did in the entire eight years under George W. Bush."  

Rick Perry

Rick Perry

True

Jobs jobs jobs

"Over the last 10 years, Texas created 33 percent of the net new jobs nationwide."

Christie for Governor

Christie for Governor

Mostly True

Part I: Jobs are growing

"Four balanced budgets in a row, with no new taxes for anyone. The best job growth in 12 years. Nearly 130,000 new private-sector jobs. Merit pay to reward New Jersey’s best teachers, and the most education funding ever."

Ron Maag

Ron Maag

Mostly False

Other research shows the opposite

Employees in "workplace freedom" states make more money

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

Half-True

Statistically insignificant rise was a departure from past three years

The labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those who’ve stopped looking for work,  the unemployment rate "actually went up last month to 13.5 percent."

Chris Redfern

Chris Redfern

Half-True

No proof of cause and effect

"Six out of 10 of the highest unemployment rates are also in so-called right to work states."

Ed FitzGerald

Ed FitzGerald

Mostly True

More work, less buying power

"Just about everyone everywhere is spending more hours on the job, less time with their families, bringing home smaller and smaller paychecks, while they're paying more and more at the gas pump and the grocery stores."

Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham

Mostly True

True, but why?

South Carolina has a labor shortage, specifically in the meatpacking industry.

Dustin Inman Society

Dustin Inman Society

Mostly False

Ad claim taken out of context

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says South Carolina "has a labor shortage and wants more immigration."

Friends of Miami First

Friends of Miami First

Half-True

Construction jobs are temporary

The Dolphins stadium renovation will "create more than 4,000 new local jobs."

Ohio Oil and Gas Association

Ohio Oil and Gas Association

Pants on Fire!

One exaggeration after another

"Nearly 40,000 new jobs have been created in the last year due to the new wells . . . right here in Ohio."

Marcia Fudge

Marcia Fudge

Mostly True

Studies differ on size of the gap

"Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."

MacIver Institute

MacIver Institute

Pants on Fire!

Grade inflation

"Gov. Scott Walker (is) more than halfway to (his) 250,000 jobs goal."

Ban the Box RI

Ban the Box RI

True

It’s now up to 31 percent

"In Rhode Island, 28 percent of adults released from state prisons are re-incarcerated within a year."

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