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Statements about Small Business
Leonidas Raptakis

Leonidas Raptakis

Half-True

Critique misses bullseye

Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis wrongly takes credit for small-business program

Frank Caprio

Frank Caprio

Half-True

Caprio’s premise is a little shaky

“If every small business in our state, on average, was able to create one new job we would cut our unemployment rate in half.”

Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Half-True

Contacts helped, but claim overreaches

"Bill White used D.C. connections from his job in the Clinton administration to form a company that did business in the Middle East and defaulted on a $60 million loan."

Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Half-True

Rate dropped, but taxes rose

"We lowered the business tax from 4 percent down to 1 percent."

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Kay Bailey Hutchison

False

Senator's tax argument has holes

“The largest tax increase that we have ever had in our state is yours – it is the business margins tax that you signed, governor.”

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