Statements we say are Half-True
Says the U.S. federal income tax rate was 0 percent until 1913.
Says most states, but not Texas, permit jurors to ask questions of witnesses in trials.
Says 282 Texas school districts have requested emergency waivers to increase elementary school class sizes because of "unprecedented fiscal challenges."
Says that when Republicans held Congress and the presidency, they "doubled the size of the (U.S.) Department of Education."
Says the Obama administration catches and releases nonviolent illegal immigrants.
"If Congress does not pass the renewal of the payroll tax cut before the end of the year, nearly 160 million working families will see their taxes go up by roughly $1,000."
Says IBM leader told Obama that using IBM technology to cut fraud could "pay for" health care reform.
"Eighty percent of the net new jobs created in the state of Texas since 2009 went to the foreign-born."
"We cut a record $15 billion from our state budget."
"The Confederate battle flag never flew over Texas, but... you might soon see it on our license plates."
Proposition 2 on November’s Texas ballot "does not cost state taxpayers any money."
Says Rick Perry wrote a newspaper item saying he was "open to amnesty" for illegal immigrants in the United States.
Says Texas unemployment is dire in various ways such as a doubling in the jobless rate during Rick Perry's governorship. Also, the Texas rate has increased faster than the national rate during Barack Obama's presidency.
"In Texas, we created over 1 million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over 2 million."
"During Sherrod Brown’s past decade as a D.C. politician, more than one out of every four jobs that has left America, left from Ohio. ... Sherrod Brown will own these horrendous Ohio job numbers next year."
Says more than 1 million Texans are jobless, the state has its highest unemployment rate in more than 20 years and joblessness doubled on Rick Perry’s watch.
Says Rick Perry increased spending in Texas by more than 50 percent.
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