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The PolitiFact report card on Gov. Rick Perry

By Bill Adair
Published on Saturday, August 13th, 2011 at 9:19 a.m.

No one in Texas politics has faced the Truth-O-Meter more than Rick Perry. But when he speaks, the meter often goes red: he's earned more False and Pants on Fire ratings (14 and 7) than Trues (10).

The new presidential candidate has fared well on the Perry-O-Meter, which rates the fulfillment of campaign promises. To date, a dozen promises have been rated Kept, three as Broken. But watch for a rating soon on his repeated vow not to run for president.

PolitiFact Texas takes an in-depth look at his record in this report.

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The PolitiFact report card on Gov. Rick Perry

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"The (federal) debt is growing by more than $4 billion a day."

Says the federal government restricts "how much salt we can put on our food."

Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso."

"We don't get a lot of calls from this White House… I have, frankly, never had a call from them."

Says Texas has been waiting for two years for the federal government to act on a proposal to allow the state to "create insurance opportunities for those that are uninsured today."

"We've got a 1,000 National Guard troop request that's been in front of this president for over a year and no response."

"Everyone in this country has access to health care."

"I vetoed more than $3 billion in spending. Lawmakers and I cut taxes for 40,000 small businesses. Now Texas is No. 1 in job creation. The nation’s five best housing markets are right here in Texas. We balanced five state budgets and we cut state spending."

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

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

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