Statements we say are Half-True
"One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects."
"Thomas Jefferson created the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening."
Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
"The amount of debt is on pace to double in five years and triple in 10. The federal debt is now over $100,000 per household."
The "pay-as-you-go law ... was a big reason why we had record surpluses in the 1990s."
"Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed."
The Obama administration "raised discretionary spending by 24 percent from President George W. Bush's last full-year budget and will run up more debt by October than Bush did in eight years."
"Most of the people that work in finance make $70,000, $80,000 a year."
When Charlie Crist was elected governor, Florida ranked 31st in K-12 education. "Last year ... we went from 31st to 14. And this year, the top 10 in America."
Health care reform plans being consided in Congress "will finally reduce the costs of health care."
"We've created or saved up to 1.6 million jobs, according to the CBO -- the Congressional Budget Office -- through the Recovery Act."
"To use money from the TARP fund in the manner that is being discussed by the White House and congressional Democrats would be a violation of the law."
A new Republican litmus test "would have resulted in (the GOP) kicking out Ronald Reagan."
Obama "closed offshore tax safe havens."
The United States has a supply of "more than 100 years of natural gas."
A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest "those already struggling to make ends meet."
"The public option is not funded with public money. It's funded with private insurance premiums."
"There were more people at the Air and Space Museum" than at a rally against the health care bills.
The health care bills will be "mandated spending. You can't cut it, regardless of the budget circumstances."
The House health care bill pays for "about six years of program with a decade of revenue, with the heaviest costs concentrated in the second five years."
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