Latest Half-True Fact-checks on Tim Pawlenty Tim Pawlenty stated on May 29, 2011 in ABC's "This Week": Medicare "only has about 50 percent of it paid for by either premiums or payroll taxes, and the rest is deficit spending ... or debt spending." Tim Pawlenty stated on May 23, 2011 in a speech to announce his presidential candidacy: "For decades before I was elected, governors tried and failed to get Minnesota out of the top 10 highest-taxed states in the country. I actually did it." Tim Pawlenty stated on January 11, 2011 in his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story": "From 1960, the year I was born, until the time I became Governor in 2003, the average two-year increase in Minnesota state spending was 21 percent. … we brought that down dramatically, to about 1.7 percent per year."
Tim Pawlenty stated on May 29, 2011 in ABC's "This Week": Medicare "only has about 50 percent of it paid for by either premiums or payroll taxes, and the rest is deficit spending ... or debt spending." Tim Pawlenty stated on May 23, 2011 in a speech to announce his presidential candidacy: "For decades before I was elected, governors tried and failed to get Minnesota out of the top 10 highest-taxed states in the country. I actually did it." Tim Pawlenty stated on January 11, 2011 in his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story": "From 1960, the year I was born, until the time I became Governor in 2003, the average two-year increase in Minnesota state spending was 21 percent. … we brought that down dramatically, to about 1.7 percent per year."
Tim Pawlenty stated on May 29, 2011 in ABC's "This Week": Medicare "only has about 50 percent of it paid for by either premiums or payroll taxes, and the rest is deficit spending ... or debt spending."
Tim Pawlenty stated on May 23, 2011 in a speech to announce his presidential candidacy: "For decades before I was elected, governors tried and failed to get Minnesota out of the top 10 highest-taxed states in the country. I actually did it."
Tim Pawlenty stated on January 11, 2011 in his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story": "From 1960, the year I was born, until the time I became Governor in 2003, the average two-year increase in Minnesota state spending was 21 percent. … we brought that down dramatically, to about 1.7 percent per year."