Latest Fact-checks in Economy Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Betty Sutton stated on October 25, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Every day in the United States, we are losing 15 factories." Lloyd Doggett stated on September 21, 2011 in a speech delivered to U.S. House of Representatives.: Says the main Central Texas food bank is delivering 50 percent more food to the poor than three years ago. Nina Turner stated on October 24, 2011 in an opinion column: "The collective net worth of Americans has taken a $5.5 trillion hit ... mainly due to plummeting home values." Rick Perry stated on October 11, 2011 in the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says that "we brought CHI Manufacturing, that had business in China, back to" Texas. Rachel Maddow stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show: "A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career." Josh Mandel stated on October 5, 2011 in an email to supporters: The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive." Mitt Romney stated on October 26, 2011 in a press release.: 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. Steve LaTourette stated on October 26, 2011 in a statement on his congressional website: "For each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created." Occupy Providence stated on October 19, 2011 in a protest sign: "Minimum wage = $16,000/year CEO-Goldman Sachs (Lloyd Blankfein) $16,000/Hour." Facebook posts stated on October 23, 2011 in an Internet post: Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation." Alan Grayson stated on October 7, 2011 in appearance on Bill Maher show on Oct. 7, 2011: Says 24 million people in this country "can't find a full-time job," 50 million "can't see a doctor when they're sick," 47 million people need government help to feed themselves and 15 million families owe more than the value of their home. Josh Mandel stated on September 28, 2011 in a news release: "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." George Nee stated on October 19, 2011 in a pension forum: "This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired." Rick Perry stated on October 18, 2011 in an online video: "Our president has labeled Americans as soft." Sam Adams stated on August 12, 2011 in in a speech: Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar. Barack Obama stated on October 18, 2011 in a speech. : Says his proposed payroll tax cut "will mean an extra $1,500 in your pocket compared to if we do nothing." Harry Reid stated on October 19, 2011 in a Senate floor speech: With recent growth "it is very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing fine." Mitt Romney stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Over the last several years, 40 percent (of) the jobs created in Texas were created for illegal aliens." Tom Kean Jr. stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states." Peter Palumbo stated on October 5, 2011 in a speech: "The Tax Foundation figures Rhode Island as the 10th highest state for state and local tax burden per capita in the country. We're the 6th worst in the country for the business tax index. We're the 3rd highest per capita in the country for all taxes." Rick Santorum stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidental primary debate: The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today." John Boehner stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: "Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' " Jon Huntsman stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: "I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation." Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, "we cease at some point to be a free economy." Occupied Wall Street Journal stated on October 5, 2011 in an article: "More than 25 million Americans are unemployed. More than 50 million live without health insurance. Perhaps 100 million live in poverty." Facebook posts stated on October 10, 2011 in postings on Facebook, blogs, and social-media sites: Say the ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay in the U.S. is 475 to 1. Barack Obama stated on October 6, 2011 in a press conference at the White House: The Arab Spring … "drove up gas prices." Tim Ryan stated on September 15, 2011 in a television interview: "We have a $2 trillion to $3 trillion infrastructure deficit. We’ve got work that needs to get done. We’ve got people that want to go to work." David Axelrod stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics: "The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996." Marcy Kaptur stated on September 14, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?"
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Betty Sutton stated on October 25, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Every day in the United States, we are losing 15 factories." Lloyd Doggett stated on September 21, 2011 in a speech delivered to U.S. House of Representatives.: Says the main Central Texas food bank is delivering 50 percent more food to the poor than three years ago. Nina Turner stated on October 24, 2011 in an opinion column: "The collective net worth of Americans has taken a $5.5 trillion hit ... mainly due to plummeting home values." Rick Perry stated on October 11, 2011 in the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says that "we brought CHI Manufacturing, that had business in China, back to" Texas. Rachel Maddow stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show: "A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career." Josh Mandel stated on October 5, 2011 in an email to supporters: The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive." Mitt Romney stated on October 26, 2011 in a press release.: 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. Steve LaTourette stated on October 26, 2011 in a statement on his congressional website: "For each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created." Occupy Providence stated on October 19, 2011 in a protest sign: "Minimum wage = $16,000/year CEO-Goldman Sachs (Lloyd Blankfein) $16,000/Hour." Facebook posts stated on October 23, 2011 in an Internet post: Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation." Alan Grayson stated on October 7, 2011 in appearance on Bill Maher show on Oct. 7, 2011: Says 24 million people in this country "can't find a full-time job," 50 million "can't see a doctor when they're sick," 47 million people need government help to feed themselves and 15 million families owe more than the value of their home. Josh Mandel stated on September 28, 2011 in a news release: "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." George Nee stated on October 19, 2011 in a pension forum: "This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired." Rick Perry stated on October 18, 2011 in an online video: "Our president has labeled Americans as soft." Sam Adams stated on August 12, 2011 in in a speech: Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar. Barack Obama stated on October 18, 2011 in a speech. : Says his proposed payroll tax cut "will mean an extra $1,500 in your pocket compared to if we do nothing." Harry Reid stated on October 19, 2011 in a Senate floor speech: With recent growth "it is very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing fine." Mitt Romney stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Over the last several years, 40 percent (of) the jobs created in Texas were created for illegal aliens." Tom Kean Jr. stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states." Peter Palumbo stated on October 5, 2011 in a speech: "The Tax Foundation figures Rhode Island as the 10th highest state for state and local tax burden per capita in the country. We're the 6th worst in the country for the business tax index. We're the 3rd highest per capita in the country for all taxes." Rick Santorum stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidental primary debate: The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today." John Boehner stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: "Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' " Jon Huntsman stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: "I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation." Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, "we cease at some point to be a free economy." Occupied Wall Street Journal stated on October 5, 2011 in an article: "More than 25 million Americans are unemployed. More than 50 million live without health insurance. Perhaps 100 million live in poverty." Facebook posts stated on October 10, 2011 in postings on Facebook, blogs, and social-media sites: Say the ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay in the U.S. is 475 to 1. Barack Obama stated on October 6, 2011 in a press conference at the White House: The Arab Spring … "drove up gas prices." Tim Ryan stated on September 15, 2011 in a television interview: "We have a $2 trillion to $3 trillion infrastructure deficit. We’ve got work that needs to get done. We’ve got people that want to go to work." David Axelrod stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics: "The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996." Marcy Kaptur stated on September 14, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?"
Betty Sutton stated on October 25, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Every day in the United States, we are losing 15 factories."
Lloyd Doggett stated on September 21, 2011 in a speech delivered to U.S. House of Representatives.: Says the main Central Texas food bank is delivering 50 percent more food to the poor than three years ago.
Nina Turner stated on October 24, 2011 in an opinion column: "The collective net worth of Americans has taken a $5.5 trillion hit ... mainly due to plummeting home values."
Rick Perry stated on October 11, 2011 in the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says that "we brought CHI Manufacturing, that had business in China, back to" Texas.
Rachel Maddow stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show: "A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career."
Josh Mandel stated on October 5, 2011 in an email to supporters: The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive."
Mitt Romney stated on October 26, 2011 in a press release.: 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.
Steve LaTourette stated on October 26, 2011 in a statement on his congressional website: "For each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created."
Occupy Providence stated on October 19, 2011 in a protest sign: "Minimum wage = $16,000/year CEO-Goldman Sachs (Lloyd Blankfein) $16,000/Hour."
Facebook posts stated on October 23, 2011 in an Internet post: Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation."
Alan Grayson stated on October 7, 2011 in appearance on Bill Maher show on Oct. 7, 2011: Says 24 million people in this country "can't find a full-time job," 50 million "can't see a doctor when they're sick," 47 million people need government help to feed themselves and 15 million families owe more than the value of their home.
Josh Mandel stated on September 28, 2011 in a news release: "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."
George Nee stated on October 19, 2011 in a pension forum: "This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."
Rick Perry stated on October 18, 2011 in an online video: "Our president has labeled Americans as soft."
Sam Adams stated on August 12, 2011 in in a speech: Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar.
Barack Obama stated on October 18, 2011 in a speech. : Says his proposed payroll tax cut "will mean an extra $1,500 in your pocket compared to if we do nothing."
Harry Reid stated on October 19, 2011 in a Senate floor speech: With recent growth "it is very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing fine."
Mitt Romney stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Over the last several years, 40 percent (of) the jobs created in Texas were created for illegal aliens."
Tom Kean Jr. stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states."
Peter Palumbo stated on October 5, 2011 in a speech: "The Tax Foundation figures Rhode Island as the 10th highest state for state and local tax burden per capita in the country. We're the 6th worst in the country for the business tax index. We're the 3rd highest per capita in the country for all taxes."
Rick Santorum stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidental primary debate: The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today."
John Boehner stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: "Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' "
Jon Huntsman stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: "I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation."
Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, "we cease at some point to be a free economy."
Occupied Wall Street Journal stated on October 5, 2011 in an article: "More than 25 million Americans are unemployed. More than 50 million live without health insurance. Perhaps 100 million live in poverty."
Facebook posts stated on October 10, 2011 in postings on Facebook, blogs, and social-media sites: Say the ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay in the U.S. is 475 to 1.
Barack Obama stated on October 6, 2011 in a press conference at the White House: The Arab Spring … "drove up gas prices."
Tim Ryan stated on September 15, 2011 in a television interview: "We have a $2 trillion to $3 trillion infrastructure deficit. We’ve got work that needs to get done. We’ve got people that want to go to work."
David Axelrod stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics: "The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996."
Marcy Kaptur stated on September 14, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?"
