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All statements by Jennifer Shilling

Half-True

Math works, but numbers cherry picked

Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling

"Foxconn tax break could exceed $1 million per job."  

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, August 16th, 2017

True

Across-the-board tax cuts mean bigger savings for highest earners

Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling

Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average --  would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, May 20th, 2016

Mostly True

You've felt the potholes

Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling

"71% of WI’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition and 14% of WI’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, November 18th, 2015

Mostly True

Not quite an open and shut claim

Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling

A "voucher school that closed after 9 days this year collected $5.4 million in taxpayer subsidies since first opening."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, September 25th, 2015

Mostly False

Number far overstates the case, but it’s one way to look at it

Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling

The 2011-13 state budget "cuts overall funding for public schools by $1.6 billion"

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, July 25th, 2011

False

A few examples in her area, but it's far from common

Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling

Says many local governments in Wisconsin already require employees to pay 20 percent, 30 percent or even 40 percent of their health insurance premiums.

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, March 3rd, 2011