All Mostly True statements involving Jim Moran

Mostly True

But little of their pay comes from taxpayers

Jim Moran

"We have a system now where in 40 states, the highest-paid public employee is the state university’s head football or basketball coach."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, December 22nd, 2014

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Correct when considering size; changes with population

Jim Moran

Says Virginia, Florida and Georgia are the three states that are the principal source for gun trafficking.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Mostly True

Guns used in crimes but not necessarily drug trafficking

Jim Moran

"According to ATF data, 70 percent of firearms recovered and traced in drug cartel crimes in Mexico originated from the United States."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

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Numbers are outdated, but close

Jim Moran

"The U.S. gun homicide rate is 20 times the combined rate of other western nations."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Friday, January 27th, 2012

Mostly True

Close, but no cigar

Jim Moran

"Over the past decade, the big five oil companies --- BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell -- made a total profit of nearly $1 trillion."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, April 11th, 2011

Mostly True

Don't forget, there was a recession

Jim Moran

The Bush-era tax cuts failed to increase employment and "work-force participation fell in 2001 and has never returned to the record level set in 2000."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Saturday, December 11th, 2010

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