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Cause and effect aren't as simple as this claim asserts
During the three times the top marginal tax rates were lowered in the 20th century, "revenues actually went up while the economy improved in America."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019
Walker, not Evers, came up with the $1 figure
Says Tony Evers will "raise the gas tax by as much as a dollar a gallon."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, October 24th, 2018
Saying Evers could have revoked is misleading
"A teacher watched hard-core pornography in his classroom," along with other inappropriate behavior, but Tony Evers didn't revoke the teacher's license and "the teacher is still in the classroom."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, September 13th, 2018
Only a record in raw dollars
Says he made "a record investment in schools."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, August 3rd, 2018
Heavy involvement by GOP came first
Says "Eric Holder and his group came in and made" the Wisconsin Supreme Court race "highly partisan."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, April 11th, 2018
Remember inflation
"We invested" in our transportation system "$24 billion over eight years. That’s $3 billion more than what former Governor Jim Doyle spent on transportation over the same period of time."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, February 6th, 2018
Numbers are mixed; blame overstated
Says Paul Soglin took Madison backward -- "businesses have left and murders have gone up."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
Ignores delayed projects
"Road projects across the state are staying on track or getting done sooner thanks to the good work of the team at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, January 26th, 2018
Picture isn't so clear
Says Foxconn didn't keep a promise to build a plant in Pennsylvania because "Pennsylvania changed governors."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, August 25th, 2017
Yes, by one subjective measure; no by others
"We took Wisconsin from the Bottom 10 for business to the Top 10."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017
Despite his freeze efforts, levies increased 8 of 9 years
When he was Milwaukee County executive, "eight years in a row we pushed through budgets that did not increase the tax levy from the previous year."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, June 30th, 2017
Not once inflation takes its toll
"We are investing more money into education than ever before in the history of Wisconsin."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, May 17th, 2017
Key point: Refugees are vetted and are here legally
"We don't get any of that information" from the federal government on who refugees are, where they come from and how long they are likely to stay.
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, January 6th, 2017
Not when inflation is correctly factored in
"From 2010-2014, median household income" in Wisconsin "has actually gone up 7.4 percent."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, December 7th, 2015
Claim leaves misleading impression
Says he will pursue change in federal law to protect employees from "extortion from a union" because "the Supreme Court has ruled that federal prohibitions outlawing extortion usually do not apply to unions."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, September 17th, 2015
More accurate numbers paint a different picture
Says under his leadership "Wisconsin median household income" is up 2.7%, while it is down 1.3% nationally under President Obama.
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, July 27th, 2015
Evidence of ultrasound effect is limited
If women seeking an abortion see their ultrasound, "the odds are pretty high they're going to keep the baby."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015
Obama called climate change a serious threat, but didn't say No. 1
Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, June 25th, 2015
No evidence the law improved rank
Thanks to the Act 10 collective bargaining law that took effect four years ago, ACT scores in Wisconsin "are now second-best in the country for states where more than half the kids take the exam."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, June 12th, 2015
Costs sizeable, but only $16 million
Says the recall elections that aimed to remove him and other Republican officials from office "cost tens of millions of dollars to run."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, May 4th, 2015