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Republican Jewish Coalition stated on June 18, 2012 in a campaign ad:

"One out of every two kids who are graduating college right now can't find a job."

By Louis Jacobson• August 2, 2012

Mitt Romney stated on August 20, 2012 in statements during a rally at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH :

"Half the kids coming out of college this year … can't find a job, or a job that's consistent with a college degree."

By Maryalice Gill• August 27, 2012

Mitt Romney stated on May 17, 2012 in a private campaign fundraiser:

"Fifty percent of kids coming out of school can't get a job."

By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson• September 18, 2012

Don Gaetz stated on June 11, 2013 in an op-ed:

"More than half of last year's U.S. college graduates are unemployed or underemployed."

By Aaron Sharockman• June 14, 2013

Jim Petro stated on August 11, 2011 in a speech at Ohio State University:

Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars."

By Aaron Marshall• August 30, 2011

Arne Duncan stated on January 12, 2012 in a town hall-style meeting:

"One generation ago we led the world in college graduation. We're 16th today."

By Tom Feran• January 20, 2012

Mike Parson stated on January 24, 2019 in an interview on KCUR:

"We are always going to need architects, doctors, we’re going to need professionals with four-year degrees. But 65 to 70 percent of the people in Missouri don’t have degrees."

By Magdaline Duncan• March 22, 2019

Dave Brat stated on October 15, 2014 in a speech.:

"I’ll be the only economist in the (U.S.) House."

By Sean Gorman• November 9, 2014

National Rifle Association stated on October 04, 2016 in a campaign mailer:

Says Patrick Murphy "supports a gun ban on commonly owned semi-automatic firearms used for hunting, recreational shooting and self defense."

By Joshua Gillin• October 11, 2016

Scott Walker stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech:

"Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree."

By Dave Umhoefer• January 21, 2013

Mike Pence stated on November 05, 2009 in a press release:

"As a result of the House Republican bill, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now confirms that families will see their health care premiums reduced by up to 10 percent."

By Robert Farley• November 6, 2009

Job Itzkowitz stated on May 11, 2016 in In the Philadelphia Business Journal:

Old City in Philadelphia "used to have more than a dozen clubs and that's what we were known for and now we’re down to two."

By Mark Dent• May 25, 2016

Scott Walker stated on October 16, 2011 in an interview:

"The largest category of people coming into the technical schools in Wisconsin are people with four-year degrees."

By Tom Kertscher• October 26, 2011

Adam Putnam stated on October 31, 2017 in a speech:

"The No. 1 job vacancy in Florida every month for seven years has been nursing."

By Allison Graves• November 8, 2017

George LeMieux stated on February 27, 2012 in a Web ad:

Connie Mack's "only real job in the real world" was as "‘events coordinator’ for Hooters!"

By Amy Sherman• March 6, 2012

Hillary Clinton stated on February 24, 2015 in a conference in Silicon Valley:

"You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now."

By Louis Jacobson• March 3, 2015

Barack Obama stated on March 30, 2010 in an interview on NBC's Today show:

"A lot of the ideas in terms of the (health insurance) exchange, just being able to pool and improve the purchasing power of individuals in the insurance market, that originated from the Heritage Foundation."

By Louis Jacobson• April 1, 2010

Bill Haslam stated on October 18, 2012 in an article for Time magazine.:

Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."

By Richard Locker• November 11, 2012

Americans United for Change stated on November 05, 2009 in a TV ad:

The Republicans' alternative health care plan "will still let insurers raise premiums four times faster than wages."

By Robert Farley• November 5, 2009

Paul Ryan stated on June 27, 2017 in an interview with Fox News:

Says the CBO said "it's not that people are getting pushed off a plan; it's that people will choose not to buy something they don't like or want."

By Jon Greenberg• June 28, 2017

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