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Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2022 in a video on Facebook:
“We have 76% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, meaning they are one paycheck away from poverty.”
By Madison Czopek• May 16, 2022
Tim Lee stated on April 10, 2012 in an interview:
Candidate Bill Byrne used campaign funds for work on his "personal car."
By Eric Stirgus• June 1, 2012
Ted Ferrioli stated on April 26, 2011 in an opinion column:
"The Public Employee Retirement System is making more millionaires than the Oregon state lottery."
By Janie Har• June 16, 2011
Rick Scott stated on June 17, 2011 in a statement:
"Since I took office, we’ve created 76,800 jobs."
By Becky Bowers• July 1, 2011
Jim Moran stated on March 17, 2011 in a floor speech.:
Ending federal funding for National Public Radio would jeopardize 9,000 jobs.
By Jacob Geiger• March 26, 2011
John Patrick stated on January 12, 2017 in a Texas Capitol press conference:
"If you have a family, the current minimum wage easily qualifies you for food stamps."
By W. Gardner Selby• February 11, 2017
Rachel Maddow stated on November 10, 2010 in comments on her MSNBC show.:
"The Republican who was just elected governor of the great state of Florida paid his campaign staffers, not with money, but with American Express gift cards."
By Aaron Sharockman• November 12, 2010
John Skvarla stated on October 24, 2016 in a speech in Charlotte:
Says HB2 "hasn’t moved the needle one iota" on North Carolina’s economy.
By Will Doran• October 28, 2016
Facebook posts stated on June 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Maine Gov. Janet Mills is “using taxpayer money to buy cars for those on welfare, without a public hearing on the rules. If someone on welfare sells the car for cash without the state’s approval, the rules don’t allow the state to prosecute them for car theft.”
By Bill McCarthy• June 29, 2020
Facebook posts stated on April 15, 2024 in a Facebook post:
The government owes you $8,832 and a $2,000 spending card.
By Jeff Cercone• April 18, 2024
Doreen Costa stated on August 10, 2011 in a radio interview:
"The studies have shown us that [drug testing for welfare recipients] will be saving us money"
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 26, 2011
Robert Flanders stated on December 17, 2010 in an economic forum:
"Every dropout costs us $72,000 for the life of that person."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 16, 2011
Adam Putnam stated on May 05, 2018 in a Republican candidate forum:
"Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures."  
By Allison Graves• May 10, 2018
Charlotte Nash stated on October 22, 2013 in an interview:
Finance experts estimate that paying in cash for the $2.5 billion in projects funded by the sales tax saved Gwinnett County more than $1 billion in interest payments.
By Eric Stirgus• November 11, 2013
Bob McDonnell stated on January 12, 2011 in the State of the Commonwealth address:
"It is estimated that every $100 million spent on construction generates 3,000 new jobs."
By Jacob Geiger• January 22, 2011
Rand Paul stated on January 28, 2014 in a response to the State of the Union address:
Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."
By Louis Jacobson• January 30, 2014
Bloggers stated on March 12, 2012 in blog posts and links on the Internet:
The administration has issued rules for "$1 abortions in ObamaCare" and "requires all persons enrolled in insurance plans that include elective abortion coverage to pay" an abortion premium.
By Louis Jacobson• March 21, 2012
Kendrick Meek stated on June 22, 2010 in a Democratic U.S. Senate debate:
Jeff Greene "is the king of the undercover Credit Default Swap that brought about the destruction of our economy that we have right now."
By Aaron Sharockman• June 22, 2010
Russ Feingold stated on June 14, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Ron Johnson "voted five times for tax breaks that help companies ship Wisconsin jobs overseas."
By Alison Dirr• August 26, 2016
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin stated on September 10, 2013 in a web posting:
"The Kenosha casino would be one of the state’s largest employers and pay more to the state than any other company or Tribe – essentially, it would be Wisconsin’s biggest taxpayer."
By Dave Umhoefer• September 11, 2013

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By Jon Greenberg• August 23, 2018

Fact-checking the Frankel-Hasner race in South Florida

By Amy Sherman• October 3, 2012

Our High Five for December

By Dave Umhoefer• December 29, 2014

The facts about Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan

By Aaron Sharockman• September 26, 2011

Mailbag: 'You idiots!' or 'You guys rock!'

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 8, 2011

What the numbers tell us about Biden’s promise of high-paying green jobs

By Jon Greenberg• April 22, 2021

In context: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders on Goldman Sachs

By Lauren Carroll• January 21, 2016

IMG Academy projects big economic numbers from expansion, but doesn’t say how

By Joshua Gillin• June 19, 2015

Mailbag: "Do you even check your own facts?"

By W. Gardner Selby• March 15, 2012

Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• March 10, 2023

Central America and the root causes of migration to the US

By Miriam Valverde• June 7, 2021

17 candidates, 2 debates, 1 Donald Trump and plenty to fact-check

By Aaron Sharockman• August 7, 2015

Mailbag: "Reassign the PolitiFact staff to obits."

By • December 13, 2010

The best of 2010 from PolitiFact state sites

By Louis Jacobson• December 24, 2010

Mix 'n match creditors with causes

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 20, 2008

PolitiFact Georgia has week of relative truthiness

By Willoughby Mariano• August 22, 2010

Is there a corporate tax break that ships jobs overseas?

By Lauren Carroll• September 16, 2014

Trying to pin down what Donald Trump thinks about abortion, the minimum wage, taxes, and U.S. debt

By Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2016

Rick Scott's 2015 State of the State speech annotated

By Joshua Gillin, Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• March 3, 2015

Fact-checking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ final State of the State speech

By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• January 13, 2026