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Search results for "Germany's Federal Court of Auditors warned of an ever-accelerating debt spiral"

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Mitt Romney stated on June 28, 2012 in a press conference:
"Obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 28, 2012
Rick Perry stated on December 15, 2011 in Fox News Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa:
Says Texas did not bail out a loan program he oversaw as state agriculture commissioner.
By W. Gardner Selby• December 18, 2011
Barry Hinckley stated on June 28, 2012 in a fundraising letter:
President Obama’s health-care law will "add trillions of dollars in debt."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 30, 2012
Ernest Almonte stated on October 05, 2014 in an interview on WLNE's "On the Record":
"I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 20, 2014
Betty Sutton stated on October 17, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"Jim Renacci tried to avoid paying taxes on nearly $14 million that he made."
By Sabrina Eaton• October 22, 2012
Tom Graves stated on September 01, 2011 in an article:
"Two days of interest we pay to China is enough to buy one joint strike fighter [jet]."
By Eric Stirgus• September 9, 2011
Chain email stated on December 21, 2012 in an email sent to PolitiFact Texas:
Says 11 states have more people on welfare than employed.
By Sue Owen• January 11, 2013
AFSCME stated on August 17, 2010 in a television election ad:
"Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen."
By Sabrina Eaton, Jane Kahoun• August 27, 2010
John Matson stated on April 26, 2012 in an interview on State of the State:
"Jimmy Langevin is having a fundraiser . . . to retire the debt from his campaign for secretary of state, which was 12 years ago."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• May 20, 2012
Gavin Newsom stated on May 21, 2018 in :
Says the California state auditor "found (John) Chiang lost track of $31 billion dollars," as state controller.
By Chris Nichols• June 1, 2018
Chuck Donovan stated on September 17, 2010 in a blog on his campaign website:
U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson "has never proposed, nor voted in favor of, a substantial cut in federal spending" and has voted for "many substantial increases in federal spending."
By Eric Stirgus• October 1, 2010
Bloggers stated on July 28, 2017 in Internet posts:
Says a New York physician and his wife jumped to their deaths because they "can’t afford" Obamacare.
By Joshua Gillin• August 3, 2017
Kasim Reed stated on March 13, 2012 in press conference:
The new Hartsfield-Jackson international terminal was "on time and on budget."
By Willoughby Mariano• June 6, 2012
John Boehner stated on January 27, 2010 in a live-blog post during the State of the Union address:
"President Obama pledged to go through the budget 'line by line,' but on his watch, non-defense spending has spiraled out of control, increasing by 67 percent in the last year alone."
By Louis Jacobson• January 28, 2010
Rob Portman stated on November 01, 2011 in a congressional hearing:
"A couple retiring today will pay about $119,000 in lifetime Medicare taxes and receive about $357,000 in lifetime Medicare benefits. ... about 3 bucks in benefits for every dollar in taxes."
By Tom Feran• November 8, 2011
Paul Ryan stated on January 25, 2011 in the GOP response to the State of the Union:
The health care law "is accelerating our country toward bankruptcy."
By Robert Farley• January 27, 2011
Jim Jordan stated on January 20, 2011 in a speech to the Heritage Foundation:
"Our debt to GDP ratios, our deficit to GDP ratios are quickly approaching the countries we have been reading about for the last year and a half. We are not far behind Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain and all these countries we have been reading about."
By Sabrina Eaton• February 16, 2011
Mark Warner stated on April 11, 2011 in a meeting with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial board:
"There used to be 16 workers for every one person on Social Security. ... Now it’s three."
By Willoughby Mariano, Eric Stirgus• April 12, 2011
Michael Knowles stated on April 06, 2022 in a video:
“German perverts open bestiality brothels.”
By Monique Curet• April 8, 2022
Paul Ryan stated on March 18, 2011 in a private briefing to Members of Congress:
"The Congressional Budget Office has this economic model where they measure the economy going forward, and they are now telling us that the entire economy crashes in the year 2037 because their computer simulation can't conceive of any way in which the U.S. economy can continue."
By Louis Jacobson• March 21, 2011

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In UN speech, Joe Biden calls for collective action on climate, COVID-19

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 21, 2021

Fact-checking Paul Ryan, vice presidential candidate

By Tom Kertscher• August 11, 2012

Fact-checking Paul Ryan, vice presidential candidate

By Tom Kertscher• August 11, 2012

Iowa’s newest election laws, explained

By Lauren White• June 21, 2021

How Paul Ryan has fared on the Truth-O-Meter

By Tom Kertscher• August 11, 2012

The federal health care law: What came true and what didn’t

By Steve Contorno, Angie Drobnic Holan• March 20, 2015

Trump voters wanted relief from medical bills. For millions, the bills are about to get bigger.

By Noam N. Levey• July 25, 2025

Does the U.S. have a 'massive' trade deficit with Germany, as Donald Trump said?

By Louis Jacobson• May 30, 2017

The debt limit fight: Why does it matter? How could it be resolved?

By Louis Jacobson• January 19, 2023

Ryan and the Simpson-Bowles Commission: the full story

By Louis Jacobson, J.B. Wogan• August 30, 2012

Rauner blames Democrats for decades of bipartisan can-kicking

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• December 9, 2018

Biden, so far, has signed fewer executive orders than Trump

By Ranjan Jindal• July 5, 2024

Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s claims about a national emergency

By PolitiFact Staff • February 15, 2019

In final report, House Ethics Committee targets George Santos’ falsehoods

By Louis Jacobson• November 16, 2023

PolitiFact Florida’s Top 5 fact-checks for February 2016

By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• March 1, 2016

Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 most read politician fact-checks of 2024

By Matthew Crowley• December 23, 2024

So what is the debt ceiling all about anyway?

By Louis Jacobson• September 7, 2017

Ten questions about the debt ceiling

By Louis Jacobson• October 13, 2013

OMG! Welfare Death Spiral?! Read before you FWD or RT

By Sue Owen• January 11, 2013