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Eric Cantor stated on January 23, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.:

"For every dollar (in the stimulus package) that is spent to help small businesses, $4 is being spent to help upkeep the grass on the lawns of Washington."

By Robert Farley• January 27, 2009

Chain email stated on March 07, 2011 in a chain email apparently focused on Wisconsin corrections workers:

State employees will have to pay 100 percent of their pensions and health insurance after 2012.

By Dave Umhoefer• March 8, 2011

Frank Caprio stated on May 19, 2013 in an appearance on "10 News Conference":

Since Gina Raimondo took office, investment fees on the state's pension portfolio "have gone up from about $12 million annually to about $50 million."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 2, 2013

Bill White stated on April 13, 2010 in a press release:

"By the end of Governor Rick Perry's term, he will have drained Texas taxpayers ... of more than $360,000 to pay for the rental mansion he has been living in while the historic Governor's Mansion is repaired."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• April 25, 2010

Boyd Richie stated on May 20, 2010 in an e-mail blast.:

Says Gov. Rick Perry is "spending Texans’ hard-earned money to live like Louie XIV."

By W. Gardner Selby• May 26, 2010

Barack Obama stated on February 17, 2009 in a bill signing ceremony in Denver.:

"We are making the largest investment in education in our nation’s history."

By Alexander Lane• February 27, 2009

Gretchen Whitmer stated on February 02, 2026 in a Substack:

Under Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, there are “fewer families living in poverty” than under her predecessor.

By Amy Sherman• February 6, 2026

Marco Rubio stated on January 12, 2013 in an interview:

The United States has "an immigration system where only 6.5 percent of people who come here, come here based on labor and skill."

By Amy Sherman• January 16, 2013

Chris Abele stated on October 01, 2013 in a speech:

Milwaukee County has "a parks capital budget that’s bigger than it’s been in the last 10 years."

By Dave Umhoefer• October 23, 2013

Mitt Romney stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa:

"We have 25 million Americans out of work."

By Louis Jacobson• January 24, 2012

Charlie Crist stated on October 24, 2014 in in a campaign ad:

Says Rick Scott "spent $800,000 of your tax dollars upgrading the Governor's Mansion."

By Joshua Gillin• October 31, 2014

Travis Allen stated on June 15, 2017 in a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article:

"This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas."

By Chris Nichols• December 15, 2017

Kasim Reed stated on July 29, 2014 in press conference:

"The minimum number of infrastructure (needs) in Atlanta is $900 million."

By Nancy Badertscher• August 12, 2014

Mike Fasano stated on October 11, 2011 in a news article:

"Just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be." A planned nuclear plant repair "will only increase that percentage."

By Becky Bowers• October 18, 2011

Mark Pocan stated on February 19, 2011 in a blog post:

Says salaries and benefits for Wisconsin state employee comprised 8.5 percent of the 2009-2011 state budget.

By Tom Kertscher• April 24, 2011

Rick Perry stated on March 02, 2010 in a speech:

"Washington cannot hide from the fact that Congress hiked the national debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion. They cannot hide from the fact . . . that the budget that they’re going forward with has more than a $5 trillion in debt in it over the next five years."

By W. Gardner Selby• March 4, 2010

Bee Moorhead stated on September 29, 2015 in an oped article in the Austin American-Statesman:

Texas has "outstripped the national poverty rate" since "at least 1959."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 12, 2015

Lee Leffingwell stated on August 31, 2012 in a UNITY PAC press release.:

Says Austin voters can approve seven bond propositions "without raising taxes."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 4, 2012

Vicky Hartzler stated on October 30, 2017 in a news release:

"In Missouri, there are still (FEMA) cases pending from floods that occurred in 2013."

By Tateanna McCaskill, Riley Newton• December 14, 2017

David Axelrod stated on November 21, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"8.5 million Americans have gotten rebate checks because their insurance companies were spending too much money on executive bonuses and administrative costs and not enough on health care."

By Katie Sanders• November 21, 2013

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