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Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“And just like that, your $15/hr doesn’t buy you as much as $7.50/hr did a year ago.”

By Sara Swann• March 9, 2022

Occupy Democrats stated on March 31, 2015 in a meme on social media:

Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus."

By Louis Jacobson• April 1, 2015

Donald Trump stated on February 09, 2024 in a speech to the National Rifle Association:

Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.”

By Louis Jacobson• February 13, 2024

Travis Allen stated on March 08, 2018 in :

"Homelessness has skyrocketed across California. We have the nation’s highest homelessness rate and the nation’s highest homeless population."

By Chris Nichols• March 27, 2018

Ron Johnson stated on June 28, 2022 in Twitter:

"Thanks to failed Dem policies, beer is 9.1% more expensive."

By Laura Schulte• July 18, 2022

Jane Timken stated on April 13, 2022 in a campaign ad:

Joe Biden's spending “has sent prices skyrocketing."

By Jon Greenberg• April 20, 2022

Steve Poizner stated on April 10, 2010 in a campaign commercial:

"Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare."

By Louis Jacobson• May 19, 2010

George Allen stated on May 25, 2012 in a debate.:

"Before I was governor, tuition was skyrocketing and we stopped that. We capped and then we froze college tuition."

By Sean Gorman• June 18, 2012

Carol Miller stated on August 30, 2023 in a post on X:

“Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.”

By Michelle Peribanez• October 6, 2023

Democratic National Committee stated on January 20, 2010 in a press release:

"Under (Rick Perry’s) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent."

By W. Gardner Selby• January 29, 2010

Tina Smith stated on May 21, 2018 in a tweet:

"Taking into account inflation, the federal minimum wage is actually worth less than what it was worth 50 years ago."

By Louis Jacobson• May 22, 2018

West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 17, 2023 in a post on X:

“Since Biden took office ... real wages have fallen monthly.”

By Jacquie Broush• October 12, 2023

Tammy Baldwin stated on March 23, 2021 in News release:

"Over the past decade, drug prices have risen at three times the rate of inflation."

By Haley BeMiller• April 7, 2021

Tim Sheehy stated on August 21, 2024 in an X post:

The “‘Inflation Reduction Act’ increased inflation and drove prices sky high!”

By Louis Jacobson• September 17, 2024

Joe Biden stated on March 07, 2024 in a State of the Union address:

"We’ve already cut the federal deficit by over $1 trillion."

By Louis Jacobson• March 8, 2024

Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2021 in social media posts:

“Gas prices highest in a decade. Worst jobs report in 2 decades. Highest inflation in 3 decades. Highest increase in illegal immigration in 4 decades.”

By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• May 26, 2021

Chris Koster stated on August 20, 2015 in comments at the Missouri State Fair as quoted by the Columbia Daily Tribune:

"Since 2001, higher education in the state has been cut or allowed to erode ... by 35 or 40 percent."

By Adam Aton• October 23, 2015

Alma Adams stated on July 14, 2021 in a committee meeting:

"Lumber prices can be tied to the (Trump) administration’s actions."

By Paul Specht• July 23, 2021

National Republican Congressional Committee stated on April 20, 2012 in a news release.:

Gas prices have gone up 99 percent since Obama became president, "the highest gas price increase since Carter."

By Alex Kuffner• April 29, 2012

Wes Riddle stated on October 22, 2011 in a speech.:

Says combined inflation and unemployment rates in October 2011 were the highest since Ronald Reagan succeeded Jimmy Carter.

By W. Gardner Selby• June 8, 2012

2024 RNC fact-check: Trump appears with Vance, allies talk economy on Day 1

By Louis Jacobson• July 16, 2024

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

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• March 10, 2023

The deficit has fallen under Joe Biden. It’s still higher than before the pandemic.

By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2024

2024 RNC fact-check: What Trump VP pick JD Vance got right, wrong in Milwaukee speech

By PolitiFact Staff • July 18, 2024

Fact-check: Haley calls out Florida’s property insurance, inflation rate in CNN debate with DeSantis

By Louis Jacobson• January 11, 2024

Fact-checking Joe Biden on the economy in CNN interview

By Louis Jacobson• May 9, 2024

Fact-checking claims on California’s unsheltered homeless population

By Chris Nichols• July 25, 2019

Corporate profits do not drive inflation, but inflation boosts company profits

By Louis Jacobson• December 10, 2022

Checking the facts on California’s wealth and poverty

By Chris Nichols• April 2, 2018

Fact-checking Donald Trump on inflation rate at State of the Union

By Louis Jacobson• February 25, 2026

It’s debate time: How have the candidates for California governor fared with the facts?

By Chris Nichols• May 7, 2018

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s statements on the economy in insult-laden Pennsylvania speech

By Louis Jacobson• December 10, 2025

Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2020 campaign kick-off in Florida

By Jon Greenberg• June 19, 2019

Gun-crime claims abound, but which are on target?

By Sue Owen• February 4, 2013

Donald Trump repeats inaccurate claims on economy in local news interview in Pennsylvania

By Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2024

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s final midterm rallies in Pennsylvania, New York, Florida

By Louis Jacobson• November 7, 2022

In context: 'Operation Undaunted' and crime in Austin

By Brandon Mulder• January 4, 2021

Donald Trump’s plaques for past presidents include falsehoods

By Louis Jacobson• December 18, 2025

Fact-checking Donald Trump on his economy and Joe Biden’s

By Louis Jacobson• August 21, 2023

In context: Judging Milwaukee’s crime rate

By Elliot Hughes• March 22, 2024

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