4 People 20366 Fact-checks 6731 Articles People (4) Freedom and Responsibility PAC Americans for Responsible Solutions Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Fact-checks (20366) Elizabeth Warren stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall in New Hampshire: Speaking of the financial crisis that gained traction in 2007, "I talked about it to anyone who would listen, a crisis is coming." By Miriam Valverde• April 30, 2019 Barack Obama stated on October 07, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.: On the economic crisis, "the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system." By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• October 13, 2008 Virginia Tea Party Patriots stated on November 15, 2010 in a letter to Congress.: The dollar "has fallen over 44% since Bernanke began pumping money into the system beginning back in 2002." By Wes Hester• November 19, 2010 Michael Moore stated on September 28, 2011 in an interview on "Democracy Now": "Not a single banker, a CEO from Wall Street, anyone from corporate America — nobody, (there was) not one arrest of any of these people who brought down the economy in 2008." By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 7, 2011 Hillary Clinton stated on February 25, 2010 in a hearing before Congress: In 2001, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan "justified increasing spending and cutting taxes, saying that we didn't really need to pay down the debt." By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 2, 2010 Michael Doherty stated on December 09, 2011 in a news release: "Following the catastrophic, cascading collapse of major investment banks on Wall Street in 2007.....Nobody was prosecuted, no hearings were held and no reforms were implemented." By Bill Wichert• December 19, 2011 Charles Payne stated on June 17, 2019 in a TV appearance: "When President Obama was elected, the market crashed … Trump was up 9%, President Obama was down 14.8% and President Bush was down almost 4%. There is an instant reaction on Wall Street." By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2019 Lainey Melnick stated on April 23, 2010 in an e-mail blast: Says U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith supported the $700 billion Wall Street bailout in 2008, "but now he is standing in the way of reforms that would assure these bailouts would never happen again." By W. Gardner Selby• May 19, 2010 Kendrick Meek stated on July 26, 2010 in a television ad: "Warren Buffett called (Jeff) Greene's scheme 'financial weapons of mass destruction.' " By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 30, 2010 David Axelrod stated on September 08, 2010 in an interview: Says Texas U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions said the GOP's goal is to "go back to the same exact policies that were in place before this president took office... policies that crashed the economy." By W. Gardner Selby• September 14, 2010 Elizabeth Warren stated on February 19, 2020 in the Las Vegas debate: “Mayor Bloomberg was busy blaming African Americans and Latinos for the housing crisis in 2008.” By Amy Sherman• February 20, 2020 Rick Scott stated on September 27, 2010 in a TV ad.: "Alex Sink funneled three quarters of a million dollars in no-bid contracts to Bank of America." By Aaron Sharockman• October 5, 2010 Mark Neumann stated on July 17, 2012 in a TV ad: Says U.S. Senate opponent Eric Hovde "supported billions in stimulus for high-speed rail" and "billions more to bail out banks." By Tom Kertscher• August 3, 2012 Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2014 in a meme on social media: Says former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said that "if the workers are more insecure, that's very healthy for the society" because "they'll serve the masters gladly and passively." By Louis Jacobson• July 21, 2014 Barack Obama stated on October 07, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: "I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke [in March 2007], and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it." By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• October 13, 2008 Bill Clinton stated on August 11, 2015 in an interview with Inc. magazine: "There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash." By Lauren Carroll• August 19, 2015 Barack Obama stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart": Stabilizing the recent financial crisis "will cost less than 1 percent of GDP," which is less than the 2.5 percent to fix the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. By Louis Jacobson• October 28, 2010 John McCain stated on September 16, 2008 in an interview on CNN's "American Morning": "I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it." By Adriel Bettelheim• September 17, 2008 Donald Trump stated on June 21, 2016 in a campaign statement: Says Hillary Clinton "filibustered legislation to reform" Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. By Adam Thorp• June 28, 2016 Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street." By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 17, 2008 Articles (6731) What caused crisis? No one thing By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• November 30, 2008 Fact-checking Mike Bloomberg’s response to redlining attack By Amy Sherman• February 27, 2020 No need to pay down the debt? Not what he said. By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 2, 2010 McCain's 'warning' on Fannie & Freddie By Adriel Bettelheim• September 17, 2008 How the 2008 and 2020 recessions will be different, and why that matters By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2020 Fact checking "Decision Points" By Louis Jacobson• November 29, 2010 Facts on Financial Reform By Angie Drobnic Holan, Lukas Pleva• July 16, 2010 Sorting out the truth on the economy By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 29, 2008 Fact-checking ‘Hillary Clinton lying for 13 minutes straight’ By Linda Qiu• May 20, 2016 Even missionaries botch their facts By Amy Hollyfield• May 2, 2008 Why are banks like First Republic and Silicon Valley failing? And how unusual is this? By Louis Jacobson• May 3, 2023 In Context: What a Martha’s Vineyard homeless shelter coordinator said about migrant housing By Madison Czopek• September 16, 2022 The Stump Speech Analyzer: Biden rolls out plan for economy, attacks Trump’s divisive rhetoric By Sophie Austin• July 10, 2020 On 'bailout' bill, party leaders' claims are less than accurate By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• April 21, 2010 Unpacking the home mortgage plans By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 26, 2008 Fact-checking the Dartmouth GOP debate By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• October 12, 2011 Romney: turning over the turnaround label By David Baumann• September 27, 2007 Vallas, Emanuel point fingers over Chicago teacher pension freefall By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• May 14, 2018 The fact-checker's guide to viral graphics contrasting Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders By Will Cabaniss• September 2, 2015 How the coronavirus shook the stock market, explained By Bill McCarthy• March 10, 2020
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Elizabeth Warren stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall in New Hampshire: Speaking of the financial crisis that gained traction in 2007, "I talked about it to anyone who would listen, a crisis is coming." By Miriam Valverde• April 30, 2019 Barack Obama stated on October 07, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.: On the economic crisis, "the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system." By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• October 13, 2008 Virginia Tea Party Patriots stated on November 15, 2010 in a letter to Congress.: The dollar "has fallen over 44% since Bernanke began pumping money into the system beginning back in 2002." By Wes Hester• November 19, 2010 Michael Moore stated on September 28, 2011 in an interview on "Democracy Now": "Not a single banker, a CEO from Wall Street, anyone from corporate America — nobody, (there was) not one arrest of any of these people who brought down the economy in 2008." By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 7, 2011 Hillary Clinton stated on February 25, 2010 in a hearing before Congress: In 2001, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan "justified increasing spending and cutting taxes, saying that we didn't really need to pay down the debt." By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 2, 2010 Michael Doherty stated on December 09, 2011 in a news release: "Following the catastrophic, cascading collapse of major investment banks on Wall Street in 2007.....Nobody was prosecuted, no hearings were held and no reforms were implemented." By Bill Wichert• December 19, 2011 Charles Payne stated on June 17, 2019 in a TV appearance: "When President Obama was elected, the market crashed … Trump was up 9%, President Obama was down 14.8% and President Bush was down almost 4%. There is an instant reaction on Wall Street." By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2019 Lainey Melnick stated on April 23, 2010 in an e-mail blast: Says U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith supported the $700 billion Wall Street bailout in 2008, "but now he is standing in the way of reforms that would assure these bailouts would never happen again." By W. Gardner Selby• May 19, 2010 Kendrick Meek stated on July 26, 2010 in a television ad: "Warren Buffett called (Jeff) Greene's scheme 'financial weapons of mass destruction.' " By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 30, 2010 David Axelrod stated on September 08, 2010 in an interview: Says Texas U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions said the GOP's goal is to "go back to the same exact policies that were in place before this president took office... policies that crashed the economy." By W. Gardner Selby• September 14, 2010 Elizabeth Warren stated on February 19, 2020 in the Las Vegas debate: “Mayor Bloomberg was busy blaming African Americans and Latinos for the housing crisis in 2008.” By Amy Sherman• February 20, 2020 Rick Scott stated on September 27, 2010 in a TV ad.: "Alex Sink funneled three quarters of a million dollars in no-bid contracts to Bank of America." By Aaron Sharockman• October 5, 2010 Mark Neumann stated on July 17, 2012 in a TV ad: Says U.S. Senate opponent Eric Hovde "supported billions in stimulus for high-speed rail" and "billions more to bail out banks." By Tom Kertscher• August 3, 2012 Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2014 in a meme on social media: Says former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said that "if the workers are more insecure, that's very healthy for the society" because "they'll serve the masters gladly and passively." By Louis Jacobson• July 21, 2014 Barack Obama stated on October 07, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: "I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke [in March 2007], and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it." By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• October 13, 2008 Bill Clinton stated on August 11, 2015 in an interview with Inc. magazine: "There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash." By Lauren Carroll• August 19, 2015 Barack Obama stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart": Stabilizing the recent financial crisis "will cost less than 1 percent of GDP," which is less than the 2.5 percent to fix the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. By Louis Jacobson• October 28, 2010 John McCain stated on September 16, 2008 in an interview on CNN's "American Morning": "I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it." By Adriel Bettelheim• September 17, 2008 Donald Trump stated on June 21, 2016 in a campaign statement: Says Hillary Clinton "filibustered legislation to reform" Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. By Adam Thorp• June 28, 2016 Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street." By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 17, 2008
What caused crisis? No one thing By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• November 30, 2008 Fact-checking Mike Bloomberg’s response to redlining attack By Amy Sherman• February 27, 2020 No need to pay down the debt? Not what he said. By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 2, 2010 McCain's 'warning' on Fannie & Freddie By Adriel Bettelheim• September 17, 2008 How the 2008 and 2020 recessions will be different, and why that matters By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2020 Fact checking "Decision Points" By Louis Jacobson• November 29, 2010 Facts on Financial Reform By Angie Drobnic Holan, Lukas Pleva• July 16, 2010 Sorting out the truth on the economy By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 29, 2008 Fact-checking ‘Hillary Clinton lying for 13 minutes straight’ By Linda Qiu• May 20, 2016 Even missionaries botch their facts By Amy Hollyfield• May 2, 2008 Why are banks like First Republic and Silicon Valley failing? And how unusual is this? By Louis Jacobson• May 3, 2023 In Context: What a Martha’s Vineyard homeless shelter coordinator said about migrant housing By Madison Czopek• September 16, 2022 The Stump Speech Analyzer: Biden rolls out plan for economy, attacks Trump’s divisive rhetoric By Sophie Austin• July 10, 2020 On 'bailout' bill, party leaders' claims are less than accurate By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• April 21, 2010 Unpacking the home mortgage plans By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 26, 2008 Fact-checking the Dartmouth GOP debate By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• October 12, 2011 Romney: turning over the turnaround label By David Baumann• September 27, 2007 Vallas, Emanuel point fingers over Chicago teacher pension freefall By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• May 14, 2018 The fact-checker's guide to viral graphics contrasting Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders By Will Cabaniss• September 2, 2015 How the coronavirus shook the stock market, explained By Bill McCarthy• March 10, 2020
