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Tim Pawlenty stated on June 13, 2011 in :

"There was a recent report out that the premiums for Medicare and the payroll withholdings are only paying about half the program. So it is not financially solvent."

By Robert Farley• June 14, 2011

Michelle Litjens stated on June 02, 2011 in :

"Taxpayers pay for roughly 45 percent of all births in Wisconsin! And 60 percent of the births in Milwaukee!!!"

By Tom Kertscher• June 14, 2011

Newt Gingrich stated on June 13, 2011 in :

If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.

By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano• June 14, 2011

Armond Budish stated on May 14, 2011 in :

"Kasich’s budget increases state spending from $50.5 billion to $55.6 billion. This is the second largest, two-year spending increase in Ohio history."

By Reginald Fields• June 9, 2011

National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 18, 2011 in :

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., "and his fellow Democrats went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out"

By Tom Kertscher• June 6, 2011

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