Worth 28 percent less than 60's average
"Today’s minimum wage worker making $7.25 an hour has less buying power than a minimum wage worker in the 1960s."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
An unflattering achievement
"In 2017, West Virginia’s $43,469 median household income was $16,867 below the national average, ranking 50th."
— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, December 7th, 2018
The figures check out
At General Motors, CEO Mary Barra "took home almost 22 MILLION DOLLARS last year alone (295x your company's average employee)."
— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, December 6th, 2018
He's not far off
"In fact 7 out of 10 new jobs in America are created by small businesses."
— PolitiFact Missouri on Monday, November 19th, 2018
Better than ever
"Middle-class income rose to a record level in 2017 as the strong economy lifted the fortunes of more Americans."
— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, November 15th, 2018
No. 1 of 50 states
"West Virginia added the highest percentage of new construction jobs in 2017 in the United States, at 14.4%. This amounted to 4,300 additional jobs! In fact, #WV was the only state with double-digit growth!"
— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, November 2nd, 2018
It's a new high
"Household income among Hispanic Americans has just set a new record high."
— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, November 1st, 2018
The company says so
"Since passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Walmart 'increased their starting wage to $11/hr & has given about $400 million in bonuses.'"
— PolitiFact Missouri on Friday, October 5th, 2018
No doubt
"The national economy was strong in its largest expansion of private sector jobs before President Trump came into office."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, September 25th, 2018
A historical landmark
"For only the second time since 2000, there are more job openings than Americans who are unemployed."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, August 31st, 2018
The numbers check out
"The American economy is continuing its longest monthly streak of job growth in history, with 3.9 million jobs added since President Trump was elected."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, August 23rd, 2018
Approved by Ben Stein
"We’ve been down this road before—blanket protectionism is a big part of why America had a Great Depression."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, May 31st, 2018
True that year, and for most years
"Taking into account inflation, the federal minimum wage is actually worth less than what it was worth 50 years ago."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
They didn't want it
After the minimum wage for tipped workers was raised in Maine, the state "reversed that decision due to restaurant employees organizing en masse against the measure."
— PolitiFact New York on Thursday, April 26th, 2018
Fewer workers has meant higher productivity
"Since 1990, production of metals in the U.S. has held roughly constant, but the number of people employed in the industry has fallen steadily."
— PunditFact on Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Dead last - again
"We are last in the nation in startups — 50th."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Highest since 2011
About New York state: "We have the highest debt per capita."
— PolitiFact New York on Friday, February 16th, 2018
It's not even close
"70 percent of the income tax that the state collects happens to come from Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk and New York City"
— PolitiFact New York on Thursday, February 1st, 2018
Average for 2017 set a record
"Small business confidence is at an all-time high."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, January 30th, 2018
Beats previous record by one trading day
The Dow Jones Industrial Average "jumped 1000 points in last 5 weeks, Record fastest 1000 point move in history."
— PolitiFact National on Monday, January 8th, 2018