Violation is not the same as fraud
Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, July 31st, 2018
Wall Street tends to support whoever's in power
"Wall Street comes out en masse with its money against House Democrats every election."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
Tax cuts were a sidelight at best
The Great Recession emerged "in large part because of tax policies that slashed taxes on the wealthy, failed to invest in the middle class, took their eyes off of Wall Street, and created a perfect storm."
— PolitiFact National on Sunday, October 2nd, 2016
Not if they're still serving
"Washington politicians are paid over $200,000 an hour for speeches."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, April 20th, 2016
Voted for two major bailout measures, against another
"Paul Ryan is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Actual number is less than half of what he said
"Over 40 percent of small and mid-size banks that loan money to small businesses have been wiped out since Dodd-Frank has passed."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015
On Clinton, yes; Bush is less clear
"The CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that he’d be just fine with either Bush or Clinton."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
Not the only one
"On my last trip to New Hampshire, I think I met the guy who founded the first and only bank since Dodd-Frank passed, since the financial crisis. One bank in the country."
— PolitiFact New Hampshire on Friday, May 8th, 2015
Really because it was a pawn shop, not a gun shop
"Suntrust Bank cancels account because company sells guns."
— PolitiFact Florida on Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
Charge lacks full context
Says that as a U.S. senator, Scott Brown "delivered for Wall Street, saving big banks $19 billion in taxes."
— PolitiFact New Hampshire on Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
Insufficient evidence
Says the U.S. Postal Service has taken no taxpayer aid since 1971, funds operations entirely from the sale of stamps and related products and makes an "operational profit year after year."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, August 9th, 2013
Yes for banks, no for AIG and GM
Says the government has "gotten the TARP money back plus a profit."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, September 28th, 2012
Conflation inflation
Lloyd Doggett "made millions off companies like Bank of America while they took taxpayer bailout money."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, May 25th, 2012
It's more like Romney's Wall Street in 2012
"Obama’s flush with cash, returning to Wall Street for even more money. … Wall Street sure supports President Obama."
— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, May 24th, 2012
Warning wasn't about a bubble
"In 2006, I went out and authored a letter with 24 other senators asking for major reform of Freddie and Fannie, warning of a meltdown and a bubble in the housing market."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, January 27th, 2012
Paperwork’s piling up, but nobody knows how high on the little guy
The Dodd-Frank financial-reform law’s hundreds of new rules will force small banks and credit unions to burn up "an estimated 2,260,631 labor hours just for compliance."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, August 22nd, 2011
What about jobs saved by the new regulations?
The financial regulatory bill "will kill jobs."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, January 21st, 2011
He wasn't in Congress when TARP was approved.
Says he "voted no on the Wall Street bailouts."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, October 25th, 2010
Ad overplays Sink's role
"Alex Sink funneled three quarters of a million dollars in no-bid contracts to Bank of America."
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Tying Angle to goose-stepping Chilean soldiers?
The Chilean "privatization scheme" that Sharron Angle supports "has resulted in hidden fees, fewer benefits, and millions of people with no coverage."
— PolitiFact National on Monday, October 4th, 2010