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Claim about Foxconn dollars makes cents

Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders

Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders

"Not a dollar would be paid out until jobs in the Foxconn development area were created."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, February 1st, 2019

Mostly False

Starts might be slow, but revenue trending up

Fahy

As for recreational marijuana revenue projections, "we are seeing all those numbers reach disappointing levels in the states that have legalized. They’re not meeting their targets for the most part."

— PolitiFact New York on Monday, January 21st, 2019

Mostly True

Figure is a projection, not a certainty

Brown

California’s budget surplus is about "$30 billion"

— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, December 18th, 2018

Mostly True

Extra election would be costly

Hintz

"One year ago, (Republicans) would not fill seats vacated for people who went to the administration because of the cost of those elections. Now, they’re talking about changing the rules to add additional elections that will cost millions of dollars of taxpayer expense."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, November 28th, 2018

Mostly False

That argument doesn't quite add up

Pritzker

"Because of Bruce Rauner, Illinois went 736 days without a budget, delaying funding for schools while local governments were forced to raise property taxes."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Sunday, September 30th, 2018