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Timing is everything

Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders

"While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent."

— Politifact National on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016

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They have risen -- but only a tiny amount

Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton

"Wages adjusted for inflation haven’t risen since the turn of the last century."

— Politifact National on Saturday, November 14th, 2015

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Cherry-picking time

Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott

"Texas has more full-time state employees per capita than California and Illinois."

— Politifact Texas on Friday, February 20th, 2015

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Some do, some don't

Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin

Middle-class Americans "pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires."

— Politifact Wisconsin on Sunday, January 25th, 2015

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Dealbreaker for some, way down the list for others

Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce

"Site selectors who decide where businesses expand or relocate shun closed shop states like Wisconsin in favor of Right to Work states like Iowa, Indiana and Michigan."

— Politifact Wisconsin on Wednesday, December 17th, 2014

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A deep dive into the numbers

Barack Obama
Barack Obama

"Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined."

— Politifact National on Tuesday, November 18th, 2014

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Opposed law, procedural vote

Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen

Says Scott Brown "voted to reward" companies "to ship jobs overseas."

— Politifact New Hampshire on Friday, October 31st, 2014

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More to it than that

Mary Burke
Mary Burke

Says Scott Walker "gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce."

— Politifact Wisconsin on Tuesday, October 28th, 2014

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Perhaps in the nation, but not in Florida

Rick Scott
Rick Scott

"The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs."

— Politifact Florida on Friday, October 10th, 2014

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Yes, but the difference may not mean much

Barack Obama
Barack Obama

"The states that have raised the minimum wage (this year) have had faster job growth than the states that haven’t raised the minimum wage."

— Politifact National on Thursday, October 9th, 2014

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N.C. is actually in the bottom quarter of states

Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis

In North Carolina, "now we're near the national average" for unemployment.

— Politifact National on Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

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Wage gap narrows when you account for purchasing power

Facebook posts
Facebook posts

Countries with a higher minimum wage than the United States’ $7.25 an hour include Denmark at $21, Australia at $15.81, Germany at $11 and France at $12.35.

— Politifact National on Friday, September 26th, 2014

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Ad has a point, but overreaches

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Says Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst "would privatize Social Security."

— Politifact National on Thursday, August 21st, 2014

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Unclear on ranking, questionable on blaming Scott

Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist

Says Rick Scott’s record on jobs includes Florida "ranked 2nd in the nation in long-term unemployment."

— Politifact Florida on Tuesday, May 6th, 2014

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Closer to 7 percent in 2013

Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block

In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each."

— Politifact Rhode Island on Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

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Don't forget China's government

Mark Warner
Mark Warner

"The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America"

— Politifact Virginia on Friday, January 24th, 2014

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Uses an unofficial poverty measure

Barack Obama
Barack Obama

"Unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012."

— Politifact National on Monday, January 13th, 2014

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A word of caution about the number

Teresa Ghilarducci
Teresa Ghilarducci

"A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year."

— Politifact PunditFact on Monday, December 23rd, 2013

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Low wage claim subjective

National Federation of the Blind
National Federation of the Blind

Goodwill Industries International pays workers with disabilities wages as low as pennies per  hour.

— Politifact Georgia on Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

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Right on the number, but hard to blame the law

Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson

Under President Obama’s health-care reforms, the premium for "an average plan for a family didn't go down by $2,500 per year, it's gone up about $2,500 per year."

— Politifact Wisconsin on Sunday, December 15th, 2013