Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Economy Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Lloyd Doggett stated on September 21, 2011 in a speech delivered to U.S. House of Representatives.: Says the main Central Texas food bank is delivering 50 percent more food to the poor than three years ago. Tim Ryan stated on September 15, 2011 in a television interview: "We have a $2 trillion to $3 trillion infrastructure deficit. We’ve got work that needs to get done. We’ve got people that want to go to work." David Axelrod stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics: "The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996." Marcy Kaptur stated on September 14, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?" Herman Cain stated on September 15, 2011 in an op-ed: "If our recovery were more typical of the postwar era . . . we would have 14 million more jobs today." Rick Scott stated on September 14, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Says the Panhandle has had its highest-ever bed tax collections in 2011. Barbara Boxer stated on September 20, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "Since 1995, the top 400 wealthiest families have seen their incomes go up 400 percent and their tax rates go down 40 percent." Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 1, 2011 in a talk show discussion: "Mike Trainor...still owes $250,000 to the state." Barack Obama stated on September 5, 2011 in a Labor Day speech in Detroit: A bipartisan payroll tax cut championed by the White House has meant that "the average family has an extra $1,000 in their pocket" this year. Jim Petro stated on August 11, 2011 in a speech at Ohio State University: Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars." Donna Brazile stated on August 21, 2011 in a comment on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour': "Over the last four years, 53 percent of black wealth has just disappeared." Mitt Romney stated on August 8, 2011 in a speech to a Manchester, N.H. Rotary club: Says he worked with the Democratic legislature to balance spending with revenues so that "at the end of my four-year term, the rainy day fund was established at more than $2 billion." Mitt Romney stated on August 11, 2011 in the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa: Says that under President John F. Kennedy, "government took up" 27 percent of the economy, and today it "consumes 37 percent." Jennifer Granholm stated on July 31, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "I cut more as a percentage out of government than any state in the country this past decade. And where is Michigan in terms of its economic growth? Cutting did not result in economic growth." Jon Husted stated on July 18, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter: "#Business formation is still on the rise in Ohio! So far in 2011 we’ve assisted w/ 44,443 new business filings." Dennis Kucinich stated on July 15, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Social Security didn’t cause the debt crisis. Social Security had nothing to do with the debt crisis." Arianna Huffington stated on July 24, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Most countries have no debt ceiling." Gina Raimondo stated on July 10, 2011 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: "The average 401(k) in America of a person who's 60 years old is under $100,000." John Kasich stated on July 12, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "We jumped 11 places since beginning this year in terms of being job-friendly." Marco Rubio stated on July 17, 2011 in interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": "We have not had unemployment this high for this long since the Great Depression." Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2011 in a television commercial: Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone." Barack Obama stated on July 11, 2011 in a press conference: "As we've seen that federal support for states diminish, you've seen the biggest job losses in the public sector -- teachers, police officers, firefighters losing their jobs." Barack Obama stated on July 6, 2011 in a Twitter town hall: "We have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses." Lisa Hamler-Fugitt stated on June 1, 2011 in testimony before a House subcommittee: "Ohio currently ranks 50th out of all states in income growth." Michele Bachmann stated on June 27, 2011 in several speeches and interviews: Says President Barack Obama said that if he doesn’t turn the economy around after three years in office, he’ll be a one-term president. George Allen stated on June 14, 2011 in a speech.: "The tax on job creating businesses is 35 percent in the United States, second worst in the entire world." John Kitzhaber stated on April 19, 2011 in a press release: "Creating 25 jobs in Umatilla County has the same impact as 500 jobs in the metro region." Austan Goolsbee stated on June 5, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Over the last 15 months, we've added more than 2 million jobs in the private sector. That's far in excess of what it was in the comparable period after the last recession." Austan Goolsbee stated on June 5, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Manufacturing is having its best employment year in almost 15 years." Adam Hasner stated on May 23, 2011 in a tweet: "Obama-Nelson economic record: Job creation ... at slowest post-recession rate since Great Depression."
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Lloyd Doggett stated on September 21, 2011 in a speech delivered to U.S. House of Representatives.: Says the main Central Texas food bank is delivering 50 percent more food to the poor than three years ago. Tim Ryan stated on September 15, 2011 in a television interview: "We have a $2 trillion to $3 trillion infrastructure deficit. We’ve got work that needs to get done. We’ve got people that want to go to work." David Axelrod stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics: "The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996." Marcy Kaptur stated on September 14, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?" Herman Cain stated on September 15, 2011 in an op-ed: "If our recovery were more typical of the postwar era . . . we would have 14 million more jobs today." Rick Scott stated on September 14, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Says the Panhandle has had its highest-ever bed tax collections in 2011. Barbara Boxer stated on September 20, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "Since 1995, the top 400 wealthiest families have seen their incomes go up 400 percent and their tax rates go down 40 percent." Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 1, 2011 in a talk show discussion: "Mike Trainor...still owes $250,000 to the state." Barack Obama stated on September 5, 2011 in a Labor Day speech in Detroit: A bipartisan payroll tax cut championed by the White House has meant that "the average family has an extra $1,000 in their pocket" this year. Jim Petro stated on August 11, 2011 in a speech at Ohio State University: Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars." Donna Brazile stated on August 21, 2011 in a comment on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour': "Over the last four years, 53 percent of black wealth has just disappeared." Mitt Romney stated on August 8, 2011 in a speech to a Manchester, N.H. Rotary club: Says he worked with the Democratic legislature to balance spending with revenues so that "at the end of my four-year term, the rainy day fund was established at more than $2 billion." Mitt Romney stated on August 11, 2011 in the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa: Says that under President John F. Kennedy, "government took up" 27 percent of the economy, and today it "consumes 37 percent." Jennifer Granholm stated on July 31, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "I cut more as a percentage out of government than any state in the country this past decade. And where is Michigan in terms of its economic growth? Cutting did not result in economic growth." Jon Husted stated on July 18, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter: "#Business formation is still on the rise in Ohio! So far in 2011 we’ve assisted w/ 44,443 new business filings." Dennis Kucinich stated on July 15, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Social Security didn’t cause the debt crisis. Social Security had nothing to do with the debt crisis." Arianna Huffington stated on July 24, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Most countries have no debt ceiling." Gina Raimondo stated on July 10, 2011 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: "The average 401(k) in America of a person who's 60 years old is under $100,000." John Kasich stated on July 12, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "We jumped 11 places since beginning this year in terms of being job-friendly." Marco Rubio stated on July 17, 2011 in interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": "We have not had unemployment this high for this long since the Great Depression." Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2011 in a television commercial: Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone." Barack Obama stated on July 11, 2011 in a press conference: "As we've seen that federal support for states diminish, you've seen the biggest job losses in the public sector -- teachers, police officers, firefighters losing their jobs." Barack Obama stated on July 6, 2011 in a Twitter town hall: "We have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses." Lisa Hamler-Fugitt stated on June 1, 2011 in testimony before a House subcommittee: "Ohio currently ranks 50th out of all states in income growth." Michele Bachmann stated on June 27, 2011 in several speeches and interviews: Says President Barack Obama said that if he doesn’t turn the economy around after three years in office, he’ll be a one-term president. George Allen stated on June 14, 2011 in a speech.: "The tax on job creating businesses is 35 percent in the United States, second worst in the entire world." John Kitzhaber stated on April 19, 2011 in a press release: "Creating 25 jobs in Umatilla County has the same impact as 500 jobs in the metro region." Austan Goolsbee stated on June 5, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Over the last 15 months, we've added more than 2 million jobs in the private sector. That's far in excess of what it was in the comparable period after the last recession." Austan Goolsbee stated on June 5, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Manufacturing is having its best employment year in almost 15 years." Adam Hasner stated on May 23, 2011 in a tweet: "Obama-Nelson economic record: Job creation ... at slowest post-recession rate since Great Depression."
Lloyd Doggett stated on September 21, 2011 in a speech delivered to U.S. House of Representatives.: Says the main Central Texas food bank is delivering 50 percent more food to the poor than three years ago.
Tim Ryan stated on September 15, 2011 in a television interview: "We have a $2 trillion to $3 trillion infrastructure deficit. We’ve got work that needs to get done. We’ve got people that want to go to work."
David Axelrod stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics: "The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996."
Marcy Kaptur stated on September 14, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?"
Herman Cain stated on September 15, 2011 in an op-ed: "If our recovery were more typical of the postwar era . . . we would have 14 million more jobs today."
Rick Scott stated on September 14, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Says the Panhandle has had its highest-ever bed tax collections in 2011.
Barbara Boxer stated on September 20, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "Since 1995, the top 400 wealthiest families have seen their incomes go up 400 percent and their tax rates go down 40 percent."
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 1, 2011 in a talk show discussion: "Mike Trainor...still owes $250,000 to the state."
Barack Obama stated on September 5, 2011 in a Labor Day speech in Detroit: A bipartisan payroll tax cut championed by the White House has meant that "the average family has an extra $1,000 in their pocket" this year.
Jim Petro stated on August 11, 2011 in a speech at Ohio State University: Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars."
Donna Brazile stated on August 21, 2011 in a comment on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour': "Over the last four years, 53 percent of black wealth has just disappeared."
Mitt Romney stated on August 8, 2011 in a speech to a Manchester, N.H. Rotary club: Says he worked with the Democratic legislature to balance spending with revenues so that "at the end of my four-year term, the rainy day fund was established at more than $2 billion."
Mitt Romney stated on August 11, 2011 in the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa: Says that under President John F. Kennedy, "government took up" 27 percent of the economy, and today it "consumes 37 percent."
Jennifer Granholm stated on July 31, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "I cut more as a percentage out of government than any state in the country this past decade. And where is Michigan in terms of its economic growth? Cutting did not result in economic growth."
Jon Husted stated on July 18, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter: "#Business formation is still on the rise in Ohio! So far in 2011 we’ve assisted w/ 44,443 new business filings."
Dennis Kucinich stated on July 15, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Social Security didn’t cause the debt crisis. Social Security had nothing to do with the debt crisis."
Arianna Huffington stated on July 24, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Most countries have no debt ceiling."
Gina Raimondo stated on July 10, 2011 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: "The average 401(k) in America of a person who's 60 years old is under $100,000."
John Kasich stated on July 12, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "We jumped 11 places since beginning this year in terms of being job-friendly."
Marco Rubio stated on July 17, 2011 in interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": "We have not had unemployment this high for this long since the Great Depression."
Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2011 in a television commercial: Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone."
Barack Obama stated on July 11, 2011 in a press conference: "As we've seen that federal support for states diminish, you've seen the biggest job losses in the public sector -- teachers, police officers, firefighters losing their jobs."
Barack Obama stated on July 6, 2011 in a Twitter town hall: "We have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses."
Lisa Hamler-Fugitt stated on June 1, 2011 in testimony before a House subcommittee: "Ohio currently ranks 50th out of all states in income growth."
Michele Bachmann stated on June 27, 2011 in several speeches and interviews: Says President Barack Obama said that if he doesn’t turn the economy around after three years in office, he’ll be a one-term president.
George Allen stated on June 14, 2011 in a speech.: "The tax on job creating businesses is 35 percent in the United States, second worst in the entire world."
John Kitzhaber stated on April 19, 2011 in a press release: "Creating 25 jobs in Umatilla County has the same impact as 500 jobs in the metro region."
Austan Goolsbee stated on June 5, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Over the last 15 months, we've added more than 2 million jobs in the private sector. That's far in excess of what it was in the comparable period after the last recession."
Austan Goolsbee stated on June 5, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Manufacturing is having its best employment year in almost 15 years."
Adam Hasner stated on May 23, 2011 in a tweet: "Obama-Nelson economic record: Job creation ... at slowest post-recession rate since Great Depression."
