Latest 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 Rick Scott stated on March 5, 2013 in his State of the State speech: A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago." Carolyn Medeiros stated on February 18, 2013 in a radio interview: "There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. And there's federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses." Kevin McCarthy stated on February 25, 2013 in an interview on Fox News: Says the federal government is earning more tax revenue now "than any other time." Gary Sasse stated on February 10, 2013 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island." Sarah Eckhardt stated on February 18, 2013 in an email blast.: Says Travis County's unemployment rate is below the national average while its poverty rate exceeds the national average--and local poverty is rising. Bob Stacey stated on November 26, 2012 in in a memo: Says "If Oregon’s Legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the CRC, it will … leave Oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility." Marco Rubio stated on February 12, 2013 in the Republican response to the State of the Union Address: "Our economy actually shrank during the last three months of 2012." Barack Obama stated on February 12, 2013 in the State of the Union Address: "After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three." Keith Faber stated on January 7, 2013 in a newspaper interview: "Ohio is doing better right now than the national average on all the (economic) numbers." Rodney Frelinghuysen stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech on the House floor: Says "the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nation's economy." Sean Hannity stated on January 20, 2013 in his Fox News show: Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago." Terry McAuliffe stated on December 5, 2012 in a news conference.: Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant. Ted Strickland stated on January 8, 2013 in a news release: Says Ohio’s economic recovery "started in February 2010." Scott Walker stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech: "Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree." Scott Walker stated on January 4, 2013 in a tweet: "Thanks to Washington, nearly everyone will pay more in taxes in 2013. Somehow people think it's just the wealthy. It's not." Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in State of the State address: "In total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in New Jersey since we took office in January 2010." Scott Walker stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech: Kohl’s Department Stores in 2012 "announced the creation of 3,000 new jobs." Dawson Hodgson stated on January 3, 2013 in a radio interview: "The amount of money that we put into running our own state legislature is nearly as much as we put into the University of Rhode Island." James Bennett stated on January 1, 2013 in a Gov. Lincoln Chafee YouTube video: "Our numbers are going up at the airport." Zell Miller stated on December 11, 2012 in an op-ed: "[T]he Georgia Dome has returned $10 billion in economic impact to the state of Georgia." Larry Kilgore stated on November 23, 2012 in a New York Times news story: Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s. Texas secession petition stated on November 9, 2012 in the White House's "We the People" petition web site: Says Texas has the 15th largest economy in the world. Mike Tate stated on December 3, 2012 in a blog post: "Scott Walker has even removed the 250,000 jobs promise from his website." Lou Greenwald stated on December 4, 2012 in a press conference in Trenton: "Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs." Barack Obama stated on December 5, 2012 in a report: "If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase." Rick Scott stated on December 11, 2012 in a news conference: Under Charlie Crist, Florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent. Dennis Kucinich stated on November 27, 2012 in a speech on the House floor: "Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes." Pew Environment Group stated on December 11, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement: "In recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent." John Kasich stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech to the Ohio Farm Bureau: Agriculture "is the strongest industry in Ohio." Lincoln Chafee stated on December 1, 2012 in a newspaper interview: "The five economic indicators that the federal government tracks - for the first time since August 2006 - were positive this October."
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Rick Scott stated on March 5, 2013 in his State of the State speech: A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago." Carolyn Medeiros stated on February 18, 2013 in a radio interview: "There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. And there's federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses." Kevin McCarthy stated on February 25, 2013 in an interview on Fox News: Says the federal government is earning more tax revenue now "than any other time." Gary Sasse stated on February 10, 2013 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island." Sarah Eckhardt stated on February 18, 2013 in an email blast.: Says Travis County's unemployment rate is below the national average while its poverty rate exceeds the national average--and local poverty is rising. Bob Stacey stated on November 26, 2012 in in a memo: Says "If Oregon’s Legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the CRC, it will … leave Oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility." Marco Rubio stated on February 12, 2013 in the Republican response to the State of the Union Address: "Our economy actually shrank during the last three months of 2012." Barack Obama stated on February 12, 2013 in the State of the Union Address: "After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three." Keith Faber stated on January 7, 2013 in a newspaper interview: "Ohio is doing better right now than the national average on all the (economic) numbers." Rodney Frelinghuysen stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech on the House floor: Says "the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nation's economy." Sean Hannity stated on January 20, 2013 in his Fox News show: Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago." Terry McAuliffe stated on December 5, 2012 in a news conference.: Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant. Ted Strickland stated on January 8, 2013 in a news release: Says Ohio’s economic recovery "started in February 2010." Scott Walker stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech: "Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree." Scott Walker stated on January 4, 2013 in a tweet: "Thanks to Washington, nearly everyone will pay more in taxes in 2013. Somehow people think it's just the wealthy. It's not." Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in State of the State address: "In total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in New Jersey since we took office in January 2010." Scott Walker stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech: Kohl’s Department Stores in 2012 "announced the creation of 3,000 new jobs." Dawson Hodgson stated on January 3, 2013 in a radio interview: "The amount of money that we put into running our own state legislature is nearly as much as we put into the University of Rhode Island." James Bennett stated on January 1, 2013 in a Gov. Lincoln Chafee YouTube video: "Our numbers are going up at the airport." Zell Miller stated on December 11, 2012 in an op-ed: "[T]he Georgia Dome has returned $10 billion in economic impact to the state of Georgia." Larry Kilgore stated on November 23, 2012 in a New York Times news story: Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s. Texas secession petition stated on November 9, 2012 in the White House's "We the People" petition web site: Says Texas has the 15th largest economy in the world. Mike Tate stated on December 3, 2012 in a blog post: "Scott Walker has even removed the 250,000 jobs promise from his website." Lou Greenwald stated on December 4, 2012 in a press conference in Trenton: "Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs." Barack Obama stated on December 5, 2012 in a report: "If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase." Rick Scott stated on December 11, 2012 in a news conference: Under Charlie Crist, Florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent. Dennis Kucinich stated on November 27, 2012 in a speech on the House floor: "Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes." Pew Environment Group stated on December 11, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement: "In recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent." John Kasich stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech to the Ohio Farm Bureau: Agriculture "is the strongest industry in Ohio." Lincoln Chafee stated on December 1, 2012 in a newspaper interview: "The five economic indicators that the federal government tracks - for the first time since August 2006 - were positive this October."
Rick Scott stated on March 5, 2013 in his State of the State speech: A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago."
Carolyn Medeiros stated on February 18, 2013 in a radio interview: "There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. And there's federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses."
Kevin McCarthy stated on February 25, 2013 in an interview on Fox News: Says the federal government is earning more tax revenue now "than any other time."
Gary Sasse stated on February 10, 2013 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."
Sarah Eckhardt stated on February 18, 2013 in an email blast.: Says Travis County's unemployment rate is below the national average while its poverty rate exceeds the national average--and local poverty is rising.
Bob Stacey stated on November 26, 2012 in in a memo: Says "If Oregon’s Legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the CRC, it will … leave Oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility."
Marco Rubio stated on February 12, 2013 in the Republican response to the State of the Union Address: "Our economy actually shrank during the last three months of 2012."
Barack Obama stated on February 12, 2013 in the State of the Union Address: "After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three."
Keith Faber stated on January 7, 2013 in a newspaper interview: "Ohio is doing better right now than the national average on all the (economic) numbers."
Rodney Frelinghuysen stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech on the House floor: Says "the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nation's economy."
Sean Hannity stated on January 20, 2013 in his Fox News show: Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago."
Terry McAuliffe stated on December 5, 2012 in a news conference.: Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant.
Ted Strickland stated on January 8, 2013 in a news release: Says Ohio’s economic recovery "started in February 2010."
Scott Walker stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech: "Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree."
Scott Walker stated on January 4, 2013 in a tweet: "Thanks to Washington, nearly everyone will pay more in taxes in 2013. Somehow people think it's just the wealthy. It's not."
Chris Christie stated on January 8, 2013 in State of the State address: "In total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in New Jersey since we took office in January 2010."
Scott Walker stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech: Kohl’s Department Stores in 2012 "announced the creation of 3,000 new jobs."
Dawson Hodgson stated on January 3, 2013 in a radio interview: "The amount of money that we put into running our own state legislature is nearly as much as we put into the University of Rhode Island."
James Bennett stated on January 1, 2013 in a Gov. Lincoln Chafee YouTube video: "Our numbers are going up at the airport."
Zell Miller stated on December 11, 2012 in an op-ed: "[T]he Georgia Dome has returned $10 billion in economic impact to the state of Georgia."
Larry Kilgore stated on November 23, 2012 in a New York Times news story: Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s.
Texas secession petition stated on November 9, 2012 in the White House's "We the People" petition web site: Says Texas has the 15th largest economy in the world.
Mike Tate stated on December 3, 2012 in a blog post: "Scott Walker has even removed the 250,000 jobs promise from his website."
Lou Greenwald stated on December 4, 2012 in a press conference in Trenton: "Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs."
Barack Obama stated on December 5, 2012 in a report: "If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase."
Rick Scott stated on December 11, 2012 in a news conference: Under Charlie Crist, Florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent.
Dennis Kucinich stated on November 27, 2012 in a speech on the House floor: "Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes."
Pew Environment Group stated on December 11, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement: "In recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent."
John Kasich stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech to the Ohio Farm Bureau: Agriculture "is the strongest industry in Ohio."
Lincoln Chafee stated on December 1, 2012 in a newspaper interview: "The five economic indicators that the federal government tracks - for the first time since August 2006 - were positive this October."
