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Monthly Archives: September 2009
September 5, 2009
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City. Source: The Department of Labor
Posted in Fact of the Day
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A False Appeal to Women’s Fears
A conservative group with Republican ties called the Independent Women’s Forum is airing an ad that says “300,000 American women with breast cancer might have died” if our health care were “government run” like England’s, citing the American Cancer Society as a source …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged breast cancer, health care, health insurance, Independent Women's Forum
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“Clunkers” Credits Taxable?
Q: Will the "Cash for Clunkers" credits be taxed as income for consumers who participated in the program? A: The act establishing the program prohibits the credit from being treated as income for federal income tax purposes. The credits, however, may be subject to a state or local income tax …
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Those of you who follow FactCheck.org via RSS may have noticed some temporary glitches with the feed last night. Indeed, several of our more observant readers wrote to us to let us know that our feed was apparently redirecting to a squatter site. We apologize for the mix up. The …
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September 4, 2009
AAA projects that 39.1 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more this Labor Day weekend, a decrease of 13.3 percent from last year, when Labor Day travel reached its highest point for this decade. Source: AAA
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Obama and Kenya. Again.
We’ve burned through rather a lot of pixels combating the claims of those who deny that Barack Obama is eligible to be president of the United States. He is, by virtue of having been born in Hawaii, as attested to repeatedly by state officials and even by the flagship of …
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September 3, 2009
The average cost of a family health insurance premium for employer-sponsored coverage more than doubled in the past nine years, going from $5,791 (inflation-adjusted) in 1999 to $12,680 last year. Source: National Coalition on Health Care
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Hitting Grassley With Inflated Numbers
Two liberal groups, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy for America are airing an ad that faults Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley for not supporting a "public option" as part of any proposed health care legislation. But their ad uses inflated figures. Grassley has spoken out against including a "public option" …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged campaign contributions, Chuck Grassley, Democracy for America, health care, polling, Progressive Change Campaign Coalition
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September 2, 2009
Sales at family clothing stores in the U.S. in August last year totaled $7.6 billion. December was the only month with significantly higher sales. Source: Census Bureau
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Health Care and the “One Way Hash”
Here at FactCheck.org, we like to complicate things. The statement isn’t meant to be (entirely) a flippant one. It really is true that a lot of what we do here is to take what appear to be pretty simple claims and show that the reality is far more complicated than …
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