Monthly Archives: August 2011

Teachers Paid ‘On Par with Doctors’?

Posted on August 19, 2011

President Obama falsely claimed teachers are paid "on par" with doctors in “most countries" with high test scores. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has data that allowed us to compare 16 member countries in all three categories: student test scores, teachers' pay and general practitioners' pay. None of …
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Aug. 19: Santorum, Teacher Pay, Front Group

Posted on August 19, 2011
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Front Group Claims EPA Threatens 7 Million Jobs

Posted on August 18, 2011 , Updated on Sept. 2, 2011

Chemical and oil lobbies were behind an ad that dogged Obama's Midwestern bus tour, attacking anti-smog regulations proposed by the administration. Their trade groups are among the business organizations backing a front group calling itself the "Coalition for American Jobs," which sponsored the ad. The TV spot accused the president …
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Rick Perry’s Imaginary Regulation

Posted on August 16, 2011

Rick Perry falsely claimed the Obama administration wants farmers to obtain a commercial driver's license to ride tractors across public roads. As first reported by the Des Moines Register, the Texas governor told his tall Texas tale at the Iowa State Farm on Monday — two days after announcing he …
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Santorum’s Bragging Rights

Posted on August 16, 2011

Rick Santorum puffs up his credentials a bit in saying he "defeated three Democratic incumbents." He defeated two incumbents; in two other congressional elections, he was the incumbent. Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator and representative, has touted his Democrat-defeating skills a few times recently. In the GOP presidential debate on …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Aug. 9-15

Posted on August 16, 2011

This week, readers sent us comments on Mitt Romney's claims about the Social Security payroll tax and Howard Dean's statement on tax cuts. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.

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FactChecking Perry

Posted on August 15, 2011

Rick Perry has made false or exaggerated claims on U.S. oil imports, the federal debt, Social Security and the federal health care law. The Texas governor gave a speech Aug. 13 in South Carolina to announce he will run for the Republican presidential nomination. As we have for other declared …
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FactChecking Iowa Debate

Posted on August 12, 2011

Republican presidential candidates squared off in Ames, Iowa, on Aug. 11, offering claims, criticism and arguments. We found some false and misleading statements among them …
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Romney’s Run-in on Social Security

Posted on August 12, 2011 , Corrected on August 12, 2011

Mitt Romney gave a misleading answer to a question about Social Security during a feisty exchange with a heckler in Iowa. He said payroll taxes take 15.3 percent "out of your earnings," but only the self-employed pay that rate. All other workers pay half of that, with the other half …
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Aug. 12: Tax Cuts, Debt, Unemployment

Posted on August 12, 2011
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