Author Archives: Eugene Kiely

FactChecking the Reagan Debate

Posted on September 8, 2011 , Corrected on September 15, 2011

The GOP candidates took some liberties when discussing jobs, Social Security, immigration, health care and other issues during the presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Library: Perry exaggerated when he called Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” that won’t …
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Paul ‘Stood with Reagan,’ But Not Long

Posted on September 7, 2011

Ron Paul highlights his ties to Ronald Reagan in a web video, but fails to mention he disavowed Reagan's policies in 1987 — citing them as a reason for resigning from the Republican party that year. In a letter of resignation to the chairman of the Republican National Committee in …
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Did Perry Double Texas Budget?

Posted on September 2, 2011

A pro-Bachmann PAC misleads viewers when it says Rick Perry doubled the size of Texas' budget from 2000 to 2010. When adjusted for inflation and population, the total Texas budget increased by 21 percent during that time. Excluding federal funds, however, state spending actually went down by 6 percent. The …
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Sept. 2: Scott Brown, Texas Jobs, Wis. Taxes

Posted on September 2, 2011
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Aug. 26: Public Debt, Secession, Obama Bus

Posted on August 26, 2011

 

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Biden Bungles Talking Point on Debt

Posted on August 22, 2011

Joe Biden mistakenly claimed Americans own 85 percent of U.S. Treasury securities during his visit to China. Americans own 54 percent of the U.S. public debt — that is, the amount of debt held by the public. They own 69 percent of the total debt, which includes money the U.S. …
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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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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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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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