Monthly Archives: March 2011

Crossroads & Unions

Posted on March 9, 2011

Crossroads GPS greatly exaggerates the earnings of unionized government workers in a new TV ad attacking unions and Democrats, including President Obama. The ad claims that government workers who belong to unions are paid "42 percent more than non-union workers."  But the very study cited by the ad says the …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 1-7

Posted on March 9, 2011

This week, readers continued to lambaste us over Social Security, and one sent a comment on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. 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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Our Angry Readers

Posted on March 9, 2011

We’d like to respond to readers who disliked our article on Social Security’s red ink. We’ve received dozens of complaints and criticisms, expressing disappointment and sometimes outright anger at our finding that Social Security is in fact contributing to the federal deficit, and that some Democrats are making a false …
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No Secret: Bachmann Gets It Wrong

Posted on March 8, 2011

Rep. Michele Bachmann's claim that Democrats "secretly" hid $105 billion in health care spending is way off base. It's true that the new health care law contains many billions in future spending, but there was no secret about that. The Minnesota Republican told "Meet the Press" host David Gregory that "secretly, …
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Dems’ ‘Halfway’ Hustle

Posted on March 7, 2011

Democrats claim their $10.5 billion in proposed cuts are "halfway" to the GOP’s $61 billion. We give that arithmetic an "F." President Barack Obama claimed during his March 5 radio address that "my administration has already put forward specific cuts that meet congressional Republicans halfway." And White House Chief of …
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Walker’s Tax Cuts

Posted on March 4, 2011

It’s not true that Gov. Scott Walker’s tax cuts are the cause of Wisconsin’s current budget deficit — a false claim widely spread by MSNBC‘s Rachel Maddow and repeated in numerous e-mails to us since we wrote about the state’s budget problems earlier this week. In fact, the state’s nonpartisan …
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March 4: Social Security, Obesity, Obama ‘Report Card’

Posted on March 4, 2011

   

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Wisconsin’s Baffling Budget Battle

Posted on March 2, 2011 , Corrected on March 4, 2011

The budget battle in Wisconsin has generated much confusion and misinformation, as we have seen in e-mails from our readers in recent days: The state is not on track to end this fiscal year with “a slight surplus.” It is facing a $137 million deficit …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Feb. 22-28

Posted on March 1, 2011

This week, readers deluged us with comments about Social Security and the federal deficit, and continued to e-mail us about our new FactCheck Quiz. 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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