Monthly Archives: April 2012

Realtors, the 3.8% ‘Sales Tax’ and $247 Medicare Premiums

Posted on April 30, 2012 , Updated on July 11, 2012

Q: Is the National Association of Realtors lobbying to repeal a 3.8 percent “sales tax” on homes before it takes effect in 2013? A: No. There’s no such “sales tax” in the new health care law. And Medicare premiums aren’t going to $247 either. But these virulent falsehoods keep going …
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FreedomWorks for America

Posted on April 27, 2012 , Updated on July 26, 2012

FreedomWorks for America is a super PAC formed by some of the conservative leaders in the tea party movement.
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April 27: Wisconsin Jobs, College Loan Debt, GSA Spending

Posted on April 27, 2012
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‘Big Oil’ Backing Romney?

Posted on April 26, 2012

A pro-Obama TV ad says that “big oil” pledged $200 million to help Mitt Romney, making him the industry’s “$200 million man.” But that’s a pretty slippery claim. The fact is that there is no evidence that truly big oil companies like BP, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. are …
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The Whole Truth in Wisconsin Air Wars

Posted on April 26, 2012

If using partial truths in political advertising is an art, then ads in the Wisconsin recall election for governor should be in a museum. Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett are among the Democrats seeking to unseat Republican Gov. Scott Walker …
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Straining the Facts on Federal Spending

Posted on April 26, 2012

A TV ad by a conservative group gives some factually challenged answers to its own rhetorical question, “How exactly does President Obama spend your tax dollars?” It wrongly claims that the boss of the General Services Administration “couldn’t make it to Vegas because she had meetings planned … at Solyndra.” …
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Club for Growth Action

Posted on April 26, 2012

Club for Growth Action, the super PAC of the conservative Club for Growth, largely targets Republicans in primaries and Democrats in the general election.
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Obama Misquotes GOP Congresswoman

Posted on April 25, 2012

President Obama misrepresented the position of Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx on college debt. The president quoted Foxx as saying that she had “very little tolerance for people who tell me they graduate with debt.” But Foxx was speaking explicitly about those with very large amounts of debt, a fact that …
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Warren: GE Pays No Taxes

Posted on April 24, 2012

Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren evoked corporate tax punching bag General Electric Co. in a recent ad, claiming the corporate giant pays “nothing – zero – in taxes” to make a point about misplaced values. But that’s not accurate. We should preface this by saying that we are wading into …
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Stretching the Truth in Nebraska

Posted on April 23, 2012

Club for Growth Action is out with another attack ad on Republican Senate candidate Jon Bruning, this time stretching to paint him as a “big taxer.” Earlier this month, the group exaggerated Nebraska Attorney General Bruning’s spending record. The latest ad says Bruning “once called for higher gas taxes and …
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