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Author Archives: Brooks Jackson
Realtors, the 3.8% ‘Sales Tax’ and $247 Medicare Premiums
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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Immigration Inflation
An ad running in San Diego and on MSNBC claims immigration will cause a rise in U.S. population equal to that of the American West within 30 years. That’s not true. The increase is projected to be substantial, but nowhere near that high, even counting the children and grandchildren of …
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Good Debt Chart, Hyped Narration
A visually striking new ad from a Republican Senate candidate provides a stark image of the U.S. debt problem — and almost gets the numbers right. The 30-second spot hit the airwaves in Wisconsin April 7. It shows GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde climbing up the foothills of an Everest-like …
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Santorum’s Exaggerations
Why do politicians often exaggerate, when the truth would serve just as well? Rick Santorum had us asking that question of ourselves again when he made several puffed-up claims on “Fox News Sunday.” Arguing that a come-from-behind win is still possible in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Santorum …
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More Pipeline Piffle (And An Alaskan Absurdity)
The misleading assault on the president’s energy policies continues. A conservative group’s TV ad claims “we will all pay more at the pump” because the administration “blocked” the Keystone XL pipeline. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell claims that the pipeline “could have brought 700,000 barrels of oil to the market …
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Tagged american energy alliance, Keystone Pipeline, oil, President Obama
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Alaskan Island Giveaway?
Q: Is President Obama giving away several Alaskan islands to Russia? A: No. The U.S. has never claimed ownership of the islands identified in viral emails and websites. They lie far closer to the coast of Siberia than to Alaska.
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Tagged Alaska, Herald Island, Obama, Russia, Soviet Union, Treaties, Wrangel Island
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How Many Would Repeal ‘Obamacare’?
Mitt Romney says “most Americans want to get rid of” President Obama’s two-year-old health care law. Is he right? That depends on which poll-taker is asking the question, and how it’s worded. Romney made the assertion at a rally in Louisiana on March 23, marking the second anniversary of the …
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