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Obama’s 77-Cent Exaggeration

Posted on June 22, 2012

A TV spot from the president’s reelection committee says women are “paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men.” That’s not true. The ad falsely states that the pay gap is for doing “the same work.” It also implies that discrimination by employers is responsible …
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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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