True or False? "President Obama's stimulus package has cost $278,000 per job created."
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False
Did Wendy's founder Dave Thomas really flee Ohio's estate tax on his death bed?
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No
PolitiFact Ohio | Did Wendy's founder Dave Thomas really flee Ohio's estate tax on his death bed?
Hottinger’s statement isn’t just inaccurate, it’s also ridiculous.
On the Truth-O-Meter, it’s worthy of flame broiling.
That’s why we rate it Pants On Fire.
That clearly isn’t the case, unless he lingered 20 years before passing.
PolitiFact Ohio | Did Wendy's founder Dave Thomas really flee Ohio ...
That clearly isn’t the case, unless he lingered 20 years before passing.
On the Truth-O-Meter, it’s worthy of flame broiling.
That’s why we rate it Pants On Fire.
Hottinger’s statement isn’t just inaccurate, it’s also ridiculous.
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Yes
PolitiFact Ohio | Did Wendy's founder Dave Thomas really flee Ohio ...
Hottinger’s claim was that Thomas fled the state "literally on his death bed, to avoid estate tax."
Did Wendy's founder Dave Thomas really flee Ohio's estate tax on his death bed?
"Dave Thomas left the state literally on his deathbed to avoid the estate tax," Hottinger said.
True or False? "American CEOs make 475 times the pay of the average worker."
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False
True or False? "The top 1% of income earners in the United States pay about 40% of all taxes into the federal government."
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False
Was the perfect game in the 1956 World Series the last game for umpire Babe Pinelli?
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No
Where did Barack Obama grow up?
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Hawaii and Indonesia
True or False? "The United States has more natural gas than Saudi Arabia does oil."
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False
Has the Obama Administration proposed mandatory circumcision?
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No, the CDC may recommend circumcision, but the Obama Administration has said nothing about making it mandatory.
What percentage of United States debt is held by China?
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8%
Is the United States the only country that grants automatic citizenship to any baby born on its territory?
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No, many countries have this practice.
True or False? "In the United States, children cannot celebrate Christmas or pray in school."
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False
True or False? "New Jersey ranks second in the nation in Medicaid spending."
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False
True or False? "100,000 convicted sex offenders are missing."
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False
PolitiFact Rhode Island | Palumbo says there are 500,000 registered sex offenders in U.S. and 100,000 are unaccounted for
Levenson said the highest number her group could determine was 17,688.
A team of academics says they’re substantially overstated.
Data from Rhode Island and nearby states supports that view. .
Was umpire Babe Pinelli's call of a third strike on Brooklyn Dodgers' Dale Mitchell in the 1956 World Series "a foot and a half outside" the strike zone?
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No, it was a close call.
Did Herman Cain say that he would not have Muslims in his cabinet?
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Yes
Does John McCain consider himself a maverick?
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Yes, he considers himself a maverick.
Does the Obama healthcare legislation offer health insurance for dogs?
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No, dogs will not be insured.
Did John Holdren, Obama's science czar, ever advocate coercive population control and coercive abortion?
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No, Holdren never advocated them.
PolitiFact | Glenn Beck claims science czar John Holdren proposed forced abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population
But they stop well short of advocating such measures.
In fact, the authors make clear that they did not support coercive means of population control.
Certainly, nowhere in the book do the authors advocate for forced abortions.
Is the Obama Administration seeking to ban sport fishing by executive order?
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No, Obama will not ban sport fishing.
Are electricity coops and credit unions GSEs, like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
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No
PolitiFact | Gingrich repeats claim that Freddie Mac, credit unions are ‘government-sponsored enterprises’
None of those characteristics apply to credit unions and electric cooperatives.
Once again, we rate Gingrich’s statement Pants On Fire.
In fact, the term GSE applies to just a handful of very particular institutions.
True or False? "Immigrants take away jobs from American workers."
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False
Does preventive care save money in the long run?
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No
PolitiFact | Barack Obama says preventive care 'saves money'
However, as we wrote in 2009, it’s not true that preventive care generally "saves money."
Does Preventive Care Save Money? Health Economics and the Presidential Candidates — NEJM
Sweeping statements about the cost-saving potential of prevention, however, are overreaching.
PolitiFact | Obama says preventive care saves money. It doesn't.
PolitiFact | Brooks claims that preventive care will cost the ...
But if you look at the CBO studies and the other research, it doesn't save you money.
Does Preventive Care Save Money? « Economic Objectorvism
Sweeping statements about the cost-saving potential of prevention, however, are overreaching.
Politics « Economic Objectorvism
Sweeping statements about the cost-saving potential of prevention, however, are overreaching.
Health Care « Economic Objectorvism
Sweeping statements about the cost-saving potential of prevention, however, are overreaching.
True or False? "Illegal immigrants are a net benefit for the U.S. economy."
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True
Is the certificate of live birth released by the Obama campaign authentic, or a forgery?
True or False? "Barack Obama has the lowest public approval ratings of any president in modern times."
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False
True or False? "President Obama has issued only one drilling permit since taking office."
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False
Did a majority of Obama's 2008 campaign money come from small donors?
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No, the majority came from large donors.
Where was Barack Obama born?
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Honolulu, Hawaii
Did PolitiFact say that everything Michele Bachmann said in a December 2012 debate was true?
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No
True or False? "President Obama's trip to India cost taxpayers $200 million a day."
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False
Has Michele Bachmann received money from a farm that receives federal subsidies?
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Yes
True or False? "So Palin is correct about one point: Revere did warn the British that they were going to face armed resistance from some 500 colonists."
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True
Do affirmative action programs help promote racial harmony?
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No