Rick Perry’s Imaginary Regulation
Rick Perry falsely claimed the Obama administration wants farmers to obtain a commercial driver's license to ride tractors across public roads. As first reported by the Des Moines Register, the Texas...
View ArticleCherry-picking on Regulation
Q: Did Bush propose more costly regulations in his last two years than Obama did in his first two years? A: Yes. But Obama’s regulations are far more costly than those of Bush’s first two years, and...
View ArticleJust the Fracking Facts
Rick Perry said he would “create another 250,000 jobs by getting the EPA out of the way” of natural gas drilling. But the EPA isn’t currently in the way: The very study on which Perry relies assumes...
View ArticleThe State of Obama’s Facts
Summary The president’s State of the Union address got the facts right — mostly. Obama said “the Taliban’s momentum has been broken” in Afghanistan. But targeted assassinations continue, and at least...
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Obama’s Economic Sleight of Hand
In Cleveland, President Barack Obama claimed he created more private-sector jobs in the past 27 months than President George W. Bush created “during the entire seven years before this crisis.” But...
View ArticleCruz, Paul: A Menagerie of Misinformation
Sens. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul got laughs at the federal government’s expense at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference, but the facts don’t jibe with the jokes. Cruz accused the EPA of...
View ArticleTed’s Twisted History
In Sen. Ted Cruz’s twisted vision of economic history, Ronald Reagan cured double-digit unemployment by cutting spending and reducing the federal debt, and Jimmy Carter was guilty of “out-of-control...
View ArticleRick Perry’s Imaginary Regulation
Rick Perry falsely claimed the Obama administration wants farmers to obtain a commercial driver's license to ride tractors across public roads. As first reported by the Des Moines Register, the Texas...
View ArticleCherry-picking on Regulation
Q: Did Bush propose more costly regulations in his last two years than Obama did in his first two years? A: Yes. But Obama’s regulations are far more costly than those of Bush’s first two years, and...
View ArticleJust the Fracking Facts
Rick Perry said he would “create another 250,000 jobs by getting the EPA out of the way” of natural gas drilling. But the EPA isn’t currently in the way: The very study on which Perry relies assumes...
View ArticleThe State of Obama’s Facts
Summary The president’s State of the Union address got the facts right — mostly. Obama said “the Taliban’s momentum has been broken” in Afghanistan. But targeted assassinations continue, and at least...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obama’s Economic Sleight of Hand
In Cleveland, President Barack Obama claimed he created more private-sector jobs in the past 27 months than President George W. Bush created “during the entire seven years before this crisis.” But...
View ArticleCruz, Paul: A Menagerie of Misinformation
Sens. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul got laughs at the federal government’s expense at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference, but the facts don’t jibe with the jokes. Cruz accused the EPA of...
View ArticleTed’s Twisted History
In Sen. Ted Cruz’s twisted vision of economic history, Ronald Reagan cured double-digit unemployment by cutting spending and reducing the federal debt, and Jimmy Carter was guilty of “out-of-control...
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