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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFact check: Gov. LePage statements on right-to-work and income incorrect
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2016/05/06/fact-check-gov-lepage-statements-right-work-and-income-incorrect/1919726#commentsLEWISTON Republican Gov. Paul LePage boldly invited the audience Wednesday at his town hall meeting to check his facts if they wanted to when he made the claim that workers in so-called "right-to-work" states make more money than those where labor unions hold more sway.
"I will just tell you the honest truth and you can do your own research," LePage said. "I don't need to do it for you. Right-to-work states make more money than union states. It's that simple. Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: Go look at their per-capita income, their economies and then look at our economy Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont."
But according to 2015 wage data available at the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis, LePage got it wrong.
Only three of the states LePage rattled off Texas, Florida and Louisiana have higher per-capita incomes than Maine; the other five do not.
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A lying sack indeed...
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Fact check: Gov. LePage statements on right-to-work and income incorrect (Original Post)
jpak
May 2016
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Human101948
(3,457 posts)1. The alternate reality of the right wingers...
alive and well and impenetrable.
raging moderate
(4,309 posts)2. Good catch! Plus, what is the median income?
Percentage below poverty line? Unemployment numbers? Etc.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)3. If only there were states where labor unions still hold sway.
Michigan is a right to work state now thanks to our republican legislator and people apparently not giving a shit.