Claim: Texas Gov. Rick Perry makes another wildly false claim in a new Web ad — saying that the U.S. poverty rate has hit an "all-time high." In fact, the rate is the highest since 1993, but 7.3 percentage points lower than it was in 1959, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's most recent annual tallies. Perry's false claim about the poverty rate follows his false claim during his second debate appearance, when he said Obama's stimulus measure "created zero jobs"
Fact-check: Another Rick Perry Whopper - FactCheck.org
Verdict: texas gov. rick perry makes another wildly false claim in a new web ad — saying that the u.s. poverty rate has hit an "all-time high." in fact, the rate is the highest since 1993, but 7.3 percentage points lower than it was in 1959, according to the u.s. census bureau's most recent annual tallies. perry's false claim about the poverty rate follows his false claim during his second debate appearance, when he said obama's stimulus measure "created zero jobs"
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Brooks Jackson
Date published: 2011-09-21T16:04:36