Saturday, March 5, 2011

Rand gets fact-checked


The folks at PolitiFact look into Rand Paul's recent statements about Wisconsin's public school teachers:

Paul said twice on national television that the average public school teacher in Wisconsin "is making $89,000 a year." We’re assuming his figure isn’t just for salary, in which case his number would be too high by $40,000. But even if he meant salary plus benefits, his figure is too high by $14,000.

We rate Paul’s statement False.