Texas Governor Rick Perry seems to have a problem with numbers. Remember what happened during the Republican Primaries in the last general election cycle? The following exchange occurred during one such debate:
Perry: "It's three agencies of agencies of government when I get there that are gone - Commerce, Education, and the um, what's the third one there? Let's see. Oh five - Commerce, Education and the um, um."
Romney: "The Environmental Protection Agency?"
Perry: "EPA, there you go."
After taking back his statement about the EPA, the lovely discussion continued:
CNBC moderator John Harwood: "But you can't name the third one?"
Perry: "The third agency of government I would do away with - the education, the uh, the commerce and let's see. I can't the third one. I can't. Sorry. Oops."
Then this past Sunday on Meet the Press, Perry told host David Gregory that, "I'm really worried about those 90 million people that are out of work."
To say that number is accurate would be like to say the name Newt is sexy. The April jobs report showed that there are currently 9.8 million whom are unemployed. So, let's break down these numbers, shall we?
Unemployed
Rick Perry's claim: 90 million
The actual number: 9.8 million (10.9% of 90 million)
Difference: 80.2 million (89.1% off)
Rick Perry's likely response: "Oops."
Not only was Rick Perry wrong with his claim, he was 89.1% off with it. That would be like if he made the following such statements:
- "There are 458 or 459 states in the United States of America."
- "When I learned a touchdown was worth 64 or 65 points, I was shocked, I tell you!"
- "We've had, what now, 403 or 404 presidents in this country?"
- "The 3-point basket in basketball is worth something like 27 or 28 points, I think."
- "The freezing temperature in Fahrenheit is something like 293 or 294 degrees."
Yeah - oops indeed...
http://www.factcheck.org/2014/05/perry-misleads-on-jobs/
Perry: "It's three agencies of agencies of government when I get there that are gone - Commerce, Education, and the um, what's the third one there? Let's see. Oh five - Commerce, Education and the um, um."
Romney: "The Environmental Protection Agency?"
Perry: "EPA, there you go."
After taking back his statement about the EPA, the lovely discussion continued:
CNBC moderator John Harwood: "But you can't name the third one?"
Perry: "The third agency of government I would do away with - the education, the uh, the commerce and let's see. I can't the third one. I can't. Sorry. Oops."
Then this past Sunday on Meet the Press, Perry told host David Gregory that, "I'm really worried about those 90 million people that are out of work."
To say that number is accurate would be like to say the name Newt is sexy. The April jobs report showed that there are currently 9.8 million whom are unemployed. So, let's break down these numbers, shall we?
Unemployed
Rick Perry's claim: 90 million
The actual number: 9.8 million (10.9% of 90 million)
Difference: 80.2 million (89.1% off)
Rick Perry's likely response: "Oops."
Not only was Rick Perry wrong with his claim, he was 89.1% off with it. That would be like if he made the following such statements:
- "There are 458 or 459 states in the United States of America."
- "When I learned a touchdown was worth 64 or 65 points, I was shocked, I tell you!"
- "We've had, what now, 403 or 404 presidents in this country?"
- "The 3-point basket in basketball is worth something like 27 or 28 points, I think."
- "The freezing temperature in Fahrenheit is something like 293 or 294 degrees."
Yeah - oops indeed...
http://www.factcheck.org/2014/05/perry-misleads-on-jobs/
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