Oct 22, 2013 ... Informed that the event was wrapping up, LePage said he had two more points to make. The first was just one word: “energy.” The second was, he said, in reference to “workforce development.” “About 47% of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don't work,” said LePage. On the recording you can hear ...
Oct 8, 2014 ... Last year, he even took up the 47 percent number, saying "about 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don't work... It's really bad." The number was wrong, significantly so. But he had staked out a clear position: Many recipients of state aid were undeserving. During his state of the state ...
Aug 10, 2016 ... In 2014, LePage stated that “about 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don't work.” PolitiFact determined that the correct statistic is around 3.6 percent. Similarly, in 2015 Trump tweeted an image displaying murder statistics attributed to “Crime Statistics Bureau – San Francisco”, a bureau ...
Oct 3, 2014 ... Maine has opted out of the program. According to Maine's Governor Paul LePage, a Tea Party Conservative, "47 percent of able-bodied people in Maine don't work," an unattributed statement that Politifact believes to be a statistical impossibility. According to The Associated Press, starting this month, SNAP ...
Jan 8, 2014 ... In 2013, LePage claimed that roughly "47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don't work." Politifact examined LePage's claim, awarding it their highest designation for wrongness/dishonesty. More from the Portland Press Herald: LePage has said previously he started working when he was ...
About 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work.