Today, the newspaper's PolitiFact feature caught Walker in a howler. He told CNBC that public-employee unions falsely told members that they would have to pay up to 13 percent of incomes for health insurance.
The truth, according to PolitiFact, is that
Depending on their incomes and health insurance choices, workers would see a 6.8 percent to 12.9 percent hit from the combined changes.And what did unions actually tell their members? PolitiFact again:
We reviewed dozens of public communications -- web postings, email alerts and press releases -- between the various unions and their members, as well as to the general public. We also looked for private communications, some of which surfaced publicly.
The ones we found all accurately described the impact of the plan.We love this:
Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie said they had no documentation of unions making that claim to members.Can't say we're surprised.
