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13 October
5:09 pm

we're paying eighty percent more this year than we were last year for heating oil

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Troy Jackson, at Maine U.S. Senate General Election Debate 3 (WABI/WAGM)

5:09 pm
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Why we checked itA specific percentage increase in heating oil costs is a concrete, verifiable economic claim that could be checked against energy price data.
What we foundMaine heating oil prices rose approximately 74–81% year-over-year near the time of the debate, making the claim of 'eighty percent more' a slight overstatement of a real and dramatic price increase.
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