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David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on January 31, 2010 NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We passed without, frankly, the help of the Republican caucus, we passed 25 tax cuts last year, mostly aimed at the middle class and small businesses."
True
February 3, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 a State of the Union speech
"We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 28, 2010
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on September 28, 2009 a Web ad
Barack Obama and the Democrats have "proposed a tax for not having health insurance."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 28, 2009
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on March 5, 2009 a White House briefing
"A middle-class family donates $1 to charity, they get 15 cents off their income tax. Bill Gates donates $1 to charity, he takes 35 cents off his income tax."
True
By Alexander Lane • March 11, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 Hempstead, N.Y.
"98 percent of small businesses make less than $250,000" and would not see a tax increase under Barack Obama's plan.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 30, 2008 a TV ad.
Says that under his tax plan, seniors making less than $50,000 per year won't pay any income taxes.
True
By Bill Adair • September 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 Oxford, Miss.
John McCain wants to "give oil companies another $4-billion" in tax breaks.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2008 in a television ad
"Grateful insurance company executives and their lobbyists" from Bermuda gave McCain $50,000.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2008 Elko, Nev.
Obama's tax plan cuts taxes "for 95 percent of all working families."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 18, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 29, 2008 Dayton, Ohio
When oil and gas prices sent state revenues up, Palin sent "a large share of that revenue directly back to the people of Alaska."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 29, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 30, 2008 South Bend, Ind.
Tax rates were significantly higher "in the '40s, the '50s, and the '60s."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 2, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 24, 2008 Boca Raton.
"Now, I also support the Bush tax cuts. Sen. McCain voted against them originally. He now believes they should be made permanent. I'm glad he agrees they should be made permanent."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim, Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 10, 2008 a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
"(Ronald Reagan) raised taxes a billion dollars in his first year as governor of California."
True
January 11, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 26, 2007 a press release
"Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 3, 2008
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on December 12, 2007 debate in Johnston, Iowa
"Five percent of Americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. Forty percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 13, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 5, 2007 a newspaper column
"The Alternative Minimum Tax...was created by Congress in 1969 to affect 155 wealthy Americans. Because it was never indexed for inflation, those original 155 taxpayers has increased to affect about 3.5-million in 2006."
True
By David DeCamp • November 1, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 30, 2007 Philadelphia
"The Alternative Minimum Tax was never intended to hit people in middle income, upper middle income. It was meant for people who are rich and evading taxes."
True
By David DeCamp • November 1, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on September 20, 2007 Davenport, Iowa
"What happens is people like Warren Buffett — and he says this himself...pay 15 percent on the millions of dollars that they earn from wealth income... while their secretary is paying a higher rate on her work income. It's not right."
True
By David DeCamp • October 17, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 26, 2007 Stratham, N.H.
"Senator McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts. Now he's for them."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 5, 2007
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