Fact Check Posts – Page 11

Facebook posts
stated on August 9, 2020 a post on Facebook

Trump’s plan “would suspend the 7.65% your employer matches. See? You will NOT get that, nor will your wage or salary increase by 7.65%”

By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 9, 2020 in a post on Facebook

“Let me splain how ‘no payroll taxes’ helps you, it doesn’t. It helps employers.”

By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 10, 2020 a post on social media

“Killing the payroll tax means killing Social Security.”

By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 9, 2020 on social media

Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits.

By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2020

Mike Gallagher
stated on June 25, 2020 a TV interview

"The average family in America forks over more of their hard-earned income to their local hospital than to the IRS.”

By Madeline Heim • July 22, 2020

Dan Patrick
stated on May 24, 2020 an interview

Says a new law adopted in Texas means property tax bills “are no longer really dependent on your values, it is on (local government) revenue growth.”

By Madlin Mekelburg • June 8, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 on social media

"Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires."

By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on May 2, 2020 a Facebook post

Gas is under $1 in 13 states, but $2.27 in Pennsylvania, because of the governor.

May 7, 2020

YouTube videos
stated on April 12, 2020 social media posts

The $1,200 coronavirus relief checks this year are “just an advance on your next tax return. … Next year, you're automatically going to owe $1,200 come tax season.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 a campaign ad

Says Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes “tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies” and more.

By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020

Roger Roth
stated on January 20, 2020 a public forum

“The average (Wisconsin) resident’s tax burden is at its lowest level in nearly 50 years while incomes continue to grow.”

By Nusaiba Mizan • March 11, 2020

Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 a mass email

On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2020 a Facebook post

“I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt.”

March 6, 2020

Quentin Fulks
stated on February 25, 2020 a TV interview

Says California has a top income tax rate of 13.3% “and people aren’t leaving.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 1, 2020

Viral image
stated on February 29, 2020 a post on Facebook

“Bernie Logic: Nobody can live on $7 an hour. We must raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Also we must raise the tax rate to 52%. $15 an hour * 52% = $7.80. $15 an hour - $7.80 = $7.20. $7.20 an hour!!!”

By Aaron Sharockman • February 29, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2020 an image

“Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.”

By Daniel Funke • February 21, 2020

Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 19, 2020 the Democratic debate in Nevada

The budget hole in Bernie Sanders’ plans “is bigger than the size of the entire economy of the United States."

By Jon Greenberg • February 20, 2020

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 15, 2020 a speech in Las Vegas

Says Mike Bloomberg “opposed modest proposals during Barack Obama’s presidency to raise taxes on the wealthy, while advocating for cuts to Medicare and Social Security.”

By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2020

John Nygren
stated on January 22, 2020 a news release

Says Gov. Tony Evers "proposed raising taxes on the agriculture industry to pay for expanded welfare programs."

By Eric Litke • February 14, 2020

Tony Evers
stated on January 22, 2020 the State of the State

“I delivered on my campaign promise for a 10% tax cut for Wisconsin families.”

By Eric Litke • February 12, 2020

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