Fact Check Posts – Page 12

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on August 12, 2012 an interview on Fox News:

"Mitt Romney is the first major party candidate for president of the United States in modern times not to release at least 12 years of tax returns."

By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2012

Tomorrow's Vision of Florida
stated on August 6, 2012 a mailer:

Says Ron Saunders "made the choice to stand with Rick Scott" on expanding school vouchers, restricting scholarships and giving tax breaks to the wealthy.

By Amy Sherman • August 10, 2012

Mark Neumann
stated on August 8, 2012 campaign website statements:

Says he never voted for a "tax increase."

By Tom Kertscher • August 8, 2012

Michael Riley
stated on July 26, 2012 a taped debate on "State of the State":

The Congressional Budget Office "has already doubled its estimate for the cost (of Obamacare) so far from roughly $800 billion to $1.7 trillion."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2012

Mark Neumann
stated on July 10, 2012 an interview:

"Obamacare" is the "biggest tax increase in American history."

By Tom Kertscher • July 25, 2012

Bill Pascrell
stated on July 18, 2012 an interview on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal:

Says President Barack Obama "has not raised taxes."

By Erin O'Neill • July 22, 2012

Lou Greenwald
stated on July 15, 2012 an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”:

Says "the money is in the budget" to give a tax break to "everyone," including people making more than $1 million.

By Bill Wichert • July 18, 2012

Steve Doocy
stated on July 11, 2012 a discussion on "Fox & Friends":

"If you make more than $250,000 a year … you only really take home about $125,000."

By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on July 11, 2012 an interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show:

"We are not producing jobs. We created 80,000 jobs last month. We don't talk about the jobs that we lost. The net of it all is that we lost jobs."

By Erin O'Neill • July 15, 2012

Phil Gingrey
stated on June 28, 2012 a radio interview:

The health care law is "the largest tax [increase] in the history of our country"

By Willoughby Mariano • July 11, 2012

David Dewhurst
stated on June 22, 2012 a Republican US Senate debate at KERA-TV, Channel 13, in Dallas.:

"I've never supported a payroll tax."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 9, 2012

Facebook posts
stated on July 3, 2012 on the Internet:

"75 percent of the Obamacare tax falls on the middle class."

By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2012

Clackamas County Democrats
stated on June 22, 2012 a campaign press release:

Says Clackamas County Measure 3-401 "will hurt our county, cripple economic growth, and increase our taxes with excessive special elections."

By Janie Har • July 5, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on June 28, 2012 a fundraising letter:

President Obama’s health-care law will "add trillions of dollars in debt."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2012

Nathan Deal
stated on June 13, 2012 a blog post:

The Americans for Tax Reform pledge "relates to new taxes that were going to be initiated by legislative action."

By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • June 18, 2012

Reince Priebus
stated on June 5, 2012 an interview:

Says President Barack Obama wants to raise "the lowest (income) tax rate from 10 to 15 percent."

By Tom Kertscher • June 17, 2012

We Are Wisconsin
stated on May 25, 2012 campaign mail:

Says Gov. Scott Walker "took away $1.6 billion from schools and handed it off as over $2 billion in tax breaks to the rich."

By Tom Kertscher • May 31, 2012

Marco Rubio
stated on May 8, 2012 a video statement:

Democrats plan to keep student loan interest rates low "by raising taxes on small businesses, very small businesses … the kinds of small businesses that give jobs to graduates."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 11, 2012

Gwen Moore
stated on April 28, 2012 a song/speech:

Says Gov. Scott Walker approved a "gutting" of two tax credits that help the poor and elderly.

By Dave Umhoefer • May 10, 2012

Bill Johnson
stated on April 17, 2012 a news conference:

Says the oil industry subsidies that President Barack Obama is attacking don’t exist

By Sabrina Eaton • May 4, 2012

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