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Mike Foley
Mike Foley
stated on April 25, 2012 a speech in the Ohio House
Says Ohio law gives tax breaks "to rich people who own private jets."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • May 8, 2012
A C Wharton
A C Wharton
stated on April 16, 2012 an interview about his city budget proposal.
"We will not ask for a tax increase to run city government."
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By Zack McMillin • May 6, 2012
Scott DesJarlais
Scott DesJarlais
stated on April 24, 2012 a blog post on his website.
"The United States already has the highest corporate tax rate in the world."
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By Michael Collins • May 4, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on April 11, 2012 a campaign event.
The "Buffett rule" "raises virtually no money, maybe a day and a half of our borrowing per year."
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By Alex Kuffner • April 15, 2012
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on March 10, 2012 a candidates' forum.
Says "at the state level we're spending more on tax expenditures than we are on public safety, health care and education combined."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • April 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 remarks to the Newspaper Association of America
Says Ronald Reagan "understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, that for him to make a deal he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 4, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on February 13, 2012 a campaign video posted on YouTube
"They're paying a less rate of tax -- these richest people in America -- than they have in the last 80 years."
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By Bill Wichert • March 11, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on February 3, 2012 a news show
"The commercial property tax [in Providence] is second highest in the country behind Detroit."
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By Alex Kuffner • February 10, 2012
Committee for Our Children's Future
Committee for Our Children's Future
stated on January 31, 2012 a television ad
Says Chris Christie "inherited the highest taxes in America and the worst unemployment in the region."
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By Erin O'Neill • February 8, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 3, 2012 a TV ad
Says Wisconsin Democrats during the previous administration adopted "double-digit tax increases."
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January 25, 2012
Kriner Cash
Kriner Cash
stated on November 3, 2011 a presentation to Shelby County's schools merger Transition Planning Commission
The education tax burden for Shelby County -- and Tennessee -- is "one of the lowest in the country."
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By Zack McMillin • January 13, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 State of the State address
Says the state tax burden per citizen in New York is twice as high as in Florida.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 11, 2012
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on December 12, 2011 an interview on CNN’s ‘Out Front’
Says taking millionaires off food stamps and unemployment would save $20 million.
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By Sue Owen • January 6, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on December 25, 2011 an appearance on WPRI's Newsmakers
"I think with the exception of the last year or maybe the last two years, we were at 100 percent" when it came to contributing to the Providence pension fund.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 20, 2011 a conference call by a campaign spokesman with New Hampshire reporters.
"Fifty percent of Speaker Gingrich’s tax plan goes to the top 1 percent."
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By Jake Berry • December 28, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 15, 2011 an Iowa TV ad.
Says Mitt Romney raised business taxes 20 percent in Massachusetts.
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2011
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on December 12, 2011 a letter
"[E]xcise tax increases drive commerce across state lines."
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By Eric Stirgus • December 21, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on December 6, 2011 a Web video.
"Traditionally, presidential candidates release their tax returns . . . Mitt Romney still won’t."
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By Matt Clary • December 16, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 11, 2011 a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction hearing
"We have the second highest corporate tax rate among our trading partners."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • November 28, 2011
Tom Hughes
Tom Hughes
stated on November 2, 2011 a guest column
Twenty percent of housing in Portland’s Pearl District is ‘affordable.’
Mostly True
By Janie Har • November 18, 2011
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