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Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on July 23, 2019 a digital ad
"Trump wants to cut (Medicare) just to pay for tax breaks to billionaires."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • July 26, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 17, 2019 a speech at George Washington University
With Medicare for All, "study after study has shown that ... the average middle-class families will save $3,000 each and every year on their health care bills."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2019
Susana Mendoza
Susana Mendoza
stated on July 8, 2019 a podcast interview
"Indiana actually has a higher gas tax than Illinois does even with the increase in (Illinois’) taxes."
False
By Duncan Agnew • July 21, 2019
John Flanagan
John Flanagan
stated on June 18, 2019 a radio interview
"The Senate Democrats have not provided one tax cut."  
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 8, 2019
Kelly E. Hastings
Kelly E. Hastings
stated on June 30, 2019 On twitter
Said, "The Seven Years’ War led to near bankruptcy for many countries; Britain’s need to raise taxes fueled the American desire for independence."
Mostly True
By Elizabeth Thompson • July 3, 2019
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on May 30, 2019 a statement to the Joint Committee on Finance
Voucher schools have increased property taxes by $1 billion since 2011
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • July 1, 2019
Bill Brady
Bill Brady
stated on June 18, 2019 a speech
Says that after "the last income tax increase in the state of Illinois, we saw the largest exodus of middle-income families."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 23, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 11, 2019 a speech in Iowa
"Why should you get a break for racehorses and not get a break for child care?"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2019
Jim Durkin
Jim Durkin
stated on June 3, 2019 a radio interview
"There are parts of I-80 near Joliet that school buses are not allowed to cross because of the fragile nature of a bridge."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 16, 2019
Mike Murphy
Mike Murphy
stated on May 22, 2019 remarks during a press conference
Says when New York "implemented a program" to tax the wealthy at higher rates it saw a revenue shortfall "because of the outward migration of their top earners."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 30, 2019
Scott Neitzel
Scott Neitzel
stated on May 12, 2019 a TV interview
The state contributed $80 million for the new Bucks arena, but new income tax revenue from basketball events alone "is estimated to be probably over $600 million over the life of the lease."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • May 22, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 29, 2019 a Tweet
"They didn’t even put up a fight against SALT"
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 21, 2019
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on May 14, 2019 a radio interview.
"Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 21, 2019
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on May 1, 2019 a speech
Says states with graduated income taxes "create jobs and grow their economies faster" than Illinois.
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 19, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 3, 2019 a tweet
"More than a million Wisconsinites have voted to raise their own property taxes because Republicans have failed to fully fund our public schools for the past eight years."
Half-True
By Eric Litke, Mica Soellner • May 17, 2019
Joel Griffith
Joel Griffith
stated on April 28, 2019 an op-ed on Fox News
"Of the 14 wealthy OECD countries with a wealth tax in 1996, 10 have since then abandoned it."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 10, 2019
Tina Freitas
Tina Freitas
stated on April 8, 2019 a radio interview.
State Sen. Emmett Hanger "has voted for the three largest tax increases - proposed tax increases - in Virginia history."  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • April 30, 2019
David Craig
David Craig
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet
Says Gov. Tony Evers' budget includes tax and fee increases even while spending "more on his way to a nearly $2 billion deficit."
Half-True
By Mica Soellner • April 24, 2019
Think Big Illinois
Think Big Illinois
stated on April 16, 2019 an ad
"In almost every state with an income tax, wealthy people pay a higher tax rate than the middle class."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 21, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 11, 2019 a news conference
"Fifty-two counties have average taxes of above the SALT $10,000 cap."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 17, 2019
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