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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
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
stated on March 27, 2019 a tweet:
"Governor Evers' budget would increase property taxes by the largest amount in a decade"
Half-True
By Eric Litke • April 12, 2019
Daniel Riemer
Daniel Riemer
stated on February 17, 2019 a TV interview:
"About 80 percent of (the manufacturing and agriculture) tax credit goes to claimants who are making $1 million or more."  
True
By Mica Soellner • April 4, 2019
Ideas Illinois
Ideas Illinois
stated on March 21, 2019 an ad:
"Pritzker and Madigan want to change the constitution to allow a permanent jobs tax on middle class families."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 31, 2019
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on March 7, 2019 an ad video:
"HR 1 is going to take your hard-earned tax dollars and millions more and send them to (a political candidate’s) campaign so (they) can put ads on TV."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • March 26, 2019
John Nygren
John Nygren
stated on February 12, 2019 a tweet:
"Over the last eight years, we’ve shown that even though we’ve cut taxes by $8 billion, revenues continue to grow."
True
By Eric Litke • March 21, 2019
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on March 6, 2019:
On tax increases.
Half Flip
By Warren Fiske • March 19, 2019
James Lankford
James Lankford
stated on March 6, 2019 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"Tax revenue went up, actually, $14 billion last year after the tax cut actually occurred. We had greater revenue."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2019
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 18, 2019 an interview:
With the Trump tax law, "70 percent of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1 percent."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 5, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on February 28, 2019:
On not pursuing higher taxes
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • March 5, 2019
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on February 20, 2019 a speech:
Says taxing more services, taxing retirement income and increasing the flat-rate income tax would "fall disproportionately on the working poor and the middle class."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 3, 2019
John Nygren
John Nygren
stated on February 12, 2019 a tweet:
GOP tax plan "is better for working, middle-class families" since "88% of the tax relief goes to those making $100,000 or less."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • February 22, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on February 11, 2019 a tweet:
"The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2019
John Nygren
John Nygren
stated on January 11, 2019 a tweet:
"Today, property taxes are lower than they were in 2010."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • February 8, 2019
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on February 1, 2019 an interview:
"Seventy percent of the American public agree with" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "on having the top marginal (tax) rate for the rich" at 70 percent, and "that's a Fox News Poll saying that."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 6, 2019
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 16, 2019 a tweet:
During the three times the top marginal tax rates were lowered in the 20th century, "revenues actually went up while the economy improved in America."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 5, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 28, 2019 remarks in Fort Lauderdale:
"There was virtually no new business investment" after the 2017 tax law. "The bulk was used to buy back their own stock."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 4, 2019
Gery Chico
Gery Chico
stated on January 16, 2019 a campaign ad:
"In Springfield, Susana Mendoza voted to hit working families with a massive new soda tax."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 3, 2019
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 news release:
"Not a dollar would be paid out until jobs in the Foxconn development area were created."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • February 1, 2019
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 a joint statement:
Potential Foxconn changes are due to "the wave of economic uncertainty" from Evers administration
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • February 1, 2019
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