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John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on April 13, 2012 in a video press release:
"If you're earning under $100,000 a year and you commute to New York every day you pay more to the Port Authority in tolls than you pay to the state of New Jersey in income tax."
True
By Erin O'Neill • April 23, 2012
BettyLou DeCroce
BettyLou DeCroce
stated on April 8, 2012 in n opinion column in the Gloucester County Times:
"While the country’s economy was battered, nine states with no income tax actually grew jobs from 2001 to 2010."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • April 16, 2012
Cory Mason
Cory Mason
stated on February 23, 2012 in a news release:
Says Wisconsin Assembly Republicans voted to repeal a law that ensures "that women cannot get paid less than a man for doing the same job."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 12, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on February 13, 2012 in a town hall-style meeting:
"The top 1 percent (of income earners) paid 36.7 percent (of the taxes).  ... The top 50 percent pay 97.7 percent."  
True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 6, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 2, 2012 in a message via the Internet:
"If you sell your house after 2012 you will pay a 3.8 percent sales tax on it."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 7, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on January 17, 2012 in a press release:
"Under this tax cut, middle-class families don't save enough for a week's worth of groceries, while millionaires save enough to go on an exotic vacation."
True
By Erin O'Neill • January 22, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on December 15, 2011 in a news release:
"The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."
True
By Peter Krouse • January 19, 2012
Matt Wingard
Matt Wingard
stated on January 2, 2012 in a news story online:
"Oregon’s per capita income is 9 percent below the national average and getting worse. This is a state that’s actually getting poorer."
Half-True
By Janie Har • January 6, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 in a letter to Nancy Pelosi:
"A part-time Congress with half the pay would still make $38,000 a year more than the average American family."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 1, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on October 27, 2011 in a press release:
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack "voted to raise his own pay several times."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 23, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 20, 2011 in speaking at New Hampshire’s Plymouth State University:
"The median income of a middle class family went down $2,100 from 2001 to 2007."
True
By Maryalice Gill • November 18, 2011
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rodney Frelinghuysen
stated on November 4, 2011 in an email newsletter:
Says the Treasury Department "says 41 percent of all business income reported on individual returns would be hit by the [millionaires’] surtax" that "would harm small businessmen and women, the very people we are counting on to create new jobs."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • November 13, 2011
Americans for Prosperity: New Jersey
Americans for Prosperity: New Jersey
stated on October 24, 2011 in a television ad posted on YouTube:
Says state Senate President Stephen "Sweeney gave us the nation's highest income tax rates, driving out jobs."
False
By Erin O'Neill • October 31, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 10, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show":
"According to Wikipedia, there are only five countries in the entire planet that are more unequal than the United States in the distribution of our wealth."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2011
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
stated on October 1, 2011 in a political mailer:
Says Vince Polistina is "collecting nearly $70,000 in taxpayer-funded salaries -- plus a government pension."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • October 10, 2011
Vincent Barrella
Vincent Barrella
stated on August 22, 2011 in a column published on NJ.com:
"Point Pleasant Beach does not own its beaches; they are privately owned and operated by businesses such as Jenkinson’s"
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • September 5, 2011
Jim Petro
Jim Petro
stated on August 11, 2011 in a speech at Ohio State University:
Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars."
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • August 30, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on August 2, 2011 in a television interview:
Says that Wall Street hedge fund managers "pay a lower tax rate than does a sheet metal worker in Parma or a school teacher in Cleveland."
True
By Tom Feran • August 22, 2011
Jessica King
Jessica King
stated on July 12, 2011 in a TV ad:
Says state Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac, unlike typical taxpayers, "didn’t pay taxes"
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 26, 2011
Randy Hopper
Randy Hopper
stated on July 20, 2011 in a TV ad:
Says Wisconsin Senate recall candidate Jessica King "voted to increase her pay with taxpayer dollars by 63 percent."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • July 22, 2011
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