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George Nee
George Nee
stated on October 19, 2011 a pension forum:
"This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 9, 2011 a television interview:
Even a 100 percent tax on millionaires would only fund four months of government operations, failing to seriously address budget deficits and debt.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 20, 2011
Tom Kean Jr.
Tom Kean Jr.
stated on October 7, 2011 a news release:
Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 16, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.:
"I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 a speech:
Coca-Cola’s CEO "said he finds it easier to do work in China than in the United States."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • October 10, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 22, 2011 a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio:
"A construction worker who’s making $50 or $60 grand a year shouldn’t be paying higher tax rates than the guy who’s making $50 million a year. And that’s how it’s working right now."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2011
SEIU
SEIU
stated on September 7, 2011 a political mailing:
"Republicans fought to protect tax loopholes for corporations that send our jobs overseas."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 7, 2011
Margaret Carlson
Margaret Carlson
stated on August 9, 2011 a politics column.:
Rick Perry "has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2011
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 4, 2011 campaign mailer:
Says Republican recall challenger Jonathan Steitz "failed to pay his taxes."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 12, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on August 8, 2011 a news release:
"George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • August 10, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on July 31, 2011 on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
"The average Republican voter thinks there should be some revenue as part of this deal."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 3, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 12, 2011 a radio ad:
Says the state budget "doubled property tax credits for seniors and middle class New Jerseyans" and had "no tax increases for any New Jersey family for the second year in a row."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • July 24, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on July 14, 2011 an interview with the 'New Hampshire Business Review":
"New Mexico is the second Hollywood" because of tax incentives for the film industry.
Half-True
By John Gregg • July 15, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on July 14, 2011 a television ad:
"Our country's got this huge debt, and (President Barack) Obama says raise taxes and keep spending more."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2011
Timothy Geithner
Timothy Geithner
stated on June 24, 2011 a speech at Dartmouth College:
For people in the top 1 percent for income, "your effective tax burden is in the low 20s, the lowest it’s been in decades and decades and decades -- lower than somebody who might make substantially less money." 
Half-True
By Jeffrey Good • July 12, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter Town Hall:
Says that when President Bill Clinton raised the top tax rates to levels now proposed by Obama, the country experienced significant job growth.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • July 7, 2011
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on June 24, 2011 a news release:
Says Gov. Scott Walker’s budget "includes tax breaks for corporations and the rich that will cost the state of Wisconsin taxpayers $2.3 billion over the next decade."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 6, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on June 27, 2011 an interview with The Wall Street Journal.:
"If you look at our tax mix, the share of corporate revenues as a percentage of our overall revenue mix has declined by about half over the last 30 years."
Half-True
By Jacob Geiger • July 2, 2011
New Jersey Education Association
New Jersey Education Association
stated on May 4, 2011 a television ad:
"As soon as Chris Christie was governor, he gave tax cuts to millionaires."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • June 19, 2011
New Jersey Assembly Democrats
New Jersey Assembly Democrats
stated on May 10, 2011 a press release:
Gov. Chris Christie caused a 4.1 percent increase in property taxes in 2010, marking the highest increase since 2007.
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • June 16, 2011
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