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Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on August 27, 2010 an ad.:
"When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 31, 2010
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on August 17, 2010 a television election ad:
"Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen."
Mostly True
By Jane Kahoun, Sabrina Eaton • August 27, 2010
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on August 2, 2010 in a mailer:
Kathryn Starkey "only attended half of those meetings."  
Mostly True
By Jodie Tillman • August 13, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on July 19, 2010 a message on Twitter:
Says President Barack Obama initially said the national health-care mandate isn't a tax, but his administration now says it is a tax.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • August 2, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 25, 2010 campaign materials.:
"My 7-step plan" creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years.
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By Aaron Sharockman • July 26, 2010
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on July 19, 2010 comments on her MSNBC show.:
Marco Rubio's "economic proposals will add $3.5 trillion to the federal deficit."
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By Aaron Sharockman • July 23, 2010
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on July 11, 2010 an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press:
Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had "52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation" and "revenues were at an all-time high in 2007."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 18, 2010 Lincoln Chafee, a posting on his website, Chafee for Governor:
If Rhode Island applied a 1-percent sales tax on all items exempt from sales tax, ''the state would receive an additional $89,376,857.''
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By John Hill • June 30, 2010
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
stated on June 18, 2010 a brochure :
The addition of a 1 percent sales tax would cost a typical household in Hillsborough County approximately $12 a month.
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By Janet Zink • June 18, 2010
J.D. Hayworth
J.D. Hayworth
stated on June 4, 2010 a campaign commercial:
John McCain "voted against the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, wrongly claiming they helped only the rich."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2010
Empower Texans
Empower Texans
stated on May 14, 2010 a Web video:
"There are 321,092 public school teachers in Texas. And there are 313,850 non-teachers in our public schools."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 28, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on April 14, 2010 a speech at a Tea Party rally in Boston:
"Americans now spend 100 days out of the year working for government before we even start working for ourselves."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on March 3, 2010 an interview on CNN's Larry King Live:
Reconciliation was used "for tax cuts for the rich twice under Bush."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 5, 2010
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on February 3, 2010 an interview with Bill O'Reilly:
One-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts.
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By Catharine Richert • February 10, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on November 29, 2009 ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos':
"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • November 30, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 17, 2009 a note on Facebook:
The proposed excise tax on "Cadillac" health plans will hit "those making less than $200,000" the hardest.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 21, 2009
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2009 a posting on the conservative Web site TownHall.com:
The Baucus health care bill would require taxes on medical devices such as X-ray machines, female condoms, HIV tests and surgical needles.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 2, 2009 his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story":
During the Reagan era, "the richest Americans had their top income tax rate cut in half."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • October 6, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 2, 2009 in his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story":
In the 1950s,  "A lot of people got rich — and they had to pay a top tax rate of 90 percent."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • October 2, 2009
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on June 22, 2009 a column:
Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 24, 2009
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