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Anitere Flores
Anitere Flores
stated on April 30, 2010 a House floor speech
For the new state budget, "Floridians have sent us $3 billion less of their funding."
False
By Lee Logan • May 5, 2010
Richard Shelby
Richard Shelby
stated on March 25, 2010 a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
"The bill reported out of committee sets up a $50 billion slush fund that, while intended for resolving failing firms, is available for virtually any purpose that the treasury secretary sees fit."
False
By Catharine Richert • April 16, 2010
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on April 8, 2010 a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference
When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 28, 2010 a FOX News Sunday debate.
Rubio's tax swap proposal "would have been a massive tax increase."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 28, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 28, 2010 a U.S. Senate primary debate on FOX News Sunday
Did not vote for tax increases as a member of the West Miami City Commission.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 28, 2010
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on March 24, 2010 a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC
The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history."
False
March 25, 2010
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on March 24, 2010 a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.
"Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.''
False
March 25, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 his State of the State address.
"We worked together to enact ... the largest tax cut in Florida history."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 3, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate
"The largest tax increase that we have ever had in our state is yours – it is the business margins tax that you signed, governor."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 22, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 25, 2009 his campaign Web site
"I have never voted for a tax increase."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 25, 2009
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 25, 2009 speaking to a group of Michigan Republicans
"I signed the largest single tax cut in the history of Florida, a $25 billion tax cut over five years, directed at property tax cuts."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2009
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on October 27, 2009 a speech on the House floor
Three presidents in the last century — Harding, Kennedy and Reagan — all cut taxes during recessions and produced "rapid and dramatic economic recoveries," while two, Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama, did "the opposite."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2009
John Carter
John Carter
stated on August 31, 2009 a column by the Texas Republican on the Web site of the Christian Coalition of America
"The Obama Administration's own White House Council of Economic Advisers has estimated 4.7 million Americans will lose their jobs if the (health care) bill passes."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 23, 2009 an op-ed for National Review
The Democrat-backed health care reform plan "will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars."
False
August 7, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 5, 2009 a speech in Wakarusa, Ind.
Stimulus tax cuts "began showing up in paychecks of 4.8 million Indiana households about three months ago."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 16, 2008 a Web ad
"Obama raises taxes on seniors (and) hard-working families to give welfare to those who pay none."  
False
December 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 comment from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds on Fox News
"Senator Obama has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • October 7, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 11, 2008 an Internet ad
Obama plans "a tax increase for everyone earning more than $42,000 a year."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 22, 2008 a chain e-mail
"Obama will charge a 28 percent tax on all home sales."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 23, 2008 a chain e-mail
Barack Obama wants to "restore" the estate tax that George W. Bush "repealed."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2008
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