Fact Check Posts – Page 17

Bobby Jindal
stated on February 22, 2009 an interview on "Meet the Press."

Louisiana is turning down $100 million "that would require us to change our unemployment law, that would have actually raised taxes on Louisiana businesses."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 24, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on January 14, 2009 statement to reporters

Geithner's failure to pay self-employment taxes while working for the IMF "is a mistake that is commonly made for people who are working internationally or for international institutions."

January 16, 2009

John McCain
stated on October 28, 2008 Hershey, Pa.

Barack Obama said "people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan" then said "if you're a family making less than $200,000, you'll benefit."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 29, 2008

John McCain
stated on October 12, 2008 a television interview

Between 40 and 50 percent of tax filers do not owe any income tax.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 20, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.

John McCain "is proposing tax cuts that would give the average Fortune 500 CEO an additional $700,000 in tax cuts."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 8, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2008 in a television ad

Obama says McCain went to Bermuda and "pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2008

Chain email
stated on August 31, 2008 a chain e-mail

Palin "inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22-million."

September 9, 2008

Michelle Obama
stated on August 25, 2008 Denver

While in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama passed "tax cuts for hard-working families."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 25, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on June 19, 2008 a television ad

Barack Obama "cut taxes for working families."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2008

Campaign to Defend America
stated on March 5, 2008 a television ad

McCain and Bush are millionaires who are "for tax cuts for millionaires."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2008

Citizens United Political Victory Fund
stated on February 1, 2008 in a TV ad

John McCain "voted against the Bush tax cuts, both times."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2008

Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 16, 2008 a TV ad

"And delivered more tax relief than the other Republicans combined."

January 18, 2008

Spike the Romney Attack Dog
stated on January 2, 2008 a mailer from the Romney campaign to Iowans

"Mike Huckabee raised taxes on dog groomers!"

January 7, 2008

Ron Paul
stated on December 23, 2007 a Meet the Press interview

"If you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as we had 10 years ago."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 3, 2008

Mitt Romney
stated on December 28, 2007 a TV ad

"McCain opposes repeal of the death tax."

By Janet Zink • December 31, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 9, 2007 Dearborn, Mich.

"I believe in tax cuts. I believe in being a supply-sider. I cut the income tax I think it was 24 percent. We got 42 percent more revenues."

By Neil Skene • November 21, 2007

Fred Thompson
stated on November 5, 2007 an interview on the Fox News Channel.

Huckabee "was one of the highest taxing governors that we had in this country and rivaling Bill Clinton in terms of the Cato ratings."

By Miranda Blue • November 14, 2007

Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2007 a radio ad.

Mitt Romney boasts that he is "proud to be the only major candidate for president to sign the tax pledge. The others have not."

By Alex Leary • October 16, 2007

Bill Richardson
stated on May 10, 2007 a TV Ad.

"I used tax cuts to help create over 80,000 jobs in New Mexico."

By Bill Adair • August 1, 2007

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