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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 Denver
John McCain's tax plan will give no reduction "for 100-million American families."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 4, 2008 St. Paul, Minn.
"I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 4, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 3, 2008 a speech in St. Paul, Minn.
Barack Obama supports plans to raise "income taxes ... payroll taxes."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 20, 2008 in an interview on "This Week."
Barack Obama "wants to nearly double the capital gains tax" increasing taxes on "mutual funds, 401(k)s" for "policemen, firemen, nurses."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 29, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 1, 2008 Philadelphia.
McCain's "plan for the economy is to extend George Bush's tax cuts for billionaires and give a $100-billion additional corporate tax cut."
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By John Frank • April 2, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 30, 2008 a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.
"(Romney's) record was that he raised taxes by $730-million."
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February 1, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 25, 2008 a debate in Boca Raton.
"The average American is working through the month of May just to pay off the government."
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January 25, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
"You've got a building in the Cayman Islands that supposedly houses 12,000 corporations. That's either the biggest building or the biggest tax scam on record."
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By Alex Leary • January 9, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on December 30, 2007 a TV interview on NBC.
"...some of those (tax increases) were either court-ordered, or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for (such) things as roads."
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By Neil Skene • January 3, 2008
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on December 26, 2007 a TV ad
"As governor, Mike Huckabee supported higher income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, grocery taxes, tobacco taxes, beer taxes, Internet taxes, nursing home bed taxes."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • December 26, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 2, 2007 a news release.
"As governor of Arkansas, I cut taxes and fees almost 100 times, saving the taxpayers almost $380-million. I left a surplus of nearly $850-million."
Half-True
By Miranda Blue • November 14, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 28, 2007 a speech to the Hispanic Business Expo in Detroit.
"Our tax code is so complicated it extracts $140 billion in extra tax preparation costs every year - one thousand dollars for every American family."
Half-True
By Janet Zink • November 5, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 9, 2007 a debate in Dearborn, Mich.
"I cut taxes 23 times when I was mayor of New York City."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 21, 2007 a television ad.
"The Republican governor who stood up and cut spending instead of raising taxes."
Half-True
September 21, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on July 30, 2007 a speech in Laconia, New Hampshire.
"Democrats are kind of falling over each other seeing who can raise taxes faster. It looks like they're going to raise taxes anywhere between 20 to 30 percent."
Half-True
By John Martin • August 6, 2007
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