Latest Fact-Checks In Wealth

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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on November 13, 2019 a Facebook ad
"In America, there is a father who is holding down two jobs and paying more taxes than the richest 400 families in America."
Mostly False
November 21, 2019
Tom Steyer
Tom Steyer
stated on October 15, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate
"People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 16, 2019
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
stated on August 15, 2019 a tweet
Says "wealthy people in Canada donate to hospitals" to get better health care treatment.
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • August 19, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 26, 2019 an opinion article
"The wealthiest three families now own more wealth than the bottom half of the country."
True
July 3, 2019
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
stated on June 19, 2019 congressional testimony
"The typical black family in this country has one-tenth the wealth of the typical white family."
True
July 1, 2019
Marie Newman
Marie Newman
stated on April 24, 2019 a radio interview
"We’re in a situation right now where 80% of the country is living paycheck to paycheck."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 28, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 2, 2019 a Facebook post
Says President Barack Obama once said, "The American dream is to be Donald Trump"
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 8, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 1, 2019 a Facebook post
Says author J.K. Rowling was the first billionaire to fall off Forbes billionaire list because of charitable giving.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • March 6, 2019
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 18, 2019 an interview
With the Trump tax law, "70 percent of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1 percent."  
Half-True
March 5, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 29, 2019 a tweet
"The top 0.1 percent ... own about the same wealth as 90 percent of America."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2019
Howard Schultz
Howard Schultz
stated on January 27, 2019 an interview on CBS
"Over 40 percent of the American people don't have $400 in the bank."
Mostly True
January 29, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 5, 2019 a meme
Says "the Rothschild family holds about 80 percent of the world’s total wealth" and has the ability to "literally feed, clothe and settle every man, woman and child on the planet if they wanted to."
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • January 9, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 14, 2018 a speech
"The three wealthiest people" own "more wealth than the bottom half of the American people."
True
July 19, 2018
Christine Quinn
Christine Quinn
stated on May 23, 2018 a presentation at the State Democratic Convention
New York state has the "second highest millionaires tax in the nation."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • May 31, 2018
stated on May 8, 2018 an Austin American-Statesman news story
Says Austin has "been ranked repeatedly as one of the most, if not the most, economically segregated cities in the country."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2018
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 20, 2018 her announcement to run for governor
"Since taking office, Andrew Cuomo has given massive tax breaks to corporations and the super rich."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • March 23, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on December 14, 2017 a speech
On taxes, "if you go back and look 50 years ago, individuals paid about 7 percent of the total and corporations paid 5 percent. Fast forward 50 years: individuals still 7 percent, corporations (are) down to 2 percent."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on December 1, 2017 a tweet
"Under Trump’s new tax plan … 99.8% of Americans" get "not one nickel" in tax cuts.  
Pants on Fire!
December 13, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 21, 2017 a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.
"The six wealthiest people in the world (have) as much wealth as the bottom half of the world’s population, 3.7 billion people."
Mostly True
By Carolina Vargas, Emma Diltz • October 31, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on October 18, 2017 an interview
What Republicans call the "death tax" is the estate tax "on the ultra wealthy" which, in 2016, was paid by only "two out of every 1,000 people."  
True
October 27, 2017
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