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Gordon Hintz
stated on January 30, 2017 an interview:

"Eleven individuals who make over $30 million each got $22 million credit" from Wisconsin's manufacturing and agriculture tax credit.

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2017 an interview:

In the United States, "we tax our exports and don't tax our imports."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • February 9, 2017

Claire McCaskill
stated on January 23, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Not one dime of the tax cut that they are going to enact with the repeal of Obamacare will go to people who make under $200,000."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2017

Ashley Judd
stated on January 21, 2017 a speech at the Women's March.:

"Pads and tampons (are) still taxed when Viagra and Rogaine are not."

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • January 22, 2017

Roy Cooper
stated on January 19, 2017 a speech to business leaders:

Says North Carolinians are "already paying for" Medicaid expansion, even though the state hasn’t expanded Medicaid.

Mostly True

By Will Doran • January 19, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on January 10, 2017 In a speech:

Wisconsin property taxes, as a percentage of personal income, "are the lowest that they've been since the end of World War II."

True

By Tom Kertscher • January 13, 2017

Robert Astorino
stated on January 10, 2017 a press release:

"I have never once raised the county tax levy -- not for seven straight years."

True

By Dan Clark • January 11, 2017

Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 16, 2016 a speech in Fishkill, NY:

"Taxes for every New Yorker are lower today than when I started"

Half-True

By Dan Clark • December 16, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on December 13, 2016 a speech:

America’s federal business tax rate is the highest "in the world."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • December 15, 2016

Christine Radogno
stated on November 14, 2016 a press conference:

We (in Illinois) have the fifth-highest tax burden in the country.

Mostly True

By Madeleine Doubek • December 2, 2016

Dan Patrick
stated on November 29, 2016 a press release:

"Texans pay the sixth-highest property tax in the nation."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • December 1, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 a tweet:

"America’s tax code hasn’t been updated in 30 years."

Mostly False

By Cara Lombardo • November 16, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on November 4, 2016 a campaign rally:

Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "51 percent of single parents would see their taxes go up."

True

By Linda Qiu • November 6, 2016

Citizens to Protect Transportation Funding
stated on September 28, 2016 a TV ad:

"We can fix our roads without raising taxes."

False

By Madeleine Doubek • November 5, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2016 a radio ad:

Says Russ Feingold "voted to raise taxes on Social Security benefits for seniors, he even tried to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2016

Deborah Ross
stated on October 13, 2016 a TV ad:

"Richard Burr voted to protect tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas but voted against a tax break to help working people."

Half-True

By Will Doran • November 2, 2016

Chris Malone
stated on September 28, 2016:

Says Democratic challenger for his N.C. House seat "raised taxes on clothing, school supplies – even baby diapers!"

Pants on Fire!

By Will Doran • October 28, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 26, 2016 a rally in Tampa, Fla.:

"One-half of undocumented workers pay federal income taxes, which means they are paying more federal income taxes than Donald Trump pays."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • October 27, 2016

Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 22, 2016 a web ad:

Says Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold "voted over 250 times to raise taxes."

False

By Eric Litke • October 27, 2016

No on 56 campaign
stated on October 7, 2016 a campaign TV ad. :

California’s proposed tobacco tax "diverts 82 percent of the new taxes to line the pockets of wealthy special interests like insurance companies who don't have to help even one more patient."

Mostly False

By Chris Nichols • October 25, 2016

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