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Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2016 an interview

"The University of Wisconsin System budget is the biggest it has ever been."

Mostly True

May 25, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn't paid a penny in taxes."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2016

Daniel Grace
stated on May 17, 2016 a statement

A three-cents-per-ounce soda tax in Philadelphia "would result in the loss of 2,000 family-sustaining Teamster Union jobs and countless other jobs in the beverage industry."

False

By Anna Orso • May 20, 2016

Tom Marino
stated on May 13, 2016 In an MSNBC interview

"I have had to fill out FEC reports for the past six years now, and they’re much more detailed than a tax return..."

False

By Loghan Thain • May 20, 2016

Jennifer Shilling
stated on May 11, 2016 a teleconference

Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average -- would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined."

True

May 20, 2016

Chris Wallace
stated on May 15, 2016 an episode of "Fox News Sunday"

"Every Republican nominee since Richard Nixon, who at one time was under an audit, has released their tax returns."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • May 18, 2016

Philadelphia Daily News
stated on April 14, 2016 In an editorial

If you don't buy cigarettes at your local supermarket, your grocery bill won't go up a dime. The same is true of the sugary drink tax. If passed, you can avoid paying the tax by not buying sugary drinks.

Half-True

By Mark Dent • May 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2016 an interview on 'Meet the Press'

"We're the highest taxed nation in the world."

False

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu • May 8, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on May 1, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"

Says Donald Trump’s "only economic agenda is imposing massive taxes on the American people with a 40 percent tax hike of a giant tariff."

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • May 1, 2016

Ridesharing Works for Austin
stated on April 26, 2016 a voter mailer noted by a reader

If Austin voters reject Proposition 1, a "completely new City-run" criminal background check "process will cost millions in processing fees, additional staff, and bureaucracy" with taxpayers getting "the bill."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2016

Katie McGinty
stated on April 28, 2016 a press release.

"Pat Toomey advocated for eliminating all corporate taxes."

True

By Anna Orso • April 29, 2016

Alan Grayson
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate

Says LeBron James "stops paying his Social Security taxes at the beginning of the second quarter of the first game of the season."

Mostly True

By Joshua Gillin • April 28, 2016

New Day for America
stated on April 25, 2016 a robocall

Says "Hillary Clinton has promised to raise taxes by $1 trillion dollars."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 27, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on April 13, 2016 a press release

"Over the past two years, Florida has cut more than $1 billion in taxes."

Mostly True

By Joshua Gillin • April 25, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 22, 2016 In a statement to Philadelphia magazine

"A tax on soda and juice drinks would disproportionately increase taxes on low-income families in Philadelphia."

True

By Mark Dent • April 25, 2016

Dinesh D'Souza
stated on April 17, 2016 a Facebook post

"As a U.S. senator with salary and perks, ‪#‎Bernie‬ is in the top 1 percent, but still paid only 13 percent in taxes last year."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • April 20, 2016

Ohio Democratic Party
stated on April 8, 2016 a Facebook post

Says Republican presidential candidate and Gov. John Kasich has spent 177 days out of state and used $350,000 in taxpayer money on his "costly campaign."

True

By Nadia Pflaum • April 19, 2016

ActionAid UK
stated on April 7, 2016 a website post

"Tax dodging costs developing countries $200 billion every year."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2016

Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 14, 2016 a television interview

"Hedge fund managers and others in private equity pay much lower (tax) rates on their income than do truck drivers and teachers and nurses."

False

By Sarah Hauer • April 13, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 6, 2016 a tweet

"The largest U.S. companies would owe $620 billion in U.S. taxes on the cash they store in tax havens."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • April 11, 2016

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