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Bernie Sanders
stated on April 3, 2016 an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper

Says his campaign has released his past tax returns.

False

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2016

Jim Kenney
stated on March 27, 2016 Pennsylvania

"Big soda has a lot of money. They make a lot of profit off their product and they market in neighborhoods that suffer from these very things that we’re trying to cure."

True

By Cassie Owens • March 30, 2016

Michael Roberson
stated on March 3, 2016 in a candidate forum on March 3, 2016

Nevada lawmakers "permanently cut taxes for over 95 percent of Nevada’s businesses."

False

By Riley Snyder • March 29, 2016

Danny Tarkanian
stated on February 9, 2016 an interview on Ralston Live

Nevada Republicans "didn’t do one single thing to cut spending" in 2015.

Mostly False

By Riley Snyder • March 22, 2016

Eric Greitens
stated on March 17, 2016 a gubernatorial debate

"We have ten different tax brackets and if you’re making $9,000, you’re already in the top tax bracket."

False

By Conner Smith • March 22, 2016

Don Gaetz
stated on March 11, 2016 Florida Senate floor debate

"We were able to provide $428 million worth of property tax relief."

Mostly True

By Joshua Gillin • March 17, 2016

Pat McCrory
stated on March 9, 2016 a post on his Facebook page

"Roy Cooper won't say how he will pay for ‘free’ college tuition."

Half-True

By Will Doran • March 14, 2016

John Kasich
stated on February 24, 2016 a Kasich for America ad, "Progress"

"As governor, Kasich delivered the largest tax cut in the nation."

Mostly False

By Nadia Pflaum • March 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 21, 2016 a TV ad

"When the auto industry was going under, car parts companies like" Johnson Controls "begged taxpayers for a bailout, and they got one."

Half-True

March 9, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 14, 2016 a web video

"People (are) paying more in taxes than they will for food, housing and clothing combined."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016

Janet Adkins
stated on February 9, 2016 a House Appropriations Committee meeting

"There is great disparity, tremendous disparity, in the (capital) funding on a per-student basis between our traditional public schools and our charter public schools."

Mostly True

By Joshua Gillin • February 22, 2016

American Future Fund
stated on January 28, 2016 a campaign ad

"Kasich’s budget raised taxes by billions, hitting businesses hard and the middle class even harder."

False

By Nadia Pflaum • February 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 a debate

"We bailed out" Johnson Controls when "we saved the auto industry" and "now they want to avoid paying taxes."

Mostly True

February 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2016 an ABC Republican debate in New Hampshire

"Right now we’re the highest taxed country in the world."

False

By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on January 20, 2016 a comment to a Tampa Bay Times reporter

"We've cut taxes 50 times and look what has happened to our revenues. They've grown."

Mostly True

By Joshua Gillin • February 4, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2016 Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.

Under Ted Cruz’s tax plan, "businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. They will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2016

Jeff Judson
stated on December 15, 2015 Conservatives in Action blog post

Texas has the sixth-highest property taxes in the nation.

Mostly True

By Filipa Ioannou • January 22, 2016

David Sweetser
stated on January 3, 2016 an interview

Boston is just 60 minutes away and it’s offering subsidies to developers who can charge higher rent than you can get in Providence while construction costs are more or less equal. As a result, the Boston skyline "is completely dominated by the cranes."

True

By Mark Reynolds • January 17, 2016

Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on January 4, 2016 an attack ad

Says Chris Christie "instituted an Internet sales tax."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 14, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on November 4, 2015 a TV interview

The U.S. "tax rate on successful small businesses is 44.6 percent," while the business tax rate in Canada is 15 percent.

True

By James B. Nelson • December 10, 2015

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