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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 1, 2015 a tweet
"Last year, I stopped an Obamacare bailout and saved taxpayers $2.5 billion."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • December 7, 2015
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on November 17, 2015 a news conference
The United States has "10,000 IRS agents making sure that you don't take an improper charity deduction," but to fight terrorism, it has "less than two dozen people focusing on countering violent extremism at home."    
Mostly False
November 25, 2015
Neil Cavuto
Neil Cavuto
stated on November 12, 2015 a broadcast of "Cavuto Coast to Coast" on Fox Business Network
Taking all the money of the top 1 percent wouldn’t keep Medicare going for three years.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa
Says income tax rates under Eisenhower were as high as 90 percent.
True
By Joshua Gillin • November 15, 2015
Kiplinger.com
Kiplinger.com
stated on October 26, 2015 press release
Georgia is one of the 10 most tax-friendly states for retirees.  
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • November 13, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2015 a debate
Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion "welfare program" in tax credits and "$1 trillion in new military spending."  
Mostly True
November 12, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP undercard debate.
The Democrats plan "to raise your tax rates to 70 or 80 percent."
False
By Linda Qiu • November 12, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 10, 2015 the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wis.
"There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on November 2, 2015 a TV ad
Says he balanced the Milwaukee County budget "without raising taxes five years in a row."
Half-True
November 10, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 the third GOP primary debate.
Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit.
False
By Linda Qiu • November 5, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.
"My plan actually gives the middle class the greatest break: $2,000 per family."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • November 5, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on October 28, 2015 the third GOP primary debate.
Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole.
False
By Linda Qiu • November 4, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.
Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2015
Don Francis
Don Francis
stated on October 28, 2015 an interview with Watchdog.org
Electric car sales in Georgia have dropped dramatically since a $5,000 tax credit was eliminated and a $200 annual registration fee was imposed July 1.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • November 2, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.
Bernie Sanders’s plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 in a town hall in Concord, New Hampshire
"The top 1 percent pay 45 percent of all taxes in the country."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2015 comments at a rally.
Says Bernie Sanders is going to "tax you people at 90 percent."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • October 20, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2015 a speech.
"We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • October 20, 2015
Glen Sturtevant
Glen Sturtevant
stated on October 2, 2015 a TV ad
Dan Gecker voted to "double vehicle registration fees, costing (Chesterfield) county residents over $6 million annually."
False
By Warren Fiske • October 12, 2015
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on September 8, 2015 radio interview.
"It's estimated we leave somewhere north of $350 billion a year - that's billion - a year on the table uncollected because IRS doesn't have the resources."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • October 5, 2015
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