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Scott Walker
stated on July 13, 2015 a speech:

Says because of his actions, Wisconsin "property taxes today are lower than they were four years ago."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • July 15, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2015 a post on his campaign website about releasing his tax returns:

Says his "average federal tax rate" was 36 percent.

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2015

Ron Paul
stated on June 14, 2015 an opinion column:

"Jasper County in Texas raised property taxes by 7 percent in order to pay for one death penalty case."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • July 9, 2015

Occupy Democrats
stated on March 15, 2015 a Facebook post:

After actions by Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans, Wisconsin "is dead broke."

Pants on Fire!

By James B. Nelson • July 6, 2015

Impact America Action
stated on June 8, 2015 an ad:

As governor, Maggie Hassan first proposed a $1 billion spending increase.

Half-True

By Clay Wirestone • June 25, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 15, 2015 a speech launching his 2016 campaign:

"The party in the White House" is responsible for "a massive tax increase on the middle class."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • June 23, 2015

Ron Christie
stated on June 12, 2015 a panel discussion on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"After the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax rate cuts ... there was more money coming into the treasury."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2015

Dave Brat
stated on May 29, 2015 a Facebook post:

"In just 17 years, spending for Social Security, federal health care and interest on the debt will exceed ALL tax revenue!"

Mostly True

By Warren Fiske • June 16, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando:

"In Florida, for eight years we cut taxes every year, totaling $19 billion."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • June 11, 2015

Lee May
stated on June 2, 2015 a press release:

"Our reserves are now in much better shape than they were just a few years ago."

True

By April Hunt • June 9, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 remarks at an economic summit in Orlando:

"You can fill out your tax return in Estonia online in five minutes."

True

By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2015

Timothy Sheehy
stated on April 10, 2015 an interview:

A 50-50 public-private split for paying for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena would "be much better -- in terms of the portion of the public financing -- than most of the other arena projects done around the country."

True

By Tom Kertscher • May 29, 2015

The Commonwealth Institute
stated on April 30, 2015 a blog post.:

Says "roughly two-thirds of (state) corporations didn’t pay any income tax in Virginia."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • May 27, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on July 12, 2014 a roundtable with Texas businesses:

"Every year we spend roughly $500 billion on tax compliance. That is roughly the budget of our entire military, entirely wasted on tax compliance."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2015

Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 5, 2015 a tweet:

"There are more members of the U.S. Senate than the number of WI families who would benefit from GOP estate tax break."

Mostly True

By Sarah Hauer • May 20, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 18, 2015 an appearance in Mason City, Iowa:

Hedge fund managers "pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers."

False

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2015

David Perdue
stated on April 27, 2015 his debut Senate floor speech:

The Fair Tax proposal encourages innovation and investment "level the playing field" for American companies to compete globally.

Half-True

By April Hunt • May 18, 2015

Bill Gates
stated on May 17, 2015 an interview on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS":

The "highest economic growth decade was the 1960s. Income tax rates were 90 percent."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • May 17, 2015

Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee:

"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."

False

By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015

Debbie Mayfield
stated on May 4, 2015 a tweet:

"Florida sends $135 billion and D.C. returns $150 billion."

Mostly True

By Joshua Gillin • May 14, 2015

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