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Jamie Weinstein
Jamie Weinstein
stated on July 18, 2014 comments on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":
The states that are doing "better" are the ones that have no state income tax.  
Half-True
By Derek Tsang • July 28, 2014
Brookhaven
Brookhaven
stated on July 21, 2014 a city mailer:
Brookhaven homeowners pay hundreds of dollars less in property taxes compared with owners of the same-value homes in unincorporated DeKalb County.
Half-True
By April Hunt • July 28, 2014
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on July 22, 2014 a television ad:
A tax plan promoted by North Carolina Senate candidate Thom Tillis will "overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 25, 2014
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 21, 2014 a campaign ad:
When the New Hampshire Legislature raised the gasoline tax, gas prices in the state were "skyrocketing."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 17, 2014 a press release:
Says a new report shows the "devastating tax hikes (in the health care law) will have on middle-class Kentuckians."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 23, 2014
Nan Rich
Nan Rich
stated on July 11, 2014 a speech to the Florida Press Association:
Florida has the "third most-regressive tax" structure.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says Charlie Crist "raised taxes on the middle class" by $2.2 billion.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 10, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 7, 2014 campaign commercial:
"We cut property taxes for seniors and our middle class."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 10, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 26, 2014 a letter to taxpayers:
Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 9, 2014
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on June 19, 2014 television ad:
David Perdue said he’d raise taxes.
Half-True
By April Hunt • July 8, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on July 1, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott "cut education to pay for even more tax breaks for big, powerful, well-connected corporations."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 7, 2014
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on June 24, 2014 a "Roll Call" interview:
The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 30, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
"When Jim Doyle was governor and Mary Burke was commerce secretary," Wisconsin saw "billions in middle-class tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phones and garbage."  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 26, 2014
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on June 22, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
The IRS "also investigated liberal groups, groups that had progressive in their name. ... The IRS was basically looking at everybody."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • June 22, 2014
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 Senate floor speeches and during a news conference:
The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 22, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on June 10, 2014 a press release:
Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted for a measure that would have amounted to a new national energy tax."
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • June 18, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 5, 2014 remarks at a forum:
Medicare is "going broke. The trust fund goes bankrupt in 2026."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • June 5, 2014
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on May 23, 2014 a tweet:
"From the ‘Do As I Say Not As I Do’ department: federal employees owe $3.3 billion in back taxes."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on May 12, 2014 a fundraising letter:
I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 25, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2014 a campaign tweet:
"Governor Scott Cut Taxes 40 Times For Florida Families"
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin, Katie Sanders • May 21, 2014
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