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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 17, 2019 a speech at George Washington University
With Medicare for All, "study after study has shown that ... the average middle-class families will save $3,000 each and every year on their health care bills."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2019
John Flanagan
John Flanagan
stated on June 18, 2019 a radio interview
"The Senate Democrats have not provided one tax cut."  
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 8, 2019
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on May 30, 2019 a statement to the Joint Committee on Finance
Voucher schools have increased property taxes by $1 billion since 2011
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • July 1, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 11, 2019 a speech in Iowa
"Why should you get a break for racehorses and not get a break for child care?"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2019
Jim Durkin
Jim Durkin
stated on June 3, 2019 a radio interview
"There are parts of I-80 near Joliet that school buses are not allowed to cross because of the fragile nature of a bridge."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 16, 2019
Tina Freitas
Tina Freitas
stated on April 8, 2019 a radio interview.
State Sen. Emmett Hanger "has voted for the three largest tax increases - proposed tax increases - in Virginia history."  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • April 30, 2019
Think Big Illinois
Think Big Illinois
stated on April 16, 2019 an ad
"In almost every state with an income tax, wealthy people pay a higher tax rate than the middle class."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 21, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 11, 2019 a news conference
"Fifty-two counties have average taxes of above the SALT $10,000 cap."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 17, 2019
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on March 7, 2019 an ad video
"HR 1 is going to take your hard-earned tax dollars and millions more and send them to (a political candidate’s) campaign so (they) can put ads on TV."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • March 26, 2019
James Lankford
James Lankford
stated on March 6, 2019 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"Tax revenue went up, actually, $14 billion last year after the tax cut actually occurred. We had greater revenue."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2019
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on February 20, 2019 a speech
Says taxing more services, taxing retirement income and increasing the flat-rate income tax would "fall disproportionately on the working poor and the middle class."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 3, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on February 11, 2019 a tweet
"The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2019
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on February 1, 2019 an interview
"Seventy percent of the American public agree with" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "on having the top marginal (tax) rate for the rich" at 70 percent, and "that's a Fox News Poll saying that."  
Mostly False
February 6, 2019
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 16, 2019 a tweet
During the three times the top marginal tax rates were lowered in the 20th century, "revenues actually went up while the economy improved in America."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 5, 2019
Gery Chico
Gery Chico
stated on January 16, 2019 a campaign ad
"In Springfield, Susana Mendoza voted to hit working families with a massive new soda tax."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 3, 2019
Eileen Filler-Corn
Eileen Filler-Corn
stated on January 15, 2019 a floor speech.
"There is no tax increase in the governor’s budget plan."  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • January 29, 2019
Maria Bartiromo
Maria Bartiromo
stated on January 22, 2019 in an interview
"According to the Tax Foundation, the top 10 percent of earners already pay almost 80 percent of all taxes."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • January 24, 2019
Susana Mendoza
Susana Mendoza
stated on January 6, 2019 a radio interview
"Every city that has a commuter tax — look at Detroit, Philadelphia — they are actually stagnating in terms of their economy. It’s been a job-killer."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 13, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on November 19, 2018 a debate appearance
Says Chicagoans "live in one of the most taxed cities and the most taxed county, unfortunately, in the country."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 2, 2018
Gil Cisneros
Gil Cisneros
stated on September 17, 2018 a spoof website
Says California Republican Young Kim is "a tax cheat" who "illegally claimed a $7,000 annual homestead exemption on a house she wasn’t living in," had "multiple tax liens placed on her" as a result and "owes over $10,000 in unpaid federal income taxes."  
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • November 2, 2018
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