Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Charlotte Bergmann
stated on July 4, 2012 an email newsletter.:

"Obamacare" represents "the largest tax increase in the history of the world."

By Bartholomew Sullivan • July 22, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on June 28, 2012 a news release:

The Affordable Care Act "will likely go down as the biggest tax increase in history."

By Tom Feran • July 20, 2012

Lou Greenwald
stated on July 15, 2012 an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”:

Says raising the state income tax rate on millionaires to offset property taxes for other residents is "not a tax increase. It's a tax shift."

By Bill Wichert • July 19, 2012

Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on July 11, 2012 a question to a candidate:

President Obama’s health care law says "when you sell your house now you have to pay a 3.8 percent tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 15, 2012

American Commitment
stated on July 10, 2012 a television ad:

The health care law "imposes the largest tax increase in history on the middle class."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 11, 2012

Helio Melo
stated on June 7, 2012 a House floor debate:

"People who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Tom Mooney • July 1, 2012

Ron Ramsey
stated on May 18, 2012 a newsletter.:

Claims credit for food tax reductions that "previous Democrat regimes refused to make."

By Richard Locker • May 27, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on May 23, 2012 a video posted on YouTube:

Says Democratic legislators this year "don't want to cut your taxes under any circumstances."

By Bill Wichert • May 25, 2012

Chain email
stated on May 12, 2012 a chain e-mail:

Says President Barack Obama’s finance team is recommending a "1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution."

By Erin O'Neill • May 16, 2012

Steve Rothman
stated on May 8, 2012 a video posted on YouTube:

Says in regard to providing "more tax cuts for the rich," Bill Pascrell said, "Republicans had great ideas. I liked some of their ideas."

By Bill Wichert • May 14, 2012

Joe Brown
stated on April 18, 2012 a City Council presentation on the Memphis budget.:

"Nobody is leaving Memphis. That's a myth."

By Zack McMillin • May 1, 2012

Pat Quinn
stated on April 17, 2012 an email to campaign supporters:

Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s budget "calls for raising property taxes by nearly $500 billion."

By Dave Umhoefer • April 30, 2012

Chain email
stated on April 13, 2012 a chain email forwarded by an Austin American-Statesman reader.:

Says there is an upcoming vote to preserve benefits of Texas homestead exemption for seniors and the disabled.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 20, 2012

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on April 4, 2012 a news release:

Sen. Sherrod Brown’s vote helped pass "Barack Obama’s job-killing health care law, which slapped small businesses throughout Ohio with a $500 billion tax increase."

By Stephen Koff • April 12, 2012

Ted Cruz
stated on January 12, 2012 a handout.:

David Dewhurst has a "record of promoting an income tax."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2012

Chain email
stated on February 2, 2012 a message via the Internet:

"If you sell your house after 2012 you will pay a 3.8 percent sales tax on it."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 7, 2012

Suzanne Bonamici
stated on January 17, 2012 a press release:

PolitiFact Oregon gave Rob Cornilles a Pants on Fire for a claim about taxes and fees.

By Janie Har • January 18, 2012

Rob Cornilles
stated on January 3, 2012:

"She’s voted for 60 tax increases, hurting the middle class and small businesses."

By Janie Har • January 10, 2012

Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.:

Says "our taxes have doubled" with Rick Perry in office.

By W. Gardner Selby • September 26, 2011

Richard Tomlins
stated on August 22, 2011 a recorded telephone message to Cranston residents:

"Mayor Fung wants to punish our children's education by removing 12 million dollars from current funding to pay for his private charter school. Your taxes would increase by between 6 and 8 percent per year."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 4, 2011

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