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Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 14, 2014 a chain email
"No Republicans voted for" recent hikes in the income tax, payroll tax, capital gains tax, dividend tax and estate tax. "These taxes were all passed under … Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2014
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on April 21, 2014 a press release
Says U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue flip-flopped on releasing his tax returns.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • May 9, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on April 28, 2014 a news release
"Residential property taxes [in Providence] are up nearly 27 percent under Mayor Taveras."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 4, 2014
Tom Corbett
Tom Corbett
stated on April 30, 2014 a radio ad
"On (Tom) Wolf’s watch, taxes were high, killing 100,000 PA jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2014
Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
stated on April 28, 2014 a campaign email
Jules Bailey "was instrumental in creating the Business Energy Tax Credit that let companies like Wal-Mart profit by $11 million while costing the Oregon general fund $33 million."
Pants on Fire!
By Dana Tims • May 1, 2014
Ending Spending Action Fund
Ending Spending Action Fund
stated on April 3, 2014 a television ad
Says Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn supports higher taxes.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • April 30, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 16, 2014 a video ad
Dan Patrick "got caught not paying his taxes" and "pocketed his employees’ payroll taxes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on April 22, 2014 a TV ad.
Dave Brat "worked on Democrat Gov. Tim Kaine’s Council of Economic Advisors while Kaine tried to raise our taxes by over $1 billion."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • April 28, 2014
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on March 24, 2014 news release.
Ed Gillespie’s 2006 book "promoted an individual health care mandate, and recommends that it be enforced by the IRS through the income tax code."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • April 27, 2014
Bob Cole
Bob Cole
stated on March 31, 2014 morning radio show on KOKE-FM
Capital Metro originally said MetroRail's yearly operating costs would be "about $2.5 million. Last year ... it cost $13 million to operate."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • April 24, 2014
The Tax Foundation
The Tax Foundation
stated on April 23, 2014 a Facebook post
"Americans will spend more on taxes in 2014 than they will on food, clothing and housing combined."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2014
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on April 14, 2014 in a press release
"Obama has proposed 442 tax hikes since taking office."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Tim Ryan • April 22, 2014
Virginia Foxx
Virginia Foxx
stated on April 15, 2014 in a comment on Twitter
Americans spend "6.1 billion hours a year" on tax preparation.
True
By Tim Ryan • April 15, 2014
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on April 2, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal
"A grant for $5,000 [from the Governor’s Workforce Board] went to teach an employee at a company that makes ornamental business card holders how to use Facebook and Twitter."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 13, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on March 13, 2014 a campaign ad
Says the Koch brothers want to "protect tax cuts for companies that ship our jobs overseas."
False
By Steve Contorno • April 11, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 2, 2014 a tweet
Charlie Crist "raised taxes in 2009 and won't rule out raising taxes again."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 1, 2014 an interview
A poll taken "a few months ago" found "70 percent approval or higher" for the Act 10 collective bargaining law.
False
April 6, 2014
Kentucky Opportunity Coalition
Kentucky Opportunity Coalition
stated on April 1, 2014 a campaign ad
Says the estate tax is a threat to family farms.
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • April 3, 2014
Mike Collier
Mike Collier
stated on March 18, 2014 a campaign email blast
"Glenn Hegar promised to eliminate the property tax."
False
By Sue Owen • April 3, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on March 17, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Under Mary Burke’s leadership, Commerce Department business-incentive programs had "major shortcomings" and "40 percent of jobs...didn’t materialize."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 3, 2014
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