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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney's plan "calls for a $5 trillion tax cut."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2012
Promote Oregon Leadership PAC (Oregon House Republicans)
Promote Oregon Leadership PAC (Oregon House Republicans)
stated on October 1, 2012 campaign mailer:
Ben Unger supported a 15 percent property tax increase on Oregon seniors.
Half-True
By Janie Har • October 3, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 25, 2012 a campaign event in New Hampshire:
"The income tax that started at 2 percent under Governor Byrne is now 9 percent."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 3, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 30, 2012 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
Says President Barack Obama "already passed all these Obamacare taxes. About a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 22, 2012 a campaign email:
Says 7,000 millionaires "gamed the system to pay no income taxes."
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on August 29, 2012 an online news release:
"Bob Menendez actually voted in favor of higher taxes more than 70 times!"
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • September 30, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":
"Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2012
Val Demings
Val Demings
stated on September 17, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Says Daniel Webster "used taxpayer funds to build a lobbyist lounge."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 28, 2012
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 11, 2012 a campaign speech:
Deficit spending ‘exploded during the Obama administration’ to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight years under President George W. Bush.  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 28, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on September 4, 2012 a TV ad:
Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson "supports massive tax cuts for corporations that outsource Wisconsin jobs."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 26, 2012
Yes on 79
Yes on 79
stated on August 20, 2012 a state voters' pamphlet argument:
Says "One of the state’s largest governments made charging this tax one of their top priorities just this year."
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • September 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 18, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says Romney tax plan "could take away middle-class deductions for child care, mortgages and college tuition."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 24, 2012
John Burzichelli
John Burzichelli
stated on September 19, 2012 an interview with NJToday:
Says "the governor is going around the state talking about [how] we should fund an income tax cut" that benefits higher income earners and not lower income earners
False
By Erin O'Neill • September 24, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on September 20, 2012 a news release.:
"Tim Kaine announced he wants to raise taxes on everyone."
False
By Nancy Madsen • September 24, 2012
William O'Brien
William O'Brien
stated on August 15, 2012 a campaign mailer sent to New Boston residents in August 2012:
Says when Republicans took over the state legislature in 2010, New Hampshire’s tax rate for employers was 50th in the nation, and unemployment had more than doubled under Democrats.
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • September 21, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 19, 2012 remarks in Atlanta:
"Redistribution" has "never been a characteristic of America."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 17, 2012 a surreptitiously recorded speech to donors at a fundraiser:
The "48, 49 percent" that supports President Barack Obama are "people who pay no income tax."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 17, 2012 remarks at a campaign fundraiser:
"Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax."
True
By Molly Moorhead • September 18, 2012
Menendez Facts
Menendez Facts
stated on September 4, 2012 a blog:
"Sen. Bob Menendez voted to enact a new tax on the sale of homes of 3.8%."
Pants on Fire!
By Erin O'Neill • September 17, 2012
Yes on 84
Yes on 84
stated on September 7, 2012 campaign material:
The reason 29 states no longer have a death tax "is that the tax damaged their economic competitiveness."
False
By Janie Har • September 14, 2012
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