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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
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
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 9, 2012 a Meet the Press interview
Says five studies show his tax plan can cut rates and still bring the same revenue without raising taxes on the middle class.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 14, 2012
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