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We Are Milwaukee
We Are Milwaukee
stated on July 30, 2012 a campaign flyer:
Says "millions of dollars in tax breaks" were paid for "by busting unions, cutting BadgerCare, and raising taxes on the poor and the middle class, thanks to Elizabeth Coggs' help."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • July 31, 2012
Jeff Wentworth
Jeff Wentworth
stated on July 19, 2012 a campaign mailer.:
Says Donna Campbell is pushing a 35 percent sales tax extending to medicine, groceries and real estate.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2012
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on July 10, 2012 an interview:
"Obamacare" is the "biggest tax increase in American history."
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 25, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 24, 2012 a chain email:
The health care law includes "a 3.8% sales tax" on "all real estate transactions."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 23, 2012 an advertisement:
"Gov. Romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2012
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on June 28, 2012 a tweet:
Says "Obamacare" is "the largest middle-class tax increase in history."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • July 23, 2012
Jackie Cilley
Jackie Cilley
stated on July 16, 2012 a statement during a candidates forum at Nashua City Hall:
Says New Hampshire has the third-highest property tax in the country. 
True
By Jake Berry • July 23, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on July 18, 2012 an interview on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal:
Says President Barack Obama "has not raised taxes."
False
By Erin O'Neill • July 22, 2012
Charlotte Bergmann
Charlotte Bergmann
stated on July 4, 2012 an email newsletter.:
"Obamacare" represents "the largest tax increase in the history of the world."
Pants on Fire!
By Bartholomew Sullivan • July 22, 2012
Accountability in Government
Accountability in Government
stated on July 20, 2012 a TV ad:
Says Jim Frishe wanted to "tax us for doing our taxes" through an accountant.
True
By Katie Sanders • July 20, 2012
Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on July 18, 2012 a newspaper article:
On suspending system development charges for two years.
Half Flip
By Ian K. Kullgren • July 20, 2012
Josh Mandel
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • July 20, 2012
Lou Greenwald
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • July 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on July 15, 2012 an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”:
Says "the money is in the budget" to give a tax break to "everyone," including people making more than $1 million.
False
By Bill Wichert • July 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 14, 2012 a TV ad:
Says Mitt Romney had millions in the Cayman Islands, a tax haven.
True
By Molly Moorhead • July 17, 2012
Steve Doocy
Steve Doocy
stated on July 11, 2012 a discussion on "Fox & Friends":
"If you make more than $250,000 a year … you only really take home about $125,000."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on July 11, 2012 an interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show:
"We are not producing jobs. We created 80,000 jobs last month. We don't talk about the jobs that we lost. The net of it all is that we lost jobs."
False
By Erin O'Neill • July 15, 2012
Vincent
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."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 15, 2012
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on July 9, 2012 news conference remarks:
Says she "stood up to" Gov. Scott Walker on tax cuts "for wealthy corporations" while her congressional opponent voted with Walker.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 13, 2012
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