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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2012 a speech in Columbus, Ohio
Says Mitt Romney is proposing a "tax cut that gives an average of $250,000 to every millionaire in this country."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2012
Mike Foley
Mike Foley
stated on April 25, 2012 a speech in the Ohio House
Says Ohio law gives tax breaks "to rich people who own private jets."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • May 8, 2012
A C Wharton
A C Wharton
stated on April 16, 2012 an interview about his city budget proposal.
"We will not ask for a tax increase to run city government."
Mostly True
By Zack McMillin • May 6, 2012
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson
stated on April 17, 2012 a news conference
Says the oil industry subsidies that President Barack Obama is attacking don’t exist
False
By Sabrina Eaton • May 4, 2012
Scott DesJarlais
Scott DesJarlais
stated on April 24, 2012 a blog post on his website.
"The United States already has the highest corporate tax rate in the world."
Mostly True
By Michael Collins • May 4, 2012
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on April 16, 2012 an Austin mayoral candidate debate
Says "Austin has the lowest property tax rate by far of the five major cities in Texas."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • May 1, 2012
Joe Brown
Joe Brown
stated on April 18, 2012 a City Council presentation on the Memphis budget.
"Nobody is leaving Memphis. That's a myth."
Pants on Fire!
By Zack McMillin • May 1, 2012
Pat Quinn
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • April 30, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on April 18, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
Says "Bill Pascrell voted to eliminate all estate taxes for billionaires, and I voted no."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • April 30, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on April 17, 2012 a blog post on his campaign website
"In my years in the State Legislature, I have never voted for a tax increase."
False
By Bill Wichert • April 29, 2012
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on April 13, 2012 a video press release
"If you're earning under $100,000 a year and you commute to New York every day you pay more to the Port Authority in tolls than you pay to the state of New Jersey in income tax."
True
By Erin O'Neill • April 23, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 16, 2012 a column in Politico
The Buffett Rule "will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... Enough to pay one week’s interest on the national debt."
True
By Tom Feran • April 23, 2012
Ron Oakley
Ron Oakley
stated on April 16, 2012 a campaign mailer
Ron Oakley's "conservative leadership protected local taxpayers over government bureaucrats" as the Water Management District’s budget decreased by "58 percent in the four years he served on the board."
Mostly False
By Lee Logan • April 22, 2012
Chain email
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.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 20, 2012
BettyLou DeCroce
BettyLou DeCroce
stated on April 8, 2012 n opinion column in the Gloucester County Times
"While the country’s economy was battered, nine states with no income tax actually grew jobs from 2001 to 2010."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • April 16, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on April 11, 2012 a campaign event.
The "Buffett rule" "raises virtually no money, maybe a day and a half of our borrowing per year."
Mostly True
By Alex Kuffner • April 15, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 12, 2012 a speech in Exeter, N.H.
The 30 percent tax rate called for under President Barack Obama’s proposed Buffett Rule "is lower than the prescribed tax rate for millionaires already -- not just for millionaires, for people making over $200,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2012
Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network
Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network
stated on April 2, 2012
"[O]ver 200,000 ordinary citizens were given the opportunity to identify projects they preferred."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 13, 2012
National Republican Senatorial Committee
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • April 12, 2012
Elizabeth Ames Jones
Elizabeth Ames Jones
stated on April 9, 2012 a web video.
Says she balanced a $10 billion budget shortfall without raising taxes.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 11, 2012
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