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Libraries Yes! Committee
Libraries Yes! Committee
stated on October 21, 2012 a campaign mailer.:
Says Multnomah County libraries "are open 44 hours per week … the lowest of any library in the four-county region."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 26, 2012
Libraries Yes! Committee
Libraries Yes! Committee
stated on October 21, 2012 a campaign mailer.:
Says "the typical homeowner will pay $4 more per month" if library district passes.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 26, 2012
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on October 17, 2012 a campaign commercial:
"Jim Renacci tried to avoid paying taxes on nearly $14 million that he made."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • October 22, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 2, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Sherrod Brown "failed to pay his own taxes three separate times."
True
By Tom Feran • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate:
The federal tax code has "loopholes that are giving incentives for companies that are shipping jobs overseas."
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate in Denver:
Says Romney wants to add $2 trillion to the defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 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
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on August 1, 2012 a speech to the Austin-Oak Hill Rotary Club:
Says the top 20 percent of income earners pay nearly 70 percent of all federal taxes.
True
By Sue Owen • August 27, 2012
Martavius Jones
Martavius Jones
stated on July 13, 2012 an interview on the Fox 13 News program "Memphis in the Morning.":
"From a standpoint of the county government, neither school system has received an increase in funding over the past six years."
True
By Zack McMillin • August 20, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on July 21, 2012 a debate.:
Tim Kaine, as governor, proposed tax increases on people earning "as little as $17,000."
True
By Sean Gorman • August 3, 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
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
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
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on July 8, 2012 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Mitt Romney "has a corporation in Bermuda (but) failed to disclose that on seven different financial disclosures."
True
By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2012
Don McIntire
Don McIntire
stated on June 26, 2012 a radio show:
"We’re spending $12,000 bucks a kid a year in the school system."
True
By Janie Har • July 3, 2012
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 28, 2012 a tweet:
Obama "said (the individual mandate) wasn't a tax."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2012
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on June 5, 2012 a floor speech.:
Ronald Reagan "raised taxes in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987."
True
By Nancy Madsen • June 25, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on April 1, 2012 an interview with on NJTV's "On The Record.":
New Jersey has "the highest property taxes in the nation and not by a little. They are the highest property taxes in the nation, more than double the national average."
True
By Caryn Shinske • May 10, 2012
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
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
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