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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 6, 2011 a speech in Osawatomie, Kan.
"Some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2011
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on December 1, 2011 a news release
Says Mitt Romney belittled middle-class tax cuts "as nothing more than 'little Band-Aids.' "
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • December 7, 2011
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on November 16, 2011 a television commercial
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown "voted to block American energy production and increase energy taxes."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • December 6, 2011
Oregon Transformation Project
Oregon Transformation Project
stated on November 15, 2011 online post
Oregon has the sixth highest combined death tax rate in the country.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • December 2, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 19, 2011 several public statements
Says his 9-9-9 tax reform plan is not "regressive."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • December 2, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 30, 2011 a speech in Scranton, Pa.
For "the average middle-class family, your taxes today are lower than when I took office."
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a campaign advertisement
Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on a taxpayer protection pledge.
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 11, 2011 a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction hearing
"We have the second highest corporate tax rate among our trading partners."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • November 28, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on October 31, 2011 a TV interview.
The U.S. would gain revenue by cutting personal income tax rates in half and ending tax breaks.
True
By Warren Fiske • November 25, 2011
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on November 13, 2011 a newspaper advertisement.
President Obama plans to "impose a tax of at least 23 percent on the Medicare prescription drug benefit for low-income beneficiaries."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2011
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on November 20, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal urged raising $2 trillion in new revenue.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 9, 2011 a tweet
"Obama has (a) new Christmas tree tax."
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 20, 2011
Tom Hughes
Tom Hughes
stated on November 2, 2011 a guest column
Twenty percent of housing in Portland’s Pearl District is ‘affordable.’
Mostly True
By Janie Har • November 18, 2011
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on November 14, 2011 a statement on his website
Says "51 percent of federal tax filers paid zero federal income tax."
True
By Charles Pope • November 17, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 31, 2011 a news release.
George Allen's flat tax "plan would actually shrink revenues further than the Perry (flat tax) plan."
False
By Sean Gorman • November 15, 2011
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rodney Frelinghuysen
stated on November 4, 2011 an email newsletter
Says the Treasury Department "says 41 percent of all business income reported on individual returns would be hit by the [millionaires’] surtax" that "would harm small businessmen and women, the very people we are counting on to create new jobs."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • November 13, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 6, 2011 an ABC interview with Christiane Amanpour
"Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople."
False
By Molly Moorhead • November 10, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 9, 2011 tweet and blogs
Obama creates new tax on Christmas trees, fees get passed on to consumers.
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 28, 2011 a speech in Manchester, N.H.
"We spend half a trillion dollars a year in tax preparation."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 25, 2011 an interview.
Says that under his tax plan, "no matter where you are in the stratosphere, you're going to be getting a tax cut."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 7, 2011
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