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Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on May 24, 2011 an opinion piece
"The top 1 percent of income earners pay 40 percent of all state income taxes, and those at the bottom pay little or nothing."
True
By Caryn Shinske • June 29, 2011
James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on June 26, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"We do not want to raise anybody's tax rates. That's never been on the table."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2011
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on June 26, 2011 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley"
"We've got more revenue than we ever have."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2011
Tom Kean Jr.
Tom Kean Jr.
stated on May 24, 2011 a press release
"The state’s tax burden has, according to census figures released today, cost our state another 190,000 residents in 2009."
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 27, 2011
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on June 14, 2011 a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives
The WIC program "is an incredibly cost effective program, serving nearly 10 million Americans each year and costing less than $100 per person. In my district, more than 18 percent of residents suffer from food insecurity and depend on WIC to make ends meet."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 26, 2011
Chris Widener
Chris Widener
stated on June 7, 2011 remarks to reporters
Says tax revenue was lower than expected in May and "that's basically a clear indication the governor's counselors are probably right -- that we are still not out of the woods yet."
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • June 20, 2011
New Jersey Education Association
New Jersey Education Association
stated on May 4, 2011 a television ad
"As soon as Chris Christie was governor, he gave tax cuts to millionaires."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • June 19, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on June 14, 2011 a speech.
"The tax on job creating businesses is 35 percent in the United States, second worst in the entire world."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • June 18, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 20, 2011 a speech at Princeton University
Democratic tax hikes led $70 billion of wealth to leave New Jersey between 2004 and 2008, and mainly relocate to Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • June 17, 2011
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on June 8, 2011 U.S. Senate forum.
Says he's signed a pledge not to raise taxes four times.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 16, 2011
New Jersey Assembly Democrats
New Jersey Assembly Democrats
stated on May 10, 2011 a press release
Gov. Chris Christie caused a 4.1 percent increase in property taxes in 2010, marking the highest increase since 2007.
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • June 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 12, 2011 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
The Obama administration has cut taxes on small businesses 17 times.
Mostly True
June 13, 2011
Steve Oroho
Steve Oroho
stated on May 25, 2011 a story in The Star-Ledger
"We have the highest per-pupil cost in the country."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • June 13, 2011
Kathie Tovo
Kathie Tovo
stated on April 29, 2011 a TV ad.
Says the Austin City Council "may give $4 million a year to subsidize a race track."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 12, 2011
Kim Guadagno
Kim Guadagno
stated on May 11, 2011 a radio interview on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Says Panasonic stayed in New Jersey because of the Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant (BRRAG) program.
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 10, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on May 24, 2011 a public appearance
"We’re the seventh highest taxed state in America. And that’s not just state, it’s local as well."
False
By Aaron Marshall • June 6, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on May 13, 2011 a TV interview.
Virginia is "headed towards another surplus this year, unlike most states."
Mostly True
By Jacob Geiger • June 4, 2011
Steve Moore
Steve Moore
stated on May 26, 2011 a column in the Wall Street Journal
"In the late 1980s, the U.S. was nearly the lowest-taxed nation in the world, and a quarter century later we're nearly the highest."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on May 23, 2011 a speech to announce his presidential candidacy
"For decades before I was elected, governors tried and failed to get Minnesota out of the top 10 highest-taxed states in the country. I actually did it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
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