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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview on Super Bowl Sunday
"I lowered taxes over the last two years."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview on Super Bowl Sunday
"I didn't raise taxes once."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2011
Terry Gorman
Terry Gorman
stated on January 6, 2011 a radio interview
"Illegal aliens cost the state of Rhode Island $400 million a year."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 6, 2011
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on February 24, 2011 a prepared statement
Americans spend 6.1 billion hours a year complying with tax law. It costs us $163 billion to comply with our tax laws annually.
True
By Charles Pope • February 5, 2011
Steve Moore
Steve Moore
stated on February 2, 2011 HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
In the 1980s, "The lowest income people had the biggest gains."
False
February 3, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on January 21, 2011 HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"From 1980 to 1990, the top 1 percent saw their income go up by roughly 80 percent" while "the median wage in the country over (the same) 10 years went up 3 percent."
Mostly True
February 3, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on January 7, 2011 an op-ed column.
Says that over the last decade, the state's population grew three times faster than the Texas state tax system.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 2, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 25, 2011 a TV interview.
The U.S. loses more on tax breaks than it collects in personal income taxes. 
True
By Warren Fiske • February 1, 2011
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on January 28, 2011 a news release
"Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled state legislature have added over $140 million in new special interest spending"
Pants on Fire!
February 1, 2011
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on January 10, 2011 in a news release.
Recommendations for a major tax overhaul for Georgia are an "overall tax hike."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 28, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a rebuttal to the State of the Union address
The federal government "may put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Cory Mason
Cory Mason
stated on January 13, 2011 a news release
"Republican (small business tax cut) bill spends $80 million for better Google searches, not job creation"
Mostly False
January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union address
The United States has "one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on January 6, 2011 an op-ed column.
Says that "data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggest that the Texas budget gap is worse than New York’s, about as bad as California’s, but not quite up to New Jersey levels."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 21, 2011
Jay Hottinger
Jay Hottinger
stated on January 11, 2011 a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives
"Ben Franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and taxes. I think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day of your death."
False
By Tom Feran • January 21, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 5, 2011 a news release
In Wisconsin, 98 percent of all small businesses will qualify for income-tax relief under my plan, freeing them to expand and create jobs.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 18, 2011
Robert Flanders
Robert Flanders
stated on December 17, 2010 an economic forum
"Every dropout costs us $72,000 for the life of that person."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 16, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on January 6, 2011 a statement.
The health care reform law "offset[s] 6 years of benefits with 10 years of tax increases."
Half-True
By Wes Hester • January 15, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on December 12, 2010 an interview.
"The richest 1 percent of America will get a bigger tax cut through this bill than the family income of the average family here in Central Texas."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 7, 2011
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on January 2, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We have the highest (corporate tax rates) in the world right now."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2011
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