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Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 16, 2010 a series of campaign TV ads:
Tom Barrett "voted for the largest tax increase in history ... raising taxes on gas and Social Security."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 17, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 22, 2010 a television campaign ad:
"You can’t raise taxes in Ohio. We are one of the highest taxed states in the country."
Half-True
By Mark Naymik • September 15, 2010
John Dennis
John Dennis
stated on September 14, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Taxpayers pay $18,000 a month for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office in downtown San Francisco. 
True
By Robert Farley • September 15, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on September 12, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':
"Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2010
Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee
stated on September 12, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
John Boehner has called for "repealing the rest of the stimulus, which would raise taxes on 110 million middle class people."
False
By Robert Farley • September 13, 2010
Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee
stated on September 12, 2010 an interview on "This Week.":
Extending current tax rates would "average more than $100,000 a year to millionaires and even billionaires."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2010
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on September 12, 2010 a White House news release:
Says John Boehner changed his position on extending Bush tax cuts.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2010 a speech on Labor Day:
John Boehner wants to reopen a tax loophole "that actually rewarded corporations for shipping jobs and profits overseas."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2010
stated on August 6, 2010 a campaign TV ad:
"Walker says he’s for lower taxes. But Milwaukee County spending has gone up by $349 million."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • September 12, 2010
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on September 10, 2010 a radio ad for the Scott Walker gubernatorial campaign:
Like me, Scott Walker opposed the 1998 transportation bill and the $9 billion of wasteful spending.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 11, 2010
Emil Runge
Emil Runge
stated on September 3, 2010 a statement:
By releasing only basic tax information, former U.S. Congressman Nathan Deal is "hiding more than he's disclosed" about his business dealing with the state.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 8, 2010
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on August 20, 2010 a campaign commercial:
After Ronald Reagan cut taxes in 1981 the U.S. enjoyed "exponential growth."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 5, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2009 a speech at a tea party rally in Oshkosh:
"Both the state and federal governments make more per gallon in gas taxes than the oil companies make themselves for doing all the work."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 3, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 16, 2010 a speech at a campaign fund-raiser for Tom Barrett's gubernatorial campaign:
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett "has held the line on property taxes."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 3, 2010
Dave Yost
Dave Yost
stated on August 10, 2010 a campaign video:
"When Pepper’s tax was finally voted down, Pepper laid off cops and closed jails and let criminals run free in the streets."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • September 3, 2010
Joe Sestak
Joe Sestak
stated on August 31, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on August 27, 2010 an ad.:
"When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 31, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 24, 2010 a speech at the City Club of Cleveland:
Under the new health care law, "if a landscaper wants to buy a new lawnmower, or a restaurant needs a new ice-maker, they have to report that to the feds."
True
By Stephen Koff • August 31, 2010
Michael Thurmond
Michael Thurmond
stated on April 30, 2010 his campaign website:
Michael Thurmond "authored major legislation that has provided more than $250 million in tax relief to Georgia’s senior citizens and working families."
True
By Eric Stirgus • August 31, 2010
Sam Rashid
Sam Rashid
stated on July 26, 2010 in a mailer.:
The sales tax increase, if approved, will cost taxpayers "up to $300 million per year, in perpetuity, to finance a rail system for the City of Tampa."
Mostly False
By Bill Varian • August 28, 2010
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