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ActionAid UK
ActionAid UK
stated on April 7, 2016 a website post
"Tax dodging costs developing countries $200 billion every year."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 9, 2016 a post on his Facebook page
"Roy Cooper won't say how he will pay for ‘free’ college tuition."
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 21, 2016 a TV ad
"When the auto industry was going under, car parts companies like" Johnson Controls "begged taxpayers for a bailout, and they got one."  
Half-True
March 9, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 14, 2016 a web video
"People (are) paying more in taxes than they will for food, housing and clothing combined."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016
Kiplinger.com
Kiplinger.com
stated on October 26, 2015 press release
Georgia is one of the 10 most tax-friendly states for retirees.  
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • November 13, 2015
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on November 2, 2015 a TV ad
Says he balanced the Milwaukee County budget "without raising taxes five years in a row."
Half-True
November 10, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.
Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 in a town hall in Concord, New Hampshire
"The top 1 percent pay 45 percent of all taxes in the country."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2015
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on September 8, 2015 radio interview.
"It's estimated we leave somewhere north of $350 billion a year - that's billion - a year on the table uncollected because IRS doesn't have the resources."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • October 5, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 23, 2015 an interview
"The pope and Donald Trump and Tammy Baldwin all agree" on eliminating the "carried-interest" tax break.  
Half-True
September 24, 2015
E. Frank Stephenson
E. Frank Stephenson
stated on August 14, 2015 a Georgia Public Policy Foundation blog post
"Contrary to media reports, Georgia’s gas tax change led to no price increase at the pump."
Half-True
By April Hunt • September 9, 2015
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on August 18, 2015 a statement
Says Scott Walker's plan to replace Obamacare "is a new entitlement" program for "every single American human being from the time they are born right up until they grow old and become eligible for Medicare."   
Half-True
August 26, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on August 12, 2015 a web post
"We did not even have a federal income tax in this country until 1913."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • August 24, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2015 a policy plan on immigration.
"The annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 18, 2015
Georgia Department of Economic Development
Georgia Department of Economic Development
stated on July 9, 2015 a press release
Film and television productions generated a $6 billion economic impact for Georgia’s economy in the most recent fiscal year.  
Half-True
By April Hunt • August 7, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2015 a post on his campaign website about releasing his tax returns
Says his "average federal tax rate" was 36 percent.  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2015
Impact America Action
Impact America Action
stated on June 8, 2015 an ad
As governor, Maggie Hassan first proposed a $1 billion spending increase.
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • June 25, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando
"In Florida, for eight years we cut taxes every year, totaling $19 billion."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 11, 2015
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on April 27, 2015 his debut Senate floor speech
The Fair Tax proposal encourages innovation and investment "level the playing field" for American companies to compete globally.
Half-True
By April Hunt • May 18, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 14, 2015 a Twitter post
"Americans will spend more on taxes in 2015 than on food, clothing and housing combined."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 23, 2015
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