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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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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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