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Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on September 29, 2011 an interview
"We have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. It’s 35 percent."
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October 9, 2011
Carla Smith
Carla Smith
stated on September 13, 2011 a meeting
The city of Atlanta has either the highest or second-highest average water bills in the country.
True
By Eric Stirgus • September 23, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on August 2, 2011 a television interview
Says that Wall Street hedge fund managers "pay a lower tax rate than does a sheet metal worker in Parma or a school teacher in Cleveland."
True
By Tom Feran • August 22, 2011
Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett
stated on August 14, 2011 a "New York Times" op-ed
The "mega-rich" pay about 15 percent in taxes, while the middle class "fall into the 15 percent and 25 percent income tax brackets, and then are hit with heavy payroll taxes to boot."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 18, 2011
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 5, 2011 a television ad
Says GOP recall challenger Kim Simac "was delinquent paying her property taxes eight of the last nine years."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 12, 2011
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 25, 2011 a television interview
"The federal government is spending 25 percent of our entire economy versus 100 years ago we spent only 2 percent."
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By Dave Umhoefer • July 31, 2011
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 7, 2011 a Senate floor speech
"Fifty-one percent -- that is, a majority of American households -- paid no income tax in 2009. Zero. Zip. Nada."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2011
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on June 26, 2011 an interview on 10 News Conference
Rhode Island spends "52 percent more per capita on human service programs than the national average."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2011
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."
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By Caryn Shinske • June 29, 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.
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 16, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on April 27, 2011 an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box"
There is "a situation in this country where you're nearing 50 percent of people who don't even pay income taxes."
True
By Wes Hester • May 9, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on April 13, 2011 a radio interview
The Bush tax cuts "helped to create a substantial part of the deficit."
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By Tom Feran • April 29, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on April 18, 2011 a newspaper column
"Large majorities" of the public "oppose major changes to Medicare" and favor higher taxes on the wealthy.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 25, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 17, 2011 a TV appearance.
"Right now we are spending at an all-time high, close to 25 percent of our GDP [is] being spent on the federal government. But our revenues are at an almost all-time low of about 15 percent [of GDP]."
True
By Jacob Geiger • April 22, 2011
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on April 13, 2011 a Twitter post
"America's wealthiest 25 percent pay 86 percent of total income taxes. Wealthiest 5 percent pay 60 percent of total income taxes."
True
By Eric Stirgus • April 20, 2011
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on March 17, 2011 a letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman
"The entire state of Florida led the nation last year with the most prison inmates committing tax fraud."
True
By Laura Figueroa • March 24, 2011
Tobias Read
Tobias Read
stated on March 10, 2011 a legislative hearing
Says Oregon is "near the top or at the top of the list" when it comes to capital gains tax
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 21, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on March 1, 2011 an interview on C-SPAN
"There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 15, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on February 28, 2011 an op-ed column.
Says taxes paid by the poorest residents of Texas are above the national average.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 19, 2011 a news release
In 2009, Democratic Wisconsin state senators "rammed through a billion-dollar tax hike in 24 hours with no public input."
True
February 23, 2011
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