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Charlie Justice
Charlie Justice
stated on December 18, 2009 a news release:
"The Florida Legislature raised taxes and fees by almost $2 billion" in the 2009 session.
True
By Lee Logan • March 8, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on March 3, 2010 an interview on CNN's Larry King Live:
Reconciliation was used "for tax cuts for the rich twice under Bush."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 5, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 his State of the State address.:
"We worked together to enact ... the largest tax cut in Florida history."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 3, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 his State of the State address.:
"Due to ... tax cuts and lower (property) values, 2009 property taxes were almost $3 billion below 2007 property taxes."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 3, 2010
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 25, 2010 a hearing before Congress:
In 2001, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan "justified increasing spending and cutting taxes, saying that we didn't really need to pay down the debt."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on February 16, 2010 a comment on her Facebook page.:
"Bill McCollum said tax cuts don't work."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 25, 2010
Paul Workman
Paul Workman
stated on February 18, 2010 a radio ad:
"Holly Turner... still takes her homestead (property tax) exemption in Fort Worth."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 23, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on February 7, 2010 a video:
"Taxpayers even footed the bill for Perry’s trip to a bachelor party in Las Vegas."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 11, 2010
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on February 3, 2010 an interview with Bill O'Reilly:
One-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts.
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • February 10, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate:
"We cut property taxes by one-third."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 3, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on January 31, 2010 NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We passed without, frankly, the help of the Republican caucus, we passed 25 tax cuts last year, mostly aimed at the middle class and small businesses."
True
By Robert Farley • February 3, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 a State of the Union speech:
"We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 28, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate:
"We lowered the business tax from 4 percent down to 1 percent."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 22, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate:
"The largest tax increase that we have ever had in our state is yours – it is the business margins tax that you signed, governor."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 22, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on November 29, 2009 ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos':
"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • November 30, 2009
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on November 20, 2009 MSNBC's the 'Ed Show':
"Ninety-eight percent of the American people will not see their taxes go up" due to the House health care bill.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 27, 2009
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 25, 2009 his campaign Web site:
"I have never voted for a tax increase."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 25, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 12, 2009 a note on Facebook:
Under the House health care bill, the government "will have to penalize citizens if we choose not to buy a plan that will cost a minimum of about $15,000 per family per year."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 13, 2009
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 25, 2009 speaking to a group of Michigan Republicans:
"I signed the largest single tax cut in the history of Florida, a $25 billion tax cut over five years, directed at property tax cuts."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2009
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on November 4, 2009 an interview on CNN:
"I didn't endorse" the federal stimulus bill.
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • November 5, 2009
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