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Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia Lummis
stated on March 24, 2009 a news conference.
Under Obama's budget plan, families making over $250,000 are "going to lose their mortgage deduction, their charitable deductions."
Pants on Fire!
March 24, 2009
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on March 5, 2009 a White House briefing
"A middle-class family donates $1 to charity, they get 15 cents off their income tax. Bill Gates donates $1 to charity, he takes 35 cents off his income tax."
True
By Alexander Lane • March 11, 2009
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on March 9, 2009 a cable TV ad
Republican leaders said "no" to "tax cuts for 95% of working Americans."
Mostly False
March 10, 2009
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on February 22, 2009 an interview on "Meet the Press."
Louisiana is turning down $100 million "that would require us to change our unemployment law, that would have actually raised taxes on Louisiana businesses."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 24, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 12, 2009 Internet attack
"Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on Retirement Income."
Pants on Fire!
By Alexander Lane • February 11, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 14, 2009 statement to reporters
Geithner's failure to pay self-employment taxes while working for the IMF "is a mistake that is commonly made for people who are working internationally or for international institutions."
Mostly True
January 16, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 14, 2008 campaign Web site
The accuracy of the Obama tax calculator
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 3, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 24, 2008 a speech in Springfield, Mo.
Obama would "experiment with socialism."
Pants on Fire!
By Alexander Lane • December 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 16, 2008 a Web ad
"Obama raises taxes on seniors (and) hard-working families to give welfare to those who pay none."  
False
December 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 28, 2008 Hershey, Pa.
Barack Obama said "people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan" then said "if you're a family making less than $200,000, you'll benefit."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 29, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 23, 2008 a TV interview
"One percent of the American people make over 21 percent of all the income in America. That wasn’t the way before George Bush became president."
Half-True
October 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 12, 2008 a television interview
Between 40 and 50 percent of tax filers do not owe any income tax.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 20, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 Hempstead, N.Y.
"98 percent of small businesses make less than $250,000" and would not see a tax increase under Barack Obama's plan.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
"He voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David DeCamp • October 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
John McCain "is proposing tax cuts that would give the average Fortune 500 CEO an additional $700,000 in tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 8, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 comment from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds on Fox News
"Senator Obama has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • October 7, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 a debate in St. Louis
"As mayor, every year I was in office I did reduce taxes."
Half-True
October 3, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 vice presidential debate in St. Louis
Sen. McCain's tax plan provides "virtually nothing to the middle class."
Mostly False
October 2, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 a debate in Oxford, Miss.
"There are so many loopholes ... our businesses pay effectively one of the lowest tax rates in the world."
Half-True
September 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 30, 2008 a TV ad.
Says that under his tax plan, seniors making less than $50,000 per year won't pay any income taxes.
True
By Bill Adair • September 30, 2008
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