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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 30, 2008 a TV ad
"My plan offers three times as much tax relief to the middle class as Senator McCain's."
Half-True
September 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 Oxford, Miss.
Under Obama's tax plan, "95 percent of you will get a tax cut."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 Oxford, Miss.
Obama "has voted in the United States Senate to increase taxes on people who make as low as $42,000 a year."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 Oxford, Miss.
John McCain wants to "give oil companies another $4-billion" in tax breaks.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2008 in a television ad
Obama says McCain went to Bermuda and "pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2008 in a television ad
"Grateful insurance company executives and their lobbyists" from Bermuda gave McCain $50,000.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 22, 2008 Reading, Pa.
"Last week Senator Obama's running mate said, get this, 'Raising taxes is patriotic.' "
Mostly False
By Shawn Zeller • September 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2008 Elko, Nev.
Obama's tax plan cuts taxes "for 95 percent of all working families."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 18, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 31, 2008 a chain e-mail
Palin "inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22-million."
Mostly True
September 9, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 Denver
John McCain's tax plan will give no reduction "for 100-million American families."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver
McCain supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.
Mostly False
By Richard Rubin • September 8, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 4, 2008 St. Paul, Minn.
"I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 4, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 3, 2008 a speech in St. Paul, Minn.
Barack Obama supports plans to raise "income taxes ... payroll taxes."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 3, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 29, 2008 Dayton, Ohio
When oil and gas prices sent state revenues up, Palin sent "a large share of that revenue directly back to the people of Alaska."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 29, 2008
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on August 25, 2008 Denver
While in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama passed "tax cuts for hard-working families."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 25, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 15, 2008
On Obama, "The press warns the 'Taxman Cometh.'"
Mostly False
August 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 11, 2008 an Internet ad
Obama plans "a tax increase for everyone earning more than $42,000 a year."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 8, 2008 a television ad
Obama "promises more taxes on small business, seniors, your life savings, your family."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2008 a television ad
John McCain offers "billions in tax breaks for oil and drug companies, but almost nothing for families like yours."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 11, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 8, 2008 in a television ad.
"Obama voted to raise taxes on people making just $42,000."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 8, 2008
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