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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
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
By Robert Farley • 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, Robert Farley • September 26, 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
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
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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • August 15, 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
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
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
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