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Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 5, 2007 a newspaper column
"The Alternative Minimum Tax...was created by Congress in 1969 to affect 155 wealthy Americans. Because it was never indexed for inflation, those original 155 taxpayers has increased to affect about 3.5-million in 2006."
True
By David DeCamp • November 1, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 30, 2007 Philadelphia
"The Alternative Minimum Tax was never intended to hit people in middle income, upper middle income. It was meant for people who are rich and evading taxes."
True
By David DeCamp • November 1, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on September 20, 2007 Davenport, Iowa
"What happens is people like Warren Buffett — and he says this himself...pay 15 percent on the millions of dollars that they earn from wealth income... while their secretary is paying a higher rate on her work income. It's not right."
True
By David DeCamp • October 17, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2007 a radio ad.
Mitt Romney boasts that he is "proud to be the only major candidate for president to sign the tax pledge. The others have not."
Mostly True
By Alex Leary • October 16, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 9, 2007 a debate in Dearborn, Mich.
"I cut taxes 23 times when I was mayor of New York City."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 21, 2007 a television ad.
"The Republican governor who stood up and cut spending instead of raising taxes."
Half-True
September 21, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 26, 2007 Stratham, N.H.
"Senator McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts. Now he's for them."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 5, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on July 30, 2007 a speech in Laconia, New Hampshire.
"Democrats are kind of falling over each other seeing who can raise taxes faster. It looks like they're going to raise taxes anywhere between 20 to 30 percent."
Half-True
By John Martin • August 6, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on May 10, 2007 a TV Ad.
"I used tax cuts to help create over 80,000 jobs in New Mexico."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • August 1, 2007
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