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Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on January 5, 2015 a Fox news interview:
Says President Barack Obama has "not proposed one thing that would change" the fact that Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary.
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 7, 2015
Jim Skaggs
Jim Skaggs
stated on November 5, 2014 as quoted in a news story:
Austin is "burdened by the fastest-growing tax increases of any major city in the nation."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 28, 2014
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary:
"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014
Daily Caller
Daily Caller
stated on November 3, 2014 an article:
"Jeanne Shaheen was principally involved in a plot with Lois Lerner and President Barack Obama’s political appointee at the IRS to lead a program of harassment against conservative nonprofit groups during the 2012 election"
False
By Jonathan Van Fleet • November 4, 2014
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 a television commercial:
Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014
No Tax For Tracks
No Tax For Tracks
stated on September 29, 2014 a debate about Greenlight Pinellas:
Photos prove the Denver light rail system has low ridership.
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 23, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on September 29, 2014 a TV commercial:
In the 38 Studios deal, "Wall Street investors took a risk, and went bust."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 12, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 10, 2014 a radio interview:
Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Karen Lee Ziner • September 12, 2014
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on September 8, 2014 a news release:
"Over the next two years, this $1.8 billion deficit will cost individual Wisconsinites $300 each, or $1,200 for families of four."
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2014
Bob Beckel
Bob Beckel
stated on September 1, 2014 a discussion on Fox News' "The Five":
The United States has "the most number of deductions available to corporations" for the corporate income tax.
False
By Derek Tsang • September 9, 2014
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on August 27, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Hardball":
On tax inversions, the Wall Street Journal "surprisingly attacked this tax scheme."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 29, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on August 20, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Thom Tillis "gives tax breaks to yacht and jet owners."
False
By Lauren Carroll • August 26, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 30, 2014 a television ad:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst signed a pledge that "protects tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas."
False
By Lauren Carroll • August 5, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview:
Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2014
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 21, 2014 a campaign ad:
When the New Hampshire Legislature raised the gasoline tax, gas prices in the state were "skyrocketing."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
"When Jim Doyle was governor and Mary Burke was commerce secretary," Wisconsin saw "billions in middle-class tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phones and garbage."  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 26, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on March 13, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says the Koch brothers want to "protect tax cuts for companies that ship our jobs overseas."
False
By Steve Contorno • April 11, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 1, 2014 an interview:
A poll taken "a few months ago" found "70 percent approval or higher" for the Act 10 collective bargaining law.
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 6, 2014
Mike Collier
Mike Collier
stated on March 18, 2014 a campaign email blast:
"Glenn Hegar promised to eliminate the property tax."
False
By Sue Owen • April 3, 2014
No Tax For Tracks
No Tax For Tracks
stated on March 17, 2014 on their website:
The Greenlight Pinellas transportation plan involves a "300% tax increase."
False
By Joshua Gillin • March 20, 2014
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