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Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview
Says Scott Walker's jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead "Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people."  
Mostly False
September 19, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on August 15, 2014 A campaign ad
Says Mitch McConnell voted "three times for corporate tax breaks that send Kentucky jobs overseas."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 12, 2014
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
stated on August 31, 2014 a direct-mail piece
"Scott Walker has given a $10,000 tax deduction to millionaires who send their kids to exclusive private schools."
Mostly False
August 31, 2014
Truth in Accounting
Truth in Accounting
stated on August 4, 2014 a recent report
Each Georgia taxpayer would have to send $5,000 to the treasury to cover the state’s debt.
Mostly False
By April Hunt • August 27, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 31, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Rick Scott "raised property taxes."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 1, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 17, 2014 a press release
Says a new report shows the "devastating tax hikes (in the health care law) will have on middle-class Kentuckians."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 23, 2014
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 Senate floor speeches and during a news conference
The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 22, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on June 10, 2014 a press release
Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted for a measure that would have amounted to a new national energy tax."
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • June 18, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 5, 2014 remarks at a forum
Medicare is "going broke. The trust fund goes bankrupt in 2026."
Mostly False
June 5, 2014
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on May 12, 2014 a fundraising letter
I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 25, 2014
Tom Corbett
Tom Corbett
stated on April 30, 2014 a radio ad
"On (Tom) Wolf’s watch, taxes were high, killing 100,000 PA jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2014
Ending Spending Action Fund
Ending Spending Action Fund
stated on April 3, 2014 a television ad
Says Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn supports higher taxes.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • April 30, 2014
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on April 14, 2014 in a press release
"Obama has proposed 442 tax hikes since taking office."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Tim Ryan • April 22, 2014
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on April 2, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal
"A grant for $5,000 [from the Governor’s Workforce Board] went to teach an employee at a company that makes ornamental business card holders how to use Facebook and Twitter."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 13, 2014
Kentucky Opportunity Coalition
Kentucky Opportunity Coalition
stated on April 1, 2014 a campaign ad
Says the estate tax is a threat to family farms.
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • April 3, 2014
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on February 26, 2014 a radio interview.
If the legislature refuses to expand Medicaid, "27 states are going to get our money – Virginia taxpayer money – into their states to provide health care for their citizens, paid for by us."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • March 31, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 21, 2014 public remarks
Florida's revenue "is growing at a faster rate than almost any state in the country."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • March 26, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on March 5, 2014 campaign flyer
A "real result" of his term is Georgia having "the lowest taxes per capita of any state."
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • March 18, 2014
We Are Wisconsin
We Are Wisconsin
stated on February 17, 2014 an email
With his proposal to cut income and property taxes, Scott Walker is "increasing the state deficit at a time when borrowing is already at record levels."  
Mostly False
March 10, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on February 10, 2014 in a campaign mailer
Says Alex Sink supported "higher property taxes."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 24, 2014
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