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Scott Walker
stated on April 1, 2014 in 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
stated on March 18, 2014 in a campaign email blast:
“Glenn Hegar promised to eliminate the property tax.”
False
By Sue Owen • April 3, 2014
No Tax For Tracks
stated on March 17, 2014 in on their website:
The Greenlight Pinellas transportation plan involves a “300% tax increase.”
False
By Joshua Gillin • March 20, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on March 13, 2014 in a website ad:
Says Mary Burke’s “2007-’09 state budget had a tax hike of $1.8 billion — costing every man, woman and child in the state an extra $310.”  
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2014
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on January 19, 2014 in an email:
A bill backed by Sean Duffy and other House Republicans “could actually require the Internal Revenue Service to conduct audits of rape victims” who get an abortion.  
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 9, 2014
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 31, 2014 in an interview:
Says Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is responsible for the roughly $7,800 “I pay in property taxes per year.”  
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 7, 2014
Rod Monroe
stated on January 15, 2014 in an Oregon Senate work session:
“We have the lowest beer tax in the nation.”
False
By Dana Tims • January 24, 2014
Joseph Henchman
stated on November 19, 2013 in hearing testimony:
“Only 25 percent of what people buy is subject to Rhode Island’s sales tax.”
False
By John Hill • December 1, 2013
Kenneth Block
stated on November 8, 2013 in an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio:
Rhode Island’s unemployment insurance system “is the most expensive such system in the country.”
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on October 24, 2013 in a debate.:
Terry McAuliffe “wants to raise your taxes $1,700 to pay for his infinite promises.”
False
By Sean Gorman • November 1, 2013
Steve Spinnett
stated on September 3, 2013 in a Voters' Pamphlet statement:
Says Damascus’ disincorporation would produce “NO significant tax savings.”
False
By Dana Tims • October 18, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 12, 2013 in website posting.:
Under Cuccinelli’s tax cut plan, “school divisions across Virginia could be forced to fire over 8,000 teachers.”  
False
By Nancy Madsen • September 27, 2013
Chris Kapenga
stated on August 23, 2013 in a newsletter:
“The amount of interest” paid on the federal debt exceeds “total tax revenue.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 15, 2013
Campaign for Liberty - Georgia
stated on August 23, 2013 in a flier:
Says U.S. Rep. Tom Price is sending letters both supporting and opposing the “small-business killing Internet Tax Mandate.”
False
By Eric Stirgus • September 9, 2013
Kathleen Ford
stated on August 6, 2013 in a mayoral debate:
“If we use (Tax Increment Financing) funding, that’s going to take funds from the general fund for Pinellas County, as it will take funds from the general fund for the city of St. Pete.”
False
By Julie Kliegman • August 9, 2013
Kari Chisholm
stated on July 9, 2013 in an Internet radio interview:
Says Oregon’s political tax credit is something “every state should have and no other state does.”
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 1, 2013
Andre Jacque
stated on May 15, 2013 in an interview:
A monthly “police and fire protection fee” on all Wisconsin phone bills does nothing to support police and fire.
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 24, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
stated on June 4, 2013 in a U.S. Ways and Means hearing:
Says “Having organizations parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in the political combat harkens back to why the statute a hundred years ago said that they were prohibited.”
False
By Janie Har • June 13, 2013
Ron Maag
stated on April 12, 2013 in a statement during a state House Finance and Appropriations Committee hearing:
 “Forty-six cents of every dollar” Ohio could get for Medicaid expansion “is going to come from China or some other country that doesn’t like us very much.”
False
By Stephen Koff • May 22, 2013
Michele Bachmann
stated on May 15, 2013 in an interview on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren:
The IRS is “going to be in charge of our health care.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2013
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