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Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 in a campaign ad:
Says Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes “tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies” and more.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020
Roger Roth
stated on January 20, 2020 in a public forum:
“The average (Wisconsin) resident’s tax burden is at its lowest level in nearly 50 years while incomes continue to grow.”
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • March 11, 2020
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 in a mass email:
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 6, 2020
Quentin Fulks
stated on February 25, 2020 in a TV interview:
Says California has a top income tax rate of 13.3% “and people aren’t leaving.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 1, 2020
Viral image
stated on February 29, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
“Bernie Logic: Nobody can live on $7 an hour. We must raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Also we must raise the tax rate to 52%. $15 an hour * 52% = $7.80. $15 an hour – $7.80 = $7.20. $7.20 an hour!!!”
False
By Aaron Sharockman • February 29, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2020 in an image:
“Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.”
False
By Daniel Funke • February 21, 2020
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 19, 2020 in the Democratic debate in Nevada:
The budget hole in Bernie Sanders’ plans “is bigger than the size of the entire economy of the United States.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 20, 2020
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 15, 2020 in a speech in Las Vegas:
Says Mike Bloomberg “opposed modest proposals during Barack Obama’s presidency to raise taxes on the wealthy, while advocating for cuts to Medicare and Social Security.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2020
John Nygren
stated on January 22, 2020 in a news release:
Says Gov. Tony Evers “proposed raising taxes on the agriculture industry to pay for expanded welfare programs.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 14, 2020
Tony Evers
stated on January 22, 2020 in the State of the State:
“I delivered on my campaign promise for a 10% tax cut for Wisconsin families.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 12, 2020
Veronica Escobar
stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech:
“The president has exploded the debt by more than $3 trillion — all to give billion-dollar tax cuts to the wealthiest few.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on July 13, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Says the Democratic Party “took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it” and “eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding.”  
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2020
Bill Brady
stated on January 18, 2020 in a speech:
Says Oregon’s highest income tax bracket included anyone making more than $250,000 in 2012 before the state expanded its upper bracket to include “anyone making more than $125,000.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 26, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2019 in social media posts:
“California’s Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people’s property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13.”
False
By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on November 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Up until 1913 Americans kept all of their earnings.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • January 21, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 8, 2020 in a speech:
“We have the lowest corporate tax rate since 1968.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 18, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 8, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“The missiles that were launched at American forces in Iraq from Iran, were funded by Barack Obama, with American tax dollars.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • January 10, 2020
Kamala Harris
stated on November 13, 2019 in a Facebook ad:
“In America, there is a father who is holding down two jobs and paying more taxes than the richest 400 families in America.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2019
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 19, 2019 in a rally in New York City:
Says Congress gave Wall Street “trillions of dollars of zero interest loans.”  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2019
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