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Yes on 84
stated on September 7, 2012 in campaign material:
The reason 29 states no longer have a death tax “is that the tax damaged their economic competitiveness.”
False
By Janie Har • September 14, 2012
Barbara Buono
stated on August 27, 2012 in an op-ed in Politico:
Says Gov. Chris Christie has embarked on a tour to “demand that New Jersey’s Democratic legislature approve an immediate tax cut that would disproportionately benefit the wealthiest.”
False
By Erin O'Neill • September 2, 2012
Connie Mack
stated on August 9, 2012 in a video on his campaign website:
Says Bill Nelson “voted to raise our taxes 150 times.”
False
By Amy Sherman • August 20, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on August 12, 2012 in an interview on Fox News:
“Mitt Romney is the first major party candidate for president of the United States in modern times not to release at least 12 years of tax returns.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2012
Tomorrow's Vision of Florida
stated on August 6, 2012 in a mailer:
Says Ron Saunders “made the choice to stand with Rick Scott” on expanding school vouchers, restricting scholarships and giving tax breaks to the wealthy.
False
By Amy Sherman • August 10, 2012
Mark Neumann
stated on August 8, 2012 in campaign website statements:
Says he never voted for a “tax increase.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 8, 2012
Michael Riley
stated on July 26, 2012 in a taped debate on "State of the State":
The Congressional Budget Office “has already doubled its estimate for the cost (of Obamacare) so far from roughly $800 billion to $1.7 trillion.”
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2012
Mark Neumann
stated on July 10, 2012 in an interview:
“Obamacare” is the “biggest tax increase in American history.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 25, 2012
Bill Pascrell
stated on July 18, 2012 in an interview on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal:
Says President Barack Obama “has not raised taxes.”
False
By Erin O'Neill • July 22, 2012
Lou Greenwald
stated on July 15, 2012 in an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”:
Says “the money is in the budget” to give a tax break to “everyone,” including people making more than $1 million.
False
By Bill Wichert • July 18, 2012
Steve Doocy
stated on July 11, 2012 in a discussion on "Fox & Friends":
“If you make more than $250,000 a year … you only really take home about $125,000.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on July 11, 2012 in an interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show:
“We are not producing jobs. We created 80,000 jobs last month. We don’t talk about the jobs that we lost. The net of it all is that we lost jobs.”
False
By Erin O'Neill • July 15, 2012
Phil Gingrey
stated on June 28, 2012 in a radio interview:
The health care law is “the largest tax [increase] in the history of our country”
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 11, 2012
David Dewhurst
stated on June 22, 2012 in a Republican US Senate debate at KERA-TV, Channel 13, in Dallas.:
“I’ve never supported a payroll tax.”
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 9, 2012
Facebook posts
stated on July 3, 2012 in on the Internet:
“75 percent of the Obamacare tax falls on the middle class.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2012
Clackamas County Democrats
stated on June 22, 2012 in a campaign press release:
Says Clackamas County Measure 3-401 “will hurt our county, cripple economic growth, and increase our taxes with excessive special elections.” 
False
By Janie Har • July 5, 2012
Barry Hinckley
stated on June 28, 2012 in a fundraising letter:
President Obama’s health-care law will “add trillions of dollars in debt.”
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2012
Nathan Deal
stated on June 13, 2012 in a blog post:
The Americans for Tax Reform pledge “relates to new taxes that were going to be initiated by legislative action.”
False
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • June 18, 2012
Reince Priebus
stated on June 5, 2012 in an interview:
Says President Barack Obama wants to raise “the lowest (income) tax rate from 10 to 15 percent.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 17, 2012
We Are Wisconsin
stated on May 25, 2012 in campaign mail:
Says Gov. Scott Walker “took away $1.6 billion from schools and handed it off as over $2 billion in tax breaks to the rich.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 31, 2012
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