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Rand Paul
stated on October 11, 2019 in an interview on ABC's "The View":
“Most people below $50,000 don’t pay any income tax. The top 1 percent in our country pay 40%.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2019
Ilhan Omar
stated on October 12, 2019 in a tweet:
“The 1% is paying less in taxes than everyone else.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 20, 2019 in a tweet:
The Green New Deal “would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household.”  
False
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2019
stated on September 15, 2019 in an appearance on WISN-TV's UpFront:
Milwaukee has less taxing power than most similar cities and is the only U.S. city of 400,000 or more “that does not have a sales tax or local income tax.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • September 18, 2019
Tom Reed
stated on August 20, 2019 in a Tweet:
After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, “the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 6, 2019
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
stated on August 27, 2019 in a tweet:
Say Gov. Tony Evers ‘canceled’ the sales tax holiday this year
False
By Eric Litke • September 3, 2019
Peter Navarro
stated on August 18, 2019 in an interview:
U.S. tariffs on China are “not hurting anybody” in the United States.  
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
stated on July 19, 2019 in a radio interview:
Property taxes have “nothing to do with the state.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 10, 2019
California Republican Party
stated on August 6, 2019 in a fundraising pitch:
President Trump was “kicked off” the California ballot
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • August 8, 2019
Marianne Williamson
stated on July 28, 2019 in an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation":
“We are the only advanced industrialized nation that bases our educational funding on property taxes.”
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • July 31, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on July 9, 2019 in a campaign event:
A transaction tax in countries like the UK “didn’t affect their financial markets at all.” 
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 26, 2019
Priorities USA Action
stated on July 23, 2019 in a digital ad:
“Trump wants to cut (Medicare) just to pay for tax breaks to billionaires.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • July 26, 2019
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 17, 2019 in a speech at George Washington University:
With Medicare for All, “study after study has shown that … the average middle-class families will save $3,000 each and every year on their health care bills.”  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2019
Susana Mendoza
stated on July 8, 2019 in a podcast interview:
“Indiana actually has a higher gas tax than Illinois does even with the increase in (Illinois’) taxes.”
False
By Duncan Agnew • July 21, 2019
John Flanagan
stated on June 18, 2019 in a radio interview:
“The Senate Democrats have not provided one tax cut.”  
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 8, 2019
Kelly E. Hastings
stated on June 30, 2019 in On twitter:
Said, “The Seven Years’ War led to near bankruptcy for many countries; Britain’s need to raise taxes fueled the American desire for independence.”
Mostly True
By Elizabeth Thompson • July 3, 2019
Chris Taylor
stated on May 30, 2019 in a statement to the Joint Committee on Finance:
Voucher schools have increased property taxes by $1 billion since 2011
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • July 1, 2019
Bill Brady
stated on June 18, 2019 in a speech:
Says that after “the last income tax increase in the state of Illinois, we saw the largest exodus of middle-income families.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 23, 2019
Joe Biden
stated on June 11, 2019 in a speech in Iowa:
“Why should you get a break for racehorses and not get a break for child care?”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2019
Jim Durkin
stated on June 3, 2019 in a radio interview:
“There are parts of I-80 near Joliet that school buses are not allowed to cross because of the fragile nature of a bridge.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 16, 2019
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