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Mike Murphy
stated on May 22, 2019 in remarks during a press conference:
Says when New York “implemented a program” to tax the wealthy at higher rates it saw a revenue shortfall “because of the outward migration of their top earners.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 30, 2019
Scott Neitzel
stated on May 12, 2019 in a TV interview:
The state contributed $80 million for the new Bucks arena, but new income tax revenue from basketball events alone “is estimated to be probably over $600 million over the life of the lease.”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • May 22, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on April 29, 2019 in a Tweet:
“They didn’t even put up a fight against SALT”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 21, 2019
Levar Stoney
stated on May 14, 2019 in a radio interview.:
“Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 21, 2019
JB Pritzker
stated on May 1, 2019 in a speech:
Says states with graduated income taxes “create jobs and grow their economies faster” than Illinois.
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 19, 2019
Tony Evers
stated on April 3, 2019 in a tweet:
“More than a million Wisconsinites have voted to raise their own property taxes because Republicans have failed to fully fund our public schools for the past eight years.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke, Mica Soellner • May 17, 2019
Joel Griffith
stated on April 28, 2019 in an op-ed on Fox News:
“Of the 14 wealthy OECD countries with a wealth tax in 1996, 10 have since then abandoned it.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 10, 2019
Tina Freitas
stated on April 8, 2019 in a radio interview.:
State Sen. Emmett Hanger “has voted for the three largest tax increases – proposed tax increases – in Virginia history.”  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • April 30, 2019
David Craig
stated on April 2, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Gov. Tony Evers’ budget includes tax and fee increases even while spending “more on his way to a nearly $2 billion deficit.”
Half-True
By Mica Soellner • April 24, 2019
Think Big Illinois
stated on April 16, 2019 in an ad:
“In almost every state with an income tax, wealthy people pay a higher tax rate than the middle class.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 21, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 11, 2019 in a news conference:
“Fifty-two counties have average taxes of above the SALT $10,000 cap.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 17, 2019
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
stated on March 27, 2019 in a tweet:
“Governor Evers’ budget would increase property taxes by the largest amount in a decade”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • April 12, 2019
Daniel Riemer
stated on February 17, 2019 in a TV interview:
“About 80 percent of (the manufacturing and agriculture) tax credit goes to claimants who are making $1 million or more.”  
True
By Mica Soellner • April 4, 2019
Ideas Illinois
stated on March 21, 2019 in an ad:
“Pritzker and Madigan want to change the constitution to allow a permanent jobs tax on middle class families.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 31, 2019
Mark Walker
stated on March 7, 2019 in an ad video:
“HR 1 is going to take your hard-earned tax dollars and millions more and send them to (a political candidate’s) campaign so (they) can put ads on TV.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • March 26, 2019
John Nygren
stated on February 12, 2019 in a tweet:
“Over the last eight years, we’ve shown that even though we’ve cut taxes by $8 billion, revenues continue to grow.”
True
By Eric Litke • March 21, 2019
Levar Stoney
stated on March 6, 2019:
On tax increases.
Half Flip
By Warren Fiske • March 19, 2019
James Lankford
stated on March 6, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
“Tax revenue went up, actually, $14 billion last year after the tax cut actually occurred. We had greater revenue.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2019
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 18, 2019 in an interview:
With the Trump tax law, “70 percent of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1 percent.”  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 5, 2019
Tony Evers
stated on February 28, 2019:
On not pursuing higher taxes
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • March 5, 2019
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