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JB Pritzker
stated on February 20, 2019 in a speech:
Says taxing more services, taxing retirement income and increasing the flat-rate income tax would “fall disproportionately on the working poor and the middle class.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 3, 2019
John Nygren
stated on February 12, 2019 in a tweet:
GOP tax plan “is better for working, middle-class families” since “88% of the tax relief goes to those making $100,000 or less.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • February 22, 2019
Kamala Harris
stated on February 11, 2019 in a tweet:
“The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2019
John Nygren
stated on January 11, 2019 in a tweet:
“Today, property taxes are lower than they were in 2010.”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • February 8, 2019
Michael Moore
stated on February 1, 2019 in an interview:
“Seventy percent of the American public agree with” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “on having the top marginal (tax) rate for the rich” at 70 percent, and “that’s a Fox News Poll saying that.”  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 6, 2019
Scott Walker
stated on January 16, 2019 in a tweet:
During the three times the top marginal tax rates were lowered in the 20th century, “revenues actually went up while the economy improved in America.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 5, 2019
Joe Biden
stated on January 28, 2019 in remarks in Fort Lauderdale:
“There was virtually no new business investment” after the 2017 tax law. “The bulk was used to buy back their own stock.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 4, 2019
Gery Chico
stated on January 16, 2019 in a campaign ad:
“In Springfield, Susana Mendoza voted to hit working families with a massive new soda tax.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 3, 2019
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 in news release:
“Not a dollar would be paid out until jobs in the Foxconn development area were created.”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • February 1, 2019
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 in a joint statement:
Potential Foxconn changes are due to “the wave of economic uncertainty” from Evers administration
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • February 1, 2019
Eileen Filler-Corn
stated on January 15, 2019 in a floor speech.:
“There is no tax increase in the governor’s budget plan.”  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • January 29, 2019
Maria Bartiromo
stated on January 22, 2019 in in an interview:
“According to the Tax Foundation, the top 10 percent of earners already pay almost 80 percent of all taxes.”
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • January 24, 2019
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stated on January 8, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Bill Murray said “The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 22, 2019
Gery Chico
stated on January 2, 2019 in a campaign ad:
“As chairman of the City Colleges, I cut millions in waste and we cut property taxes.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 20, 2019
Susana Mendoza
stated on January 6, 2019 in a radio interview:
“Every city that has a commuter tax — look at Detroit, Philadelphia — they are actually stagnating in terms of their economy. It’s been a job-killer.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 13, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 2, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show:
With the Republican tax law, “the rich folks got $1.5 trillion.”  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 9, 2019
Bill Daley
stated on December 6, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says he “will put a moratorium on tax hikes to keep families in their homes.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 16, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 19, 2018 in a radio interview:
“There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 7, 2018
Lori Lightfoot
stated on November 19, 2018 in a debate appearance:
Says Chicagoans “live in one of the most taxed cities and the most taxed county, unfortunately, in the country.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 2, 2018
Gordon Hintz
stated on November 18, 2018 in a TV interview:
“One year ago, (Republicans) would not fill seats vacated for people who went to the administration because of the cost of those elections. Now, they’re talking about changing the rules to add additional elections that will cost millions of dollars of taxpayer expense.”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 28, 2018
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