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Statements about Taxes
Herman Cain

Herman Cain

False

Nein nein nein

Says his 9-9-9 tax reform plan is not "regressive."

Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Half-True

Rick Perry's Coca-Cola claim fizzes on some details.

Coca-Cola’s CEO "said he finds it easier to do work in China than in the United States."

Carla Smith

Carla Smith

True

Atlanta homeowners may not want to drink to this

The city of Atlanta has either the highest or second-highest average water bills in the country.

Debbie Dooley

Debbie Dooley

False

Not much concrete for this claim.

"[Eighty-five percent] of the funds collected in each county will be redistributed elsewhere -- not spent in the county in which it is collected."

Phil Gingrey

Phil Gingrey

Mostly True

Unlikely, but possible

Tax increases could "come into play" as a result of the debt ceiling deal.

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

Half-True

Right on jobs, wrong on revenues

If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.

Saxby Chambliss

Saxby Chambliss

False

Missive's factoid deserves Dear John letter

Says the Internal Revenue Service estimated it must hire "16,500 agents at a cost of $10 billion to the taxpayer" to enforce the federal health care overhaul.

Tom Graves

Tom Graves

True

Graves math on taxes proves true

"America's wealthiest 25 percent pay 86 percent of total income taxes. Wealthiest 5 percent pay 60 percent of total income taxes."

Saxby Chambliss

Saxby Chambliss

Half-True

Chambliss tax claim half true

"When we lower tax rates, we generate more in revenues. That happened in '86 with the Reagan plan, happened in 2001, following the Bush plan."

Herman Cain

Herman Cain

Half-True

Obama no friend to big biz, Herman Cain, potential GOP foe, says

The United States is "the only developed country in the world that has not cut its corporate tax rate."

Americans For Tax Reform

Americans For Tax Reform

Mostly False

Don't judge your creme brulee before it's served

Recommendations for a major tax overhaul for Georgia are an "overall tax hike."

Casey Cagle

Casey Cagle

Mostly True

Read his lips. Casey Cagle says Georgia didn't raise taxes. We dig in.

Georgia lawmakers balanced the budget without raising taxes on residents.

Emil Runge

Emil Runge

Half-True

Barnes says Deal tax returns gives "incomplete picture." Is it fuzzy math?

By releasing only basic tax information, former U.S. Congressman Nathan Deal is "hiding more than he's disclosed" about his business dealing with the state.

Michael Thurmond

Michael Thurmond

True

Thurmond sells himself short on claim

Michael Thurmond "authored major legislation that has provided more than $250 million in tax relief to Georgia’s senior citizens and working families."

Johnny Isakson

Johnny Isakson

Mostly False

Numbers don't add up for Isakson tax cut claim

Allowing all Bush income tax cuts to expire on Dec. 31 "will amount to the largest tax increase in the history of America."

Roy Barnes

Roy Barnes

Half Flip

Barnes backtracks on past initiatives

On tax breaks for businesses

Tom Graves

Tom Graves

Mostly False

No headliner, just a cameo

"I've traveled the country advocating for the FairTax ..."

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