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Independent from Vermont

a Senator from Vermont who is an independent but who caucuses with Democrats.

Recent statements involving Bernie Sanders

The Tax Foundation

The Tax Foundation

Mostly True

More late night fodder

"We Really Do Have the Highest Corporate Tax Rate in the World."

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders

Mostly False

2010 was highest rate in 17 years, but available data doesn't support sweeping claim

"Poverty levels (are) at an all-time high."

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders

True

Waltons are well-off

"Today the Walton family of Walmart own more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of America."

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders

True

Smaller than some foreign-based banks, but still a sizable share

"Today, you have six financial institutions, the largest six, that have assets that are the equivalent of 60 percent of the GDP of the United States of America."

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders

Half-True

140 characters is too short to get in all the nuances

"Since 2000, nearly 12 million Americans have slipped out of the middle class and into poverty."

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Recent stories featuring Bernie Sanders

Is the Walmart family wealthier than 40 percent of the United States?:

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders keeps tweeting about the wealth gap.

Holidays prompt outbreak of truthiness:

Folks must be feeling goodwill toward their fellow man this holiday season.

Last week, AJC PolitiFact Georgia experienced an outbreak of truthiness.

Washington lawmakers found some accurate things to say about federal programs on the homeless and President Barack Obama's proposed tax compromise that just worked its way through Congress.

We also uncovered some truths about Georgia public higher education and our beloved Atlanta Braves.

We're shocked. And relieved.

Happy Holidays. 

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Fact-checking the estate tax:

Critics on both sides of the political aisle criticize the estate tax estate tax portion of the compromise plan on taxes. We check one from each side.

Bernie Sanders talks and talks. Are his facts right?:

The Vermont senator's filibuster includes facts we happened to be checking from his Nov. 30 speech. He earns a True and a False.
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