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Chain e-mails circulate on the Internet, usually anonymously, making a variety of political claims.
Recent statements involving Chain e-mail
Says President Barack Obama’s finance team is recommending a "1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution."
The salaries of Wisconsin’s best-educated public school teachers were "slashed" by Gov. Scott Walker through a recent administrative rule change.
Says President Barack Obama "added" $6.5 trillion to the national debt in his first term, more than the $6.3 trillion added by the previous 43 presidents combined.
Says the Department of Homeland Security has ordered "enough rounds of .40 caliber ammunition to kill every man, woman and child in the United States," possibly to combat "massive civil unrest" or "an invasion by a foreign power."
Says there is an upcoming vote to preserve benefits of Texas homestead exemption for seniors and the disabled.
Recent stories featuring Chain e-mail
The flood of falsehoods about the health care law:
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama's health care law, we review the falsehoods that simply won't stop.
PolitiFact's guide to Thanksgiving dinner:
Find yourself sitting beside a relative who has sent you lots of chain e-mails? Here's our guide on what to say. Stash it under the green bean casserole until you need it.
PolitiFact's guide to Thanksgiving dinner :
Find yourself sitting beside a relative who has sent you lots of chain e-mails?
Here's our guide on what to say. Stash it under the green bean casserole until you need it.
PolitiFact's guide to Thanksgiving dinner :
Find yourself sitting beside a relative who has sent you lots of chain e-mails? Here's our guide on what to say. Stash it under the green bean casserole until you need it.
A 3.8 percent 'sales tax' on real estate transactions for health care?:
A clause in the law sparked a Pants on Fire chain e-mail that's still going strong.
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