Latest Fact-checks in Taxes Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Mary Olson stated on December 8, 2010 in in Clackamas County Board of Commissioners hearing : Says "there is a plan formulated by Chair (Lynn) Peterson and the cities in Clackamas County to further increase this fee in three years and split it up on projects between the county and cities." Bobby Scott stated on December 16, 2010 in a news release.: The tax-cut deal "adds more than $800 billion to the deficit over two years -- more than the cost of TARP and more than the cost of the Recovery Act" and about the same as health care reform. Sherrod Brown stated on December 9, 2010 in a CNN interview: The tax cut deal is giving "$700 billion to millionaires and billionaires." Bernie Sanders stated on December 13, 2010 in a Twitter message: Under the compromise tax agreement, "99.7% of American families will not pay 1 nickel in an estate tax." Jim DeMint stated on December 7, 2010 in a radio interview: The Obama-GOP compromise "raises taxes, it raises the death tax." Mark Brodeur stated on December 2, 2010 in a Providence Journal story: Rhode Island spends less than 10 percent of what the average state spends promoting tourism. Jim Moran stated on December 2, 2010 in a news release.: The Bush-era tax cuts failed to increase employment and "work-force participation fell in 2001 and has never returned to the record level set in 2000." Bernie Sanders stated on November 30, 2010 in a Senate floor speech: "Last year, ExxonMobil made $19 billion in profit. Guess what. They paid zero in taxes. They got a $156 million refund from the IRS." Jim Zehringer stated on November 16, 2010 in a news conference: "Ohio is losing over 700 family farms a year, some of them just to pay the inheritance tax." Barack Obama stated on December 7, 2010 in a press conference: "There are polls showing right now that the American people for the most part think it's a bad idea to provide tax cuts to the wealthy." Dennis Kucinich stated on November 10, 2010 in a news release: "We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse." Jeff Fitzgerald stated on November 29, 2010 in a news release: "In 2009, Jim Doyle and the Democrats rushed through a budget repair bill with billions in tax increases and held no public hearings." National Association of Manufacturers stated on December 2, 2010 in a statement: Says the CBO estimates that fully extending the Bush tax cuts would add 600,000-1.4 million jobs in 2011 and 900,000-2.7 million jobs in 2012. John Boehner stated on December 1, 2010 in comments to reporters: "The American people spoke pretty loudly. They said stop all the looming tax hikes...." Sarah Palin stated on December 1, 2010 in a Twitter message: "Pls refer to Jan.1 tax changes appropriately: they're OBAMA TAX HIKES & they'll slam every American's savings, investments & job opportunity" National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on November 30, 2010 in a news release: Says Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to keep "an extreme, job-killing Internal Revenue Service paperwork mandate." Alan Grayson stated on November 17, 2010 in a speech on the House floor.: "The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts." Eric Cantor stated on November 3, 2010 in a TV interview.: Letting the Bush tax cuts expire would raise taxes on small businesses. Sheldon Whitehouse stated on September 27, 2010 in a speech on the Senate floor.: "The law, right now, permits companies that close down American factories and offices and move those jobs overseas to take a tax deduction for the costs associated with moving the jobs to China or India or wherever." Michele Bachmann stated on November 16, 2010 in an interview on "Good Morning America.": Small businesses that have "$250,000 in gross sales for the business. They're the ones that are looking at massive tax increases." Paul Krugman stated on November 14, 2010 in "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": A proposal to reduce the deficit "involved large tax cuts for the top bracket." Kent Conrad stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": Federal spending is "the highest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years (and) revenue is the lowest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years." Mark Warner stated on November 11, 2010 in n Op/Ed in The Financial Times: $65 billion "would be added to the deficit if we keep the cuts for people on the highest incomes." Lincoln Chafee stated on November 3, 2010 in a news conference: Experts say the property tax "is the most harmful to economic growth and . . . the sales tax is least harmful." George W. Bush stated on November 8, 2010 in an interview on NBC's "Today Show": "My debt to GDP was the lowest or one of the lowest of modern presidents. My taxes to GDP was the lowest and my spending to GDP" was too. Americans For Tax Reform stated on November 3, 2010 in a news release: "It is a commitment voters take very seriously: The only incumbent in Ohio to break his Pledge and vote for Ted Strickland's income tax hike was defeated soundly on Tuesday." Chain email stated on October 31, 2010 in a message via the Internet: "Pres. Obama's finance team is recommending a . . . 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution." Tim Kaine stated on September 19, 2010 in a TV interview.: Republican plan to extend Bush tax cuts "would double deficit projections going forward for the next couple of decades." George Voinovich stated on November 8, 2010 in a news release: Says that the federal gas tax has not been raised since 1993. Mike Pence stated on November 7, 2010 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.": "Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues."
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Mary Olson stated on December 8, 2010 in in Clackamas County Board of Commissioners hearing : Says "there is a plan formulated by Chair (Lynn) Peterson and the cities in Clackamas County to further increase this fee in three years and split it up on projects between the county and cities." Bobby Scott stated on December 16, 2010 in a news release.: The tax-cut deal "adds more than $800 billion to the deficit over two years -- more than the cost of TARP and more than the cost of the Recovery Act" and about the same as health care reform. Sherrod Brown stated on December 9, 2010 in a CNN interview: The tax cut deal is giving "$700 billion to millionaires and billionaires." Bernie Sanders stated on December 13, 2010 in a Twitter message: Under the compromise tax agreement, "99.7% of American families will not pay 1 nickel in an estate tax." Jim DeMint stated on December 7, 2010 in a radio interview: The Obama-GOP compromise "raises taxes, it raises the death tax." Mark Brodeur stated on December 2, 2010 in a Providence Journal story: Rhode Island spends less than 10 percent of what the average state spends promoting tourism. Jim Moran stated on December 2, 2010 in a news release.: The Bush-era tax cuts failed to increase employment and "work-force participation fell in 2001 and has never returned to the record level set in 2000." Bernie Sanders stated on November 30, 2010 in a Senate floor speech: "Last year, ExxonMobil made $19 billion in profit. Guess what. They paid zero in taxes. They got a $156 million refund from the IRS." Jim Zehringer stated on November 16, 2010 in a news conference: "Ohio is losing over 700 family farms a year, some of them just to pay the inheritance tax." Barack Obama stated on December 7, 2010 in a press conference: "There are polls showing right now that the American people for the most part think it's a bad idea to provide tax cuts to the wealthy." Dennis Kucinich stated on November 10, 2010 in a news release: "We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse." Jeff Fitzgerald stated on November 29, 2010 in a news release: "In 2009, Jim Doyle and the Democrats rushed through a budget repair bill with billions in tax increases and held no public hearings." National Association of Manufacturers stated on December 2, 2010 in a statement: Says the CBO estimates that fully extending the Bush tax cuts would add 600,000-1.4 million jobs in 2011 and 900,000-2.7 million jobs in 2012. John Boehner stated on December 1, 2010 in comments to reporters: "The American people spoke pretty loudly. They said stop all the looming tax hikes...." Sarah Palin stated on December 1, 2010 in a Twitter message: "Pls refer to Jan.1 tax changes appropriately: they're OBAMA TAX HIKES & they'll slam every American's savings, investments & job opportunity" National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on November 30, 2010 in a news release: Says Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to keep "an extreme, job-killing Internal Revenue Service paperwork mandate." Alan Grayson stated on November 17, 2010 in a speech on the House floor.: "The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts." Eric Cantor stated on November 3, 2010 in a TV interview.: Letting the Bush tax cuts expire would raise taxes on small businesses. Sheldon Whitehouse stated on September 27, 2010 in a speech on the Senate floor.: "The law, right now, permits companies that close down American factories and offices and move those jobs overseas to take a tax deduction for the costs associated with moving the jobs to China or India or wherever." Michele Bachmann stated on November 16, 2010 in an interview on "Good Morning America.": Small businesses that have "$250,000 in gross sales for the business. They're the ones that are looking at massive tax increases." Paul Krugman stated on November 14, 2010 in "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": A proposal to reduce the deficit "involved large tax cuts for the top bracket." Kent Conrad stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": Federal spending is "the highest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years (and) revenue is the lowest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years." Mark Warner stated on November 11, 2010 in n Op/Ed in The Financial Times: $65 billion "would be added to the deficit if we keep the cuts for people on the highest incomes." Lincoln Chafee stated on November 3, 2010 in a news conference: Experts say the property tax "is the most harmful to economic growth and . . . the sales tax is least harmful." George W. Bush stated on November 8, 2010 in an interview on NBC's "Today Show": "My debt to GDP was the lowest or one of the lowest of modern presidents. My taxes to GDP was the lowest and my spending to GDP" was too. Americans For Tax Reform stated on November 3, 2010 in a news release: "It is a commitment voters take very seriously: The only incumbent in Ohio to break his Pledge and vote for Ted Strickland's income tax hike was defeated soundly on Tuesday." Chain email stated on October 31, 2010 in a message via the Internet: "Pres. Obama's finance team is recommending a . . . 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution." Tim Kaine stated on September 19, 2010 in a TV interview.: Republican plan to extend Bush tax cuts "would double deficit projections going forward for the next couple of decades." George Voinovich stated on November 8, 2010 in a news release: Says that the federal gas tax has not been raised since 1993. Mike Pence stated on November 7, 2010 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.": "Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues."
Mary Olson stated on December 8, 2010 in in Clackamas County Board of Commissioners hearing : Says "there is a plan formulated by Chair (Lynn) Peterson and the cities in Clackamas County to further increase this fee in three years and split it up on projects between the county and cities."
Bobby Scott stated on December 16, 2010 in a news release.: The tax-cut deal "adds more than $800 billion to the deficit over two years -- more than the cost of TARP and more than the cost of the Recovery Act" and about the same as health care reform.
Sherrod Brown stated on December 9, 2010 in a CNN interview: The tax cut deal is giving "$700 billion to millionaires and billionaires."
Bernie Sanders stated on December 13, 2010 in a Twitter message: Under the compromise tax agreement, "99.7% of American families will not pay 1 nickel in an estate tax."
Jim DeMint stated on December 7, 2010 in a radio interview: The Obama-GOP compromise "raises taxes, it raises the death tax."
Mark Brodeur stated on December 2, 2010 in a Providence Journal story: Rhode Island spends less than 10 percent of what the average state spends promoting tourism.
Jim Moran stated on December 2, 2010 in a news release.: The Bush-era tax cuts failed to increase employment and "work-force participation fell in 2001 and has never returned to the record level set in 2000."
Bernie Sanders stated on November 30, 2010 in a Senate floor speech: "Last year, ExxonMobil made $19 billion in profit. Guess what. They paid zero in taxes. They got a $156 million refund from the IRS."
Jim Zehringer stated on November 16, 2010 in a news conference: "Ohio is losing over 700 family farms a year, some of them just to pay the inheritance tax."
Barack Obama stated on December 7, 2010 in a press conference: "There are polls showing right now that the American people for the most part think it's a bad idea to provide tax cuts to the wealthy."
Dennis Kucinich stated on November 10, 2010 in a news release: "We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse."
Jeff Fitzgerald stated on November 29, 2010 in a news release: "In 2009, Jim Doyle and the Democrats rushed through a budget repair bill with billions in tax increases and held no public hearings."
National Association of Manufacturers stated on December 2, 2010 in a statement: Says the CBO estimates that fully extending the Bush tax cuts would add 600,000-1.4 million jobs in 2011 and 900,000-2.7 million jobs in 2012.
John Boehner stated on December 1, 2010 in comments to reporters: "The American people spoke pretty loudly. They said stop all the looming tax hikes...."
Sarah Palin stated on December 1, 2010 in a Twitter message: "Pls refer to Jan.1 tax changes appropriately: they're OBAMA TAX HIKES & they'll slam every American's savings, investments & job opportunity"
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on November 30, 2010 in a news release: Says Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to keep "an extreme, job-killing Internal Revenue Service paperwork mandate."
Alan Grayson stated on November 17, 2010 in a speech on the House floor.: "The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts."
Eric Cantor stated on November 3, 2010 in a TV interview.: Letting the Bush tax cuts expire would raise taxes on small businesses.
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on September 27, 2010 in a speech on the Senate floor.: "The law, right now, permits companies that close down American factories and offices and move those jobs overseas to take a tax deduction for the costs associated with moving the jobs to China or India or wherever."
Michele Bachmann stated on November 16, 2010 in an interview on "Good Morning America.": Small businesses that have "$250,000 in gross sales for the business. They're the ones that are looking at massive tax increases."
Paul Krugman stated on November 14, 2010 in "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": A proposal to reduce the deficit "involved large tax cuts for the top bracket."
Kent Conrad stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": Federal spending is "the highest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years (and) revenue is the lowest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years."
Mark Warner stated on November 11, 2010 in n Op/Ed in The Financial Times: $65 billion "would be added to the deficit if we keep the cuts for people on the highest incomes."
Lincoln Chafee stated on November 3, 2010 in a news conference: Experts say the property tax "is the most harmful to economic growth and . . . the sales tax is least harmful."
George W. Bush stated on November 8, 2010 in an interview on NBC's "Today Show": "My debt to GDP was the lowest or one of the lowest of modern presidents. My taxes to GDP was the lowest and my spending to GDP" was too.
Americans For Tax Reform stated on November 3, 2010 in a news release: "It is a commitment voters take very seriously: The only incumbent in Ohio to break his Pledge and vote for Ted Strickland's income tax hike was defeated soundly on Tuesday."
Chain email stated on October 31, 2010 in a message via the Internet: "Pres. Obama's finance team is recommending a . . . 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution."
Tim Kaine stated on September 19, 2010 in a TV interview.: Republican plan to extend Bush tax cuts "would double deficit projections going forward for the next couple of decades."
George Voinovich stated on November 8, 2010 in a news release: Says that the federal gas tax has not been raised since 1993.
Mike Pence stated on November 7, 2010 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.": "Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues."
