Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Taxes Julian Bradley stated on December 8, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: "Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief." Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release: “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 13, 2023 in a speech: Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.” Glenn Youngkin stated on January 23, 2023 in a speech.: Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.” Eric Adams stated on January 7, 2023 in a radio interview: “Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers.” Joe Manchin stated on August 28, 2022 in a tweet: “WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.” Ron Johnson stated on August 7, 2022 in News release: "Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups." Beto O'Rourke stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion." Melanie D'Arrigo stated on February 6, 2022 in a Tweet: “Teachers can only deduct up to $250 for school supplies on their taxes, but billionaires can write off the entire cost of a private jet.” Gwen Moore stated on October 30, 2021 in TV interview: “If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty." Viral image stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we'd raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months." Alberta Darling stated on August 25, 2021 in Twitter: “Wisconsin Governor (Tony) Evers wanted to raise your taxes by $1 billion in a pandemic. Republicans stopped him and delivered the largest tax CUT in state history.” Don Huffines stated on May 10, 2021 in campaign material: "Texans have some of the highest property taxes in the nation” Wisconsin Assembly GOP stated on May 7, 2021 in Twitter: “Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.” Tony Evers stated on April 14, 2021 in Twitter: “Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022” Joe Biden stated on April 7, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.” Nicholas Langworthy stated on March 17, 2021 in a mass email: Residents of New York state “pay the highest taxes in the nation.” Pete Buttigieg stated on April 4, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments." Rick Gundrum stated on March 29, 2021 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +" Julian Bradley stated on March 15, 2021 in news article: The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.” Viral image stated on September 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: In 2017, Joe Biden paid $3,742,974 in federal income taxes and Kamala Harris paid $516,469 while Donald Trump paid $750. Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in on social media: "Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires." Donald Trump stated on March 24, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes “tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies” and more. Rand Paul stated on October 11, 2019 in an interview on ABC's "The View": "Most people below $50,000 don’t pay any income tax. The top 1 percent in our country pay 40%." Kelly E. Hastings stated on June 30, 2019 in On twitter: Said, "The Seven Years’ War led to near bankruptcy for many countries; Britain’s need to raise taxes fueled the American desire for independence." Scott Neitzel stated on May 12, 2019 in a TV interview: The state contributed $80 million for the new Bucks arena, but new income tax revenue from basketball events alone "is estimated to be probably over $600 million over the life of the lease." Levar Stoney stated on May 14, 2019 in a radio interview.: "Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates." Joel Griffith stated on April 28, 2019 in an op-ed on Fox News: "Of the 14 wealthy OECD countries with a wealth tax in 1996, 10 have since then abandoned it." John Nygren stated on January 11, 2019 in a tweet: "Today, property taxes are lower than they were in 2010." 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."
Julian Bradley stated on December 8, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: "Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief." Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release: “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 13, 2023 in a speech: Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.” Glenn Youngkin stated on January 23, 2023 in a speech.: Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.” Eric Adams stated on January 7, 2023 in a radio interview: “Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers.” Joe Manchin stated on August 28, 2022 in a tweet: “WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.” Ron Johnson stated on August 7, 2022 in News release: "Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups." Beto O'Rourke stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion." Melanie D'Arrigo stated on February 6, 2022 in a Tweet: “Teachers can only deduct up to $250 for school supplies on their taxes, but billionaires can write off the entire cost of a private jet.” Gwen Moore stated on October 30, 2021 in TV interview: “If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty." Viral image stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we'd raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months." Alberta Darling stated on August 25, 2021 in Twitter: “Wisconsin Governor (Tony) Evers wanted to raise your taxes by $1 billion in a pandemic. Republicans stopped him and delivered the largest tax CUT in state history.” Don Huffines stated on May 10, 2021 in campaign material: "Texans have some of the highest property taxes in the nation” Wisconsin Assembly GOP stated on May 7, 2021 in Twitter: “Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.” Tony Evers stated on April 14, 2021 in Twitter: “Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022” Joe Biden stated on April 7, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.” Nicholas Langworthy stated on March 17, 2021 in a mass email: Residents of New York state “pay the highest taxes in the nation.” Pete Buttigieg stated on April 4, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments." Rick Gundrum stated on March 29, 2021 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +" Julian Bradley stated on March 15, 2021 in news article: The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.” Viral image stated on September 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: In 2017, Joe Biden paid $3,742,974 in federal income taxes and Kamala Harris paid $516,469 while Donald Trump paid $750. Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in on social media: "Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires." Donald Trump stated on March 24, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes “tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies” and more. Rand Paul stated on October 11, 2019 in an interview on ABC's "The View": "Most people below $50,000 don’t pay any income tax. The top 1 percent in our country pay 40%." Kelly E. Hastings stated on June 30, 2019 in On twitter: Said, "The Seven Years’ War led to near bankruptcy for many countries; Britain’s need to raise taxes fueled the American desire for independence." Scott Neitzel stated on May 12, 2019 in a TV interview: The state contributed $80 million for the new Bucks arena, but new income tax revenue from basketball events alone "is estimated to be probably over $600 million over the life of the lease." Levar Stoney stated on May 14, 2019 in a radio interview.: "Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates." Joel Griffith stated on April 28, 2019 in an op-ed on Fox News: "Of the 14 wealthy OECD countries with a wealth tax in 1996, 10 have since then abandoned it." John Nygren stated on January 11, 2019 in a tweet: "Today, property taxes are lower than they were in 2010." 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."
Julian Bradley stated on December 8, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: "Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief."
Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release: “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.”
Ron DeSantis stated on April 13, 2023 in a speech: Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.”
Glenn Youngkin stated on January 23, 2023 in a speech.: Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.”
Eric Adams stated on January 7, 2023 in a radio interview: “Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers.”
Joe Manchin stated on August 28, 2022 in a tweet: “WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.”
Ron Johnson stated on August 7, 2022 in News release: "Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups."
Beto O'Rourke stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion."
Melanie D'Arrigo stated on February 6, 2022 in a Tweet: “Teachers can only deduct up to $250 for school supplies on their taxes, but billionaires can write off the entire cost of a private jet.”
Gwen Moore stated on October 30, 2021 in TV interview: “If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty."
Viral image stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we'd raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months."
Alberta Darling stated on August 25, 2021 in Twitter: “Wisconsin Governor (Tony) Evers wanted to raise your taxes by $1 billion in a pandemic. Republicans stopped him and delivered the largest tax CUT in state history.”
Don Huffines stated on May 10, 2021 in campaign material: "Texans have some of the highest property taxes in the nation”
Wisconsin Assembly GOP stated on May 7, 2021 in Twitter: “Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.”
Tony Evers stated on April 14, 2021 in Twitter: “Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022”
Joe Biden stated on April 7, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.”
Nicholas Langworthy stated on March 17, 2021 in a mass email: Residents of New York state “pay the highest taxes in the nation.”
Pete Buttigieg stated on April 4, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments."
Rick Gundrum stated on March 29, 2021 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +"
Julian Bradley stated on March 15, 2021 in news article: The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.”
Viral image stated on September 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: In 2017, Joe Biden paid $3,742,974 in federal income taxes and Kamala Harris paid $516,469 while Donald Trump paid $750.
Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in on social media: "Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires."
Donald Trump stated on March 24, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes “tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies” and more.
Rand Paul stated on October 11, 2019 in an interview on ABC's "The View": "Most people below $50,000 don’t pay any income tax. The top 1 percent in our country pay 40%."
Kelly E. Hastings stated on June 30, 2019 in On twitter: Said, "The Seven Years’ War led to near bankruptcy for many countries; Britain’s need to raise taxes fueled the American desire for independence."
Scott Neitzel stated on May 12, 2019 in a TV interview: The state contributed $80 million for the new Bucks arena, but new income tax revenue from basketball events alone "is estimated to be probably over $600 million over the life of the lease."
Levar Stoney stated on May 14, 2019 in a radio interview.: "Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates."
Joel Griffith stated on April 28, 2019 in an op-ed on Fox News: "Of the 14 wealthy OECD countries with a wealth tax in 1996, 10 have since then abandoned it."
John Nygren stated on January 11, 2019 in a tweet: "Today, property taxes are lower than they were in 2010."
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."
