56 People 22391 Fact-checks 7738 Articles People (56) The Breaking Dawn Tax March Fresh Start PA United Auto Workers Students for Trump Vets for Trump No Tax For Tracks The Tax Foundation Council for the National Interest The Trump Talks Donald Trump Tiffany Trump Eric Trump Melania Trump Ivanka Trump President Trump's lawyers Donald Trump Jr. Wisconsin Trump Victory Public Interest Legal Foundation Americans Against Food Taxes Fact-checks (22391) Hakeem Jeffries stated on July 02, 2025 in a House floor speech: President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.” By Louis Jacobson• July 8, 2025 Americans for Prosperity stated on April 26, 2012 in a TV ad: Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland." By Becky Bowers• May 3, 2012 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.” By Tom Kertscher• February 26, 2020 Barack Obama stated on January 07, 2015 in a speech in Detroit: "The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in." By Steve Contorno• January 22, 2015 Sherrod Brown stated on May 14, 2012 in an email campaign statement: Says Josh Mandel opposed federal loans to the auto industry. By Henry J. Gomez• May 18, 2012 Barack Obama stated on March 15, 2012 in in campaign video “The Road We’ve Traveled”: "(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans." By Becky Bowers• March 21, 2012 Jim Renacci stated on January 04, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: "For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . ." By Tom Feran• February 9, 2011 Mitt Romney stated on October 29, 2012 in a television ad: Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs. By Jon Greenberg• October 30, 2012 Sherrod Brown stated on April 15, 2012 in a news release: Says the average Ohio student graduates from a four-year college or university with nearly $27,000 in tuition debt. By Tom Feran• May 7, 2012 David Axelrod stated on January 15, 2010 in an op-ed in the Washington Post.: When President Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. When he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion. By Catharine Richert• January 15, 2010 Pete Gallego stated on May 14, 2014 in an email blast: "The average student loan debt in Texas is over $22,000...the cost of an average size pickup truck." But unlike car owners, "students are not allowed to refinance their loans at lower rates." By W. Gardner Selby• June 9, 2014 Hillary Clinton stated on May 16, 2016 in remarks at a Kentucky rally: "We just had the best year for the auto industry in America in history." By Lauren Carroll• May 20, 2016 Mitt Romney stated on October 03, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: "In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world … into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1." By Becky Bowers• October 5, 2012 Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2022 in a post: Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service. By Jeff Cercone• August 30, 2022 Bill Pascrell stated on March 19, 2012 in a news release: Says Congressman Steve Rothman voted against funding for President Barack Obama’s auto bailout and would have let automakers go bankrupt. By Bill Wichert• March 29, 2012 Kelly Ayotte stated on May 08, 2012 in an email to the news media: Says the Affordable Care Act was a federal takeover of the student loan industry and ‘profits’ on the loans go to help pay for the health care law. By Maryalice Gill• June 1, 2012 Ed Whitacre stated on April 21, 2010 in a TV ad: GM has "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule." By Robert Farley• April 27, 2010 Tim Canova stated on March 24, 2016 in campaign website: "After taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street banks, (Debbie Wasserman Schultz) has voted to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from regulating payday loans and addressing racial discrimination in car loans." By Amy Sherman• March 30, 2016 Instagram posts stated on December 19, 2023 in a video: Video shows Trump promising to pause student loan payments and cancel payroll tax if reelected in 2024. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• January 4, 2024 Pat McCrory stated on September 17, 2021 in a radio interview: Ted Budd’s family used AgriBioTech money to help “give donations to these Washington special interest groups that are running negative ads against me in the Senate race.” By Paul Specht• October 8, 2021 Articles (7738) With cars, Obama finds it's not easy being green By J.B. Wogan• August 17, 2012 Are auto companies paid up with American taxpayers? By Robert Farley• May 26, 2011 How big is America’s household debt burden today? Overall, not so bad By Louis Jacobson• December 27, 2019 A family budget is often invoked in U.S. debt fights. Just how similar is it to a federal budget? By Louis Jacobson• May 17, 2023 Joe Biden’s promises on the economy: A closer look By Louis Jacobson• January 22, 2021 With the budget done, a look at Walker's tax-related promises By Dave Umhoefer• July 11, 2011 Facts on Financial Reform By Angie Drobnic Holan, Lukas Pleva• July 16, 2010 As auto industry plateaus, Donald Trump touts car plants that don’t exist By Jon Greenberg• October 22, 2020 Donald Trump’s off-base claims about electric car ‘mandates’ and markets By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2023 So what is the debt ceiling all about anyway? By Louis Jacobson• September 7, 2017 Donald Trump’s executive action on student loans, explained By Sophie Austin• August 11, 2020 The effects of Donald Trump's trade war By Manuela Tobias• July 30, 2018 By the numbers: Is college worth the cost? By Bill McCarthy• September 5, 2019 Trump proposed $2,000 payments for Americans from tariff dividends. Would that work? By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 10, 2025 Did Donald Trump inherit 'a mess' from Barack Obama? By Louis Jacobson• February 17, 2017 The Senate stimulus bill: What’s in it for you By Louis Jacobson• March 26, 2020 Spotlight on 6 of Joe Biden’s campaign promises as he gives the 2024 State of the Union By Matthew Crowley• March 7, 2024 Inside the SC Johnson vs. David Cay Johnston dispute on corporate taxes By Dave Umhoefer• September 12, 2011 Fact-checking night one of the 2020 DNC By PolitiFact Staff • August 18, 2020 Fact-checking taxes in the presidential race By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 16, 2012
The Breaking Dawn Tax March Fresh Start PA United Auto Workers Students for Trump Vets for Trump No Tax For Tracks The Tax Foundation Council for the National Interest The Trump Talks Donald Trump Tiffany Trump Eric Trump Melania Trump Ivanka Trump President Trump's lawyers Donald Trump Jr. Wisconsin Trump Victory Public Interest Legal Foundation Americans Against Food Taxes
Hakeem Jeffries stated on July 02, 2025 in a House floor speech: President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.” By Louis Jacobson• July 8, 2025 Americans for Prosperity stated on April 26, 2012 in a TV ad: Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland." By Becky Bowers• May 3, 2012 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.” By Tom Kertscher• February 26, 2020 Barack Obama stated on January 07, 2015 in a speech in Detroit: "The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in." By Steve Contorno• January 22, 2015 Sherrod Brown stated on May 14, 2012 in an email campaign statement: Says Josh Mandel opposed federal loans to the auto industry. By Henry J. Gomez• May 18, 2012 Barack Obama stated on March 15, 2012 in in campaign video “The Road We’ve Traveled”: "(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans." By Becky Bowers• March 21, 2012 Jim Renacci stated on January 04, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: "For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . ." By Tom Feran• February 9, 2011 Mitt Romney stated on October 29, 2012 in a television ad: Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs. By Jon Greenberg• October 30, 2012 Sherrod Brown stated on April 15, 2012 in a news release: Says the average Ohio student graduates from a four-year college or university with nearly $27,000 in tuition debt. By Tom Feran• May 7, 2012 David Axelrod stated on January 15, 2010 in an op-ed in the Washington Post.: When President Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. When he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion. By Catharine Richert• January 15, 2010 Pete Gallego stated on May 14, 2014 in an email blast: "The average student loan debt in Texas is over $22,000...the cost of an average size pickup truck." But unlike car owners, "students are not allowed to refinance their loans at lower rates." By W. Gardner Selby• June 9, 2014 Hillary Clinton stated on May 16, 2016 in remarks at a Kentucky rally: "We just had the best year for the auto industry in America in history." By Lauren Carroll• May 20, 2016 Mitt Romney stated on October 03, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: "In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world … into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1." By Becky Bowers• October 5, 2012 Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2022 in a post: Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service. By Jeff Cercone• August 30, 2022 Bill Pascrell stated on March 19, 2012 in a news release: Says Congressman Steve Rothman voted against funding for President Barack Obama’s auto bailout and would have let automakers go bankrupt. By Bill Wichert• March 29, 2012 Kelly Ayotte stated on May 08, 2012 in an email to the news media: Says the Affordable Care Act was a federal takeover of the student loan industry and ‘profits’ on the loans go to help pay for the health care law. By Maryalice Gill• June 1, 2012 Ed Whitacre stated on April 21, 2010 in a TV ad: GM has "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule." By Robert Farley• April 27, 2010 Tim Canova stated on March 24, 2016 in campaign website: "After taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street banks, (Debbie Wasserman Schultz) has voted to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from regulating payday loans and addressing racial discrimination in car loans." By Amy Sherman• March 30, 2016 Instagram posts stated on December 19, 2023 in a video: Video shows Trump promising to pause student loan payments and cancel payroll tax if reelected in 2024. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• January 4, 2024 Pat McCrory stated on September 17, 2021 in a radio interview: Ted Budd’s family used AgriBioTech money to help “give donations to these Washington special interest groups that are running negative ads against me in the Senate race.” By Paul Specht• October 8, 2021
With cars, Obama finds it's not easy being green By J.B. Wogan• August 17, 2012 Are auto companies paid up with American taxpayers? By Robert Farley• May 26, 2011 How big is America’s household debt burden today? Overall, not so bad By Louis Jacobson• December 27, 2019 A family budget is often invoked in U.S. debt fights. Just how similar is it to a federal budget? By Louis Jacobson• May 17, 2023 Joe Biden’s promises on the economy: A closer look By Louis Jacobson• January 22, 2021 With the budget done, a look at Walker's tax-related promises By Dave Umhoefer• July 11, 2011 Facts on Financial Reform By Angie Drobnic Holan, Lukas Pleva• July 16, 2010 As auto industry plateaus, Donald Trump touts car plants that don’t exist By Jon Greenberg• October 22, 2020 Donald Trump’s off-base claims about electric car ‘mandates’ and markets By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2023 So what is the debt ceiling all about anyway? By Louis Jacobson• September 7, 2017 Donald Trump’s executive action on student loans, explained By Sophie Austin• August 11, 2020 The effects of Donald Trump's trade war By Manuela Tobias• July 30, 2018 By the numbers: Is college worth the cost? By Bill McCarthy• September 5, 2019 Trump proposed $2,000 payments for Americans from tariff dividends. Would that work? By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 10, 2025 Did Donald Trump inherit 'a mess' from Barack Obama? By Louis Jacobson• February 17, 2017 The Senate stimulus bill: What’s in it for you By Louis Jacobson• March 26, 2020 Spotlight on 6 of Joe Biden’s campaign promises as he gives the 2024 State of the Union By Matthew Crowley• March 7, 2024 Inside the SC Johnson vs. David Cay Johnston dispute on corporate taxes By Dave Umhoefer• September 12, 2011 Fact-checking night one of the 2020 DNC By PolitiFact Staff • August 18, 2020 Fact-checking taxes in the presidential race By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 16, 2012
