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All Fact-checks for Taxes

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."

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stated on May 2, 2020 in a Facebook post

Gas is under $1 in 13 states, but $2.27 in Pennsylvania, because of the governor.

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stated on April 12, 2020 in social media posts

The $1,200 coronavirus relief checks this year are “just an advance on your next tax return. … Next year, you're automatically going to owe $1,200 come tax season.”

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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.

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stated on January 20, 2020 in a public forum

“The average (Wisconsin) resident’s tax burden is at its lowest level in nearly 50 years while incomes continue to grow.”

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Republican National Committee

stated on March 5, 2020 in a mass email

On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.

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stated on February 28, 2020 in a Facebook post

“I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt.”

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stated on February 25, 2020 in a TV interview

Says California has a top income tax rate of 13.3% “and people aren’t leaving.”

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stated on February 29, 2020 in a post on Facebook

“Bernie Logic: Nobody can live on $7 an hour. We must raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Also we must raise the tax rate to 52%. $15 an hour * 52% = $7.80. $15 an hour - $7.80 = $7.20. $7.20 an hour!!!”

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stated on February 20, 2020 in an image

“Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.”

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stated on February 19, 2020 in the Democratic debate in Nevada

The budget hole in Bernie Sanders’ plans “is bigger than the size of the entire economy of the United States."

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stated on February 15, 2020 in a speech in Las Vegas

Says Mike Bloomberg “opposed modest proposals during Barack Obama’s presidency to raise taxes on the wealthy, while advocating for cuts to Medicare and Social Security.”

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stated on January 22, 2020 in a news release

Says Gov. Tony Evers "proposed raising taxes on the agriculture industry to pay for expanded welfare programs."

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stated on January 22, 2020 in the State of the State

“I delivered on my campaign promise for a 10% tax cut for Wisconsin families.”

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Veronica Escobar

stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech

“The president has exploded the debt by more than $3 trillion — all to give billion-dollar tax cuts to the wealthiest few.”

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stated on July 13, 2018 in a Facebook post

Says the Democratic Party "took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it" and "eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding."

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stated on January 18, 2020 in a speech

Says Oregon’s highest income tax bracket included anyone making more than $250,000 in 2012 before the state expanded its upper bracket to include "anyone making more than $125,000."

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stated on December 31, 2019 in social media posts

"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."

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stated on November 23, 2019 in a Facebook post

Up until 1913 Americans kept all of their earnings.

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stated on January 8, 2020 in a speech

"We have the lowest corporate tax rate since 1968."

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The Senate stimulus bill: What’s in it for you

The Senate stimulus bill: What’s in it for you

By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2020