Latest Mostly True 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 Progressive Change Campaign Committee stated on March 2, 2011 in a television ad: Under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposals, "Money is being taken away from workers, and the tax breaks given to major corporations. " Sheldon Whitehouse stated on February 13, 2011 in a speech : The richest 400 taxpayers are taxed at a lower rate than a $29,000-a-year worker Donna Brazile stated on February 20, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.": "The (Wisconsin) governor has proposed tax giveaways to corporations." Barack Obama stated on February 6, 2011 in an interview on Super Bowl Sunday: "I lowered taxes over the last two years." Rachel Maddow stated on January 21, 2011 in HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "From 1980 to 1990, the top 1 percent saw their income go up by roughly 80 percent" while "the median wage in the country over (the same) 10 years went up 3 percent." Mike Villarreal stated on January 7, 2011 in an op-ed column.: Says that over the last decade, the state's population grew three times faster than the Texas state tax system. Paul Krugman stated on January 6, 2011 in an op-ed column.: Says that "data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggest that the Texas budget gap is worse than New York’s, about as bad as California’s, but not quite up to New Jersey levels." Lloyd Doggett stated on December 12, 2010 in an interview.: "The richest 1 percent of America will get a bigger tax cut through this bill than the family income of the average family here in Central Texas." Pat Toomey stated on January 2, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We have the highest (corporate tax rates) in the world right now." 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. 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." 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." 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." 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." 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." 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." Jeff Brandes stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign video: Bill Heller "raises taxes. Property taxes. Small business taxes. He even wants to tax the Internet. Mr. Heller said no to balancing the federal budget, that puts more debt on our kids." Lloyd Doggett stated on October 27, 2010 in a campaign mailer: "Donna Campbell has called for ending all federal funding for education" Jack Conway stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Rand Paul wants "to end all federal faith-based initiatives, and even end the deduction for religious charities." Casey Cagle stated on September 5, 2010 in a speech: Georgia lawmakers balanced the budget without raising taxes on residents. Christine O'Donnell stated on October 11, 2010 in a campaign video: "One man (New Castle, Del., County Executive, Chris Coons) thought property taxes should be hiked almost 50 percent." John Kasich stated on October 4, 2010 in a news conference: "(Strickland) raised taxes last year to the tune of $840 million." Armond Budish stated on September 22, 2010 in a news conference: "Never once did they (House Republicans) actually cut spending or reduce the state budget. Even when they cut taxes in 2005, they increased spending. They never paid for their tax cuts." Marco Rubio stated on October 6, 2010 in an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.: "The years that I was speaker, the Florida House consistently offered leaner budgets than the governor offered." Barack Obama stated on September 20, 2010 in a televised town hall: "Our tax rates are lower now than they were under Ronald Reagan. They're much lower than they were under Dwight Eisenhower." Jerry Brown stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Taxes went down under Jerry Brown." Austan Goolsbee stated on September 12, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Extending current tax rates would "average more than $100,000 a year to millionaires and even billionaires." Joe Sestak stated on August 31, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes."
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Progressive Change Campaign Committee stated on March 2, 2011 in a television ad: Under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposals, "Money is being taken away from workers, and the tax breaks given to major corporations. " Sheldon Whitehouse stated on February 13, 2011 in a speech : The richest 400 taxpayers are taxed at a lower rate than a $29,000-a-year worker Donna Brazile stated on February 20, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.": "The (Wisconsin) governor has proposed tax giveaways to corporations." Barack Obama stated on February 6, 2011 in an interview on Super Bowl Sunday: "I lowered taxes over the last two years." Rachel Maddow stated on January 21, 2011 in HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "From 1980 to 1990, the top 1 percent saw their income go up by roughly 80 percent" while "the median wage in the country over (the same) 10 years went up 3 percent." Mike Villarreal stated on January 7, 2011 in an op-ed column.: Says that over the last decade, the state's population grew three times faster than the Texas state tax system. Paul Krugman stated on January 6, 2011 in an op-ed column.: Says that "data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggest that the Texas budget gap is worse than New York’s, about as bad as California’s, but not quite up to New Jersey levels." Lloyd Doggett stated on December 12, 2010 in an interview.: "The richest 1 percent of America will get a bigger tax cut through this bill than the family income of the average family here in Central Texas." Pat Toomey stated on January 2, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We have the highest (corporate tax rates) in the world right now." 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. 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." 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." 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." 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." 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." 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." Jeff Brandes stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign video: Bill Heller "raises taxes. Property taxes. Small business taxes. He even wants to tax the Internet. Mr. Heller said no to balancing the federal budget, that puts more debt on our kids." Lloyd Doggett stated on October 27, 2010 in a campaign mailer: "Donna Campbell has called for ending all federal funding for education" Jack Conway stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Rand Paul wants "to end all federal faith-based initiatives, and even end the deduction for religious charities." Casey Cagle stated on September 5, 2010 in a speech: Georgia lawmakers balanced the budget without raising taxes on residents. Christine O'Donnell stated on October 11, 2010 in a campaign video: "One man (New Castle, Del., County Executive, Chris Coons) thought property taxes should be hiked almost 50 percent." John Kasich stated on October 4, 2010 in a news conference: "(Strickland) raised taxes last year to the tune of $840 million." Armond Budish stated on September 22, 2010 in a news conference: "Never once did they (House Republicans) actually cut spending or reduce the state budget. Even when they cut taxes in 2005, they increased spending. They never paid for their tax cuts." Marco Rubio stated on October 6, 2010 in an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.: "The years that I was speaker, the Florida House consistently offered leaner budgets than the governor offered." Barack Obama stated on September 20, 2010 in a televised town hall: "Our tax rates are lower now than they were under Ronald Reagan. They're much lower than they were under Dwight Eisenhower." Jerry Brown stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Taxes went down under Jerry Brown." Austan Goolsbee stated on September 12, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Extending current tax rates would "average more than $100,000 a year to millionaires and even billionaires." Joe Sestak stated on August 31, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes."
Progressive Change Campaign Committee stated on March 2, 2011 in a television ad: Under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposals, "Money is being taken away from workers, and the tax breaks given to major corporations. "
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on February 13, 2011 in a speech : The richest 400 taxpayers are taxed at a lower rate than a $29,000-a-year worker
Donna Brazile stated on February 20, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.": "The (Wisconsin) governor has proposed tax giveaways to corporations."
Barack Obama stated on February 6, 2011 in an interview on Super Bowl Sunday: "I lowered taxes over the last two years."
Rachel Maddow stated on January 21, 2011 in HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "From 1980 to 1990, the top 1 percent saw their income go up by roughly 80 percent" while "the median wage in the country over (the same) 10 years went up 3 percent."
Mike Villarreal stated on January 7, 2011 in an op-ed column.: Says that over the last decade, the state's population grew three times faster than the Texas state tax system.
Paul Krugman stated on January 6, 2011 in an op-ed column.: Says that "data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggest that the Texas budget gap is worse than New York’s, about as bad as California’s, but not quite up to New Jersey levels."
Lloyd Doggett stated on December 12, 2010 in an interview.: "The richest 1 percent of America will get a bigger tax cut through this bill than the family income of the average family here in Central Texas."
Pat Toomey stated on January 2, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We have the highest (corporate tax rates) in the world right now."
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.
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."
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."
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."
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."
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."
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."
Jeff Brandes stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign video: Bill Heller "raises taxes. Property taxes. Small business taxes. He even wants to tax the Internet. Mr. Heller said no to balancing the federal budget, that puts more debt on our kids."
Lloyd Doggett stated on October 27, 2010 in a campaign mailer: "Donna Campbell has called for ending all federal funding for education"
Jack Conway stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Rand Paul wants "to end all federal faith-based initiatives, and even end the deduction for religious charities."
Casey Cagle stated on September 5, 2010 in a speech: Georgia lawmakers balanced the budget without raising taxes on residents.
Christine O'Donnell stated on October 11, 2010 in a campaign video: "One man (New Castle, Del., County Executive, Chris Coons) thought property taxes should be hiked almost 50 percent."
John Kasich stated on October 4, 2010 in a news conference: "(Strickland) raised taxes last year to the tune of $840 million."
Armond Budish stated on September 22, 2010 in a news conference: "Never once did they (House Republicans) actually cut spending or reduce the state budget. Even when they cut taxes in 2005, they increased spending. They never paid for their tax cuts."
Marco Rubio stated on October 6, 2010 in an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.: "The years that I was speaker, the Florida House consistently offered leaner budgets than the governor offered."
Barack Obama stated on September 20, 2010 in a televised town hall: "Our tax rates are lower now than they were under Ronald Reagan. They're much lower than they were under Dwight Eisenhower."
Austan Goolsbee stated on September 12, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Extending current tax rates would "average more than $100,000 a year to millionaires and even billionaires."
Joe Sestak stated on August 31, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes."
