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 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." Alan Grayson stated on August 27, 2010 in an ad.: "When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office." AFSCME stated on August 17, 2010 in a television election ad: "Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen." Committee to Protect Florida stated on August 2, 2010 in in a mailer: Kathryn Starkey "only attended half of those meetings." Republican Party of Texas stated on July 19, 2010 in a message on Twitter: Says President Barack Obama initially said the national health-care mandate isn't a tax, but his administration now says it is a tax. Rick Scott stated on July 25, 2010 in campaign materials.: "My 7-step plan" creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years. Rachel Maddow stated on July 19, 2010 in comments on her MSNBC show.: Marco Rubio's "economic proposals will add $3.5 trillion to the federal deficit." Ed Gillespie stated on July 11, 2010 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press: Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had "52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation" and "revenues were at an all-time high in 2007." Lincoln Chafee stated on June 18, 2010 in Lincoln Chafee, a posting on his website, Chafee for Governor: If Rhode Island applied a 1-percent sales tax on all items exempt from sales tax, ''the state would receive an additional $89,376,857.'' Hillsborough Area Regional Transit stated on June 18, 2010 in a brochure : The addition of a 1 percent sales tax would cost a typical household in Hillsborough County approximately $12 a month. J.D. Hayworth stated on June 4, 2010 in a campaign commercial: John McCain "voted against the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, wrongly claiming they helped only the rich."
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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." Alan Grayson stated on August 27, 2010 in an ad.: "When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office." AFSCME stated on August 17, 2010 in a television election ad: "Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen." Committee to Protect Florida stated on August 2, 2010 in in a mailer: Kathryn Starkey "only attended half of those meetings." Republican Party of Texas stated on July 19, 2010 in a message on Twitter: Says President Barack Obama initially said the national health-care mandate isn't a tax, but his administration now says it is a tax. Rick Scott stated on July 25, 2010 in campaign materials.: "My 7-step plan" creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years. Rachel Maddow stated on July 19, 2010 in comments on her MSNBC show.: Marco Rubio's "economic proposals will add $3.5 trillion to the federal deficit." Ed Gillespie stated on July 11, 2010 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press: Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had "52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation" and "revenues were at an all-time high in 2007." Lincoln Chafee stated on June 18, 2010 in Lincoln Chafee, a posting on his website, Chafee for Governor: If Rhode Island applied a 1-percent sales tax on all items exempt from sales tax, ''the state would receive an additional $89,376,857.'' Hillsborough Area Regional Transit stated on June 18, 2010 in a brochure : The addition of a 1 percent sales tax would cost a typical household in Hillsborough County approximately $12 a month. J.D. Hayworth stated on June 4, 2010 in a campaign commercial: John McCain "voted against the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, wrongly claiming they helped only the rich."
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."
Alan Grayson stated on August 27, 2010 in an ad.: "When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office."
AFSCME stated on August 17, 2010 in a television election ad: "Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen."
Committee to Protect Florida stated on August 2, 2010 in in a mailer: Kathryn Starkey "only attended half of those meetings."
Republican Party of Texas stated on July 19, 2010 in a message on Twitter: Says President Barack Obama initially said the national health-care mandate isn't a tax, but his administration now says it is a tax.
Rick Scott stated on July 25, 2010 in campaign materials.: "My 7-step plan" creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years.
Rachel Maddow stated on July 19, 2010 in comments on her MSNBC show.: Marco Rubio's "economic proposals will add $3.5 trillion to the federal deficit."
Ed Gillespie stated on July 11, 2010 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press: Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had "52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation" and "revenues were at an all-time high in 2007."
Lincoln Chafee stated on June 18, 2010 in Lincoln Chafee, a posting on his website, Chafee for Governor: If Rhode Island applied a 1-percent sales tax on all items exempt from sales tax, ''the state would receive an additional $89,376,857.''
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit stated on June 18, 2010 in a brochure : The addition of a 1 percent sales tax would cost a typical household in Hillsborough County approximately $12 a month.
J.D. Hayworth stated on June 4, 2010 in a campaign commercial: John McCain "voted against the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, wrongly claiming they helped only the rich."
