Latest 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 Fred Thompson stated on November 5, 2007 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.: Huckabee "was one of the highest taxing governors that we had in this country and rivaling Bill Clinton in terms of the Cato ratings." John McCain stated on September 28, 2007 in a speech to the Hispanic Business Expo in Detroit.: "Our tax code is so complicated it extracts $140 billion in extra tax preparation costs every year - one thousand dollars for every American family." Rudy Giuliani stated on September 5, 2007 in a newspaper column: "The Alternative Minimum Tax...was created by Congress in 1969 to affect 155 wealthy Americans. Because it was never indexed for inflation, those original 155 taxpayers has increased to affect about 3.5-million in 2006." Hillary Clinton stated on October 30, 2007 in Philadelphia: "The Alternative Minimum Tax was never intended to hit people in middle income, upper middle income. It was meant for people who are rich and evading taxes." John Edwards stated on September 20, 2007 in Davenport, Iowa: "What happens is people like Warren Buffett — and he says this himself...pay 15 percent on the millions of dollars that they earn from wealth income... while their secretary is paying a higher rate on her work income. It's not right." Mitt Romney stated on October 16, 2007 in a radio ad.: Mitt Romney boasts that he is "proud to be the only major candidate for president to sign the tax pledge. The others have not." Rudy Giuliani stated on October 9, 2007 in a debate in Dearborn, Mich.: "I cut taxes 23 times when I was mayor of New York City." Mitt Romney stated on September 21, 2007 in a television ad.: "The Republican governor who stood up and cut spending instead of raising taxes." Mitt Romney stated on April 26, 2007 in Stratham, N.H.: "Senator McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts. Now he's for them." Rudy Giuliani stated on July 30, 2007 in a speech in Laconia, New Hampshire.: "Democrats are kind of falling over each other seeing who can raise taxes faster. It looks like they're going to raise taxes anywhere between 20 to 30 percent." Bill Richardson stated on May 10, 2007 in a TV Ad.: "I used tax cuts to help create over 80,000 jobs in New Mexico."
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Fred Thompson stated on November 5, 2007 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.: Huckabee "was one of the highest taxing governors that we had in this country and rivaling Bill Clinton in terms of the Cato ratings." John McCain stated on September 28, 2007 in a speech to the Hispanic Business Expo in Detroit.: "Our tax code is so complicated it extracts $140 billion in extra tax preparation costs every year - one thousand dollars for every American family." Rudy Giuliani stated on September 5, 2007 in a newspaper column: "The Alternative Minimum Tax...was created by Congress in 1969 to affect 155 wealthy Americans. Because it was never indexed for inflation, those original 155 taxpayers has increased to affect about 3.5-million in 2006." Hillary Clinton stated on October 30, 2007 in Philadelphia: "The Alternative Minimum Tax was never intended to hit people in middle income, upper middle income. It was meant for people who are rich and evading taxes." John Edwards stated on September 20, 2007 in Davenport, Iowa: "What happens is people like Warren Buffett — and he says this himself...pay 15 percent on the millions of dollars that they earn from wealth income... while their secretary is paying a higher rate on her work income. It's not right." Mitt Romney stated on October 16, 2007 in a radio ad.: Mitt Romney boasts that he is "proud to be the only major candidate for president to sign the tax pledge. The others have not." Rudy Giuliani stated on October 9, 2007 in a debate in Dearborn, Mich.: "I cut taxes 23 times when I was mayor of New York City." Mitt Romney stated on September 21, 2007 in a television ad.: "The Republican governor who stood up and cut spending instead of raising taxes." Mitt Romney stated on April 26, 2007 in Stratham, N.H.: "Senator McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts. Now he's for them." Rudy Giuliani stated on July 30, 2007 in a speech in Laconia, New Hampshire.: "Democrats are kind of falling over each other seeing who can raise taxes faster. It looks like they're going to raise taxes anywhere between 20 to 30 percent." Bill Richardson stated on May 10, 2007 in a TV Ad.: "I used tax cuts to help create over 80,000 jobs in New Mexico."
Fred Thompson stated on November 5, 2007 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.: Huckabee "was one of the highest taxing governors that we had in this country and rivaling Bill Clinton in terms of the Cato ratings."
John McCain stated on September 28, 2007 in a speech to the Hispanic Business Expo in Detroit.: "Our tax code is so complicated it extracts $140 billion in extra tax preparation costs every year - one thousand dollars for every American family."
Rudy Giuliani stated on September 5, 2007 in a newspaper column: "The Alternative Minimum Tax...was created by Congress in 1969 to affect 155 wealthy Americans. Because it was never indexed for inflation, those original 155 taxpayers has increased to affect about 3.5-million in 2006."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 30, 2007 in Philadelphia: "The Alternative Minimum Tax was never intended to hit people in middle income, upper middle income. It was meant for people who are rich and evading taxes."
John Edwards stated on September 20, 2007 in Davenport, Iowa: "What happens is people like Warren Buffett — and he says this himself...pay 15 percent on the millions of dollars that they earn from wealth income... while their secretary is paying a higher rate on her work income. It's not right."
Mitt Romney stated on October 16, 2007 in a radio ad.: Mitt Romney boasts that he is "proud to be the only major candidate for president to sign the tax pledge. The others have not."
Rudy Giuliani stated on October 9, 2007 in a debate in Dearborn, Mich.: "I cut taxes 23 times when I was mayor of New York City."
Mitt Romney stated on September 21, 2007 in a television ad.: "The Republican governor who stood up and cut spending instead of raising taxes."
Mitt Romney stated on April 26, 2007 in Stratham, N.H.: "Senator McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts. Now he's for them."
Rudy Giuliani stated on July 30, 2007 in a speech in Laconia, New Hampshire.: "Democrats are kind of falling over each other seeing who can raise taxes faster. It looks like they're going to raise taxes anywhere between 20 to 30 percent."
Bill Richardson stated on May 10, 2007 in a TV Ad.: "I used tax cuts to help create over 80,000 jobs in New Mexico."
