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Tag Archives: taxes
Fiscal FactCheck
Washington’s spending has recently been higher as a percentage of the nation’s economic output than at any time since World War II. But by the same measure, Washington’s revenues are the lowest in more than 60 years. …
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Pawlenty, Taxes and Budget Crises
Tim Pawlenty misled readers in an op-ed by saying he solved Minnesota's budget crisis in 2005 without raising taxes. Pawlenty's 75-cents-per-pack cigarette tax — which he called a "health impact fee" — helped forge a budget deal and end a nine-day partial government shutdown. In a July 12 op-ed piece …
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Fun with Deficit Statistics
Q: Is it true that this year’s deficit is greater than the total taxable income of Americans earning more than $100,000? A: No, it’s not true. The statistic comes from a Wall Street Journal editorial, which has been corrected.
Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged deficit, sunday talk shows, taxes, Tom Coburn, wall street journal
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Sunday Replay
Surprisingly – considering that the topic du jour was taxes, which means numbers – the flubs and fibs on the Dec. 12 talk shows were few, and relatively minor. Not So Out-of-Context On "Meet the Press," the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Austan Goolsbee, claimed host …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Austan Goolsbee, David Axelrod, sunday talk shows, taxes
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Whoppers of Campaign 2010
Midterm elections are an embarrassment of riches for fact-checkers — this year more than others. With Democrats fighting desperately to keep control of the House and Senate, and a torrent of money from corporations and other undisclosed …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged 2010 midterm elections, Bailout, FairTax, health care law, Social Security, stimulus, taxes, whoppers
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Tall Tax Tales
Republican Sharron Angle says in a TV ad that Nevada Sen. Harry Reid “voted to raise taxes” 300 times. A “staggering 300 times.” He didn’t. We reviewed the 304 votes provided by the Angle campaign and found its final tally was padded …
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