claim: the obama administration has been "raising taxes."
author: mike pence
evidence_1: jan 19, 2017 ... while obama did raise some taxes, mostly to pay for obamacare, there was no ...  the tobacco tax has been at least partly successful at reducing use. ... any  upcoming trump administration tax reform, including current house ...
evidence_2: a 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco: on february 4, 2009 , ... days into his administration, obama signed into law a 156 percent increase in  the .... were issued, tanning excise tax returns had been due for three quarters.
evidence_3: nov 11, 2014 ... during a meeting with congressional leaders at the white house on ... tax had  increased since 1990, and previous payroll tax hikes had been ...
evidence_4: jan 17, 2015 ... president obama will use his state of the union address tuesday to call on ...  years of tuition-free community college, which the white house has said ... tax  hikes only negates the benefits of the tax policies that have been ...
evidence_5: president obama pledged before he was elected not to raise ... roughly one-fifth  of the amount if the tax cuts had been allowed to ...