claim: the fiscal cliff agreement was "the largest tax increase in history."
author: paul ryan
evidence_1: jan 1, 2013 ... the senate passed the agreement with the white house by 89 to 9. ... to defend  the measure as the “largest tax cut in american history.” ... to sign the fiscal cliff  measure, which calls for the top tax rate to rise immediately from ...
evidence_2: fiscal cliff deal: don't uncork the champagne just yet ... congressional leaders  made a deal, averting the largest tax increase in history and staving off – at ...
evidence_3: jan 1, 2013 ... fiscal cliff package maintains parity between dividend and capital gains tax  rates ... the largest tax increase in history from occurring, a tax increase that ...  the agreement permanently sets the top tax rate for both dividends ...
evidence_4: the phrase bush tax cuts refers to changes to the united states tax code passed  originally ... in 2012, during the fiscal cliff, the tax cuts were made permanent for  single people earning less than $400,000 per year and couples making less than  ... before the tax cuts, the highest marginal income tax rate was 39.6 percent.
evidence_5: dec 19, 2012 ... house speaker john boehner pressed his backup tax plan wednesday ... or he  can be responsible for the largest tax increase in american history. ... veto  boehner's "plan b," pressing instead for a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff.