he's raised taxes on your food, on your paycheck, on online purchases, and more for a total of three billion dollars in tax increases over eight years
OverstatedRyan Fazio, at Connecticut Governor General Election Debate (WTNH News 8)
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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figure ($3 billion) and timeframe (8 years) attributed to the opponent's tax record — verifiable against legislative and budget records
What we foundThe $3 billion figure is Fazio's own cumulative tally and is methodologically contested; the specific tax categories cited (food, paycheck, online purchases) are real but the framing is imprecise or disputed in important ways.