Claim: "The expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts ... would be the biggest tax increase in the history of the country, about $4.6 trillion over 10 years."
Fact-check: Charlie Bass says expiration of Bush tax cuts would be highest tax increase in history
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Jake Berry
Date published: 2012-05-11T00:00:00