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Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on December 8, 2022 Twitter
"Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men."
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By D.L. Davis • December 16, 2022
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on March 15, 2022 a tweet.
“Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men.”
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By Warren Fiske • March 18, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 23, 2021 Twitter
“It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all.”
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By Madeline Heim • June 19, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on March 10, 2021 a speech
“If you look at the average teacher pay compared to the average pay of your citizens, Virginia ranks last.”
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By Warren Fiske • March 22, 2021
Roger Roth
Roger Roth
stated on January 20, 2020 a public forum
“The average (Wisconsin) resident’s tax burden is at its lowest level in nearly 50 years while incomes continue to grow.”
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By Nusaiba Mizan • March 11, 2020
Mike Romano
Mike Romano
stated on December 8, 2018 an op-ed
"Adjusting for inflation, West Virginia’s median household income has not grown in a decade."
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By Shannon MacNeil • December 12, 2018
Mike Romano
Mike Romano
stated on November 8, 2018 an op-ed
"In 2017, West Virginia’s $43,469 median household income was $16,867 below the national average, ranking 50th."
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By Julia Mellett, Sadaf Nikzad • December 7, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 31, 2018 a tweet
"Since taking office, we have enacted more than $8 billion in cumulative tax relief."  
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June 22, 2018
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on October 18, 2017 an interview
What Republicans call the "death tax" is the estate tax "on the ultra wealthy" which, in 2016, was paid by only "two out of every 1,000 people."  
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October 27, 2017
Habitat for Humanity of Broward
Habitat for Humanity of Broward
stated on March 16, 2017 a press release
"South Florida ranks No. 1 in the gap between wages and housing."
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By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 21, 2017 an interview
The GOP’s Obamacare replacement would reduce subsidies that help lower-income people buy health insurance, but also "expand the entitlement" by giving subsidies to higher-income people "that Obamacare never helped."
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March 23, 2017
Bono
Bono
stated on February 17, 2017 a speech at the Munich Security Conference
"For every extra year a girl goes to school, her income goes up 12 percent."  
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By Jon Greenberg • February 22, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 10, 2017 In a speech
Wisconsin property taxes, as a percentage of personal income, "are the lowest that they've been since the end of World War II."
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January 13, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 15, 2016 a speech
"Latinos are 17 percent of our country's population but hold only 2 percent of its wealth."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 19, 2016
Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling
stated on May 11, 2016 a teleconference
Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average --  would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined."
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May 20, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on April 28, 2016 an official announcement
North Carolina has "one of the fastest growing populations as well as the fastest growing economy in the country."
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By Will Doran • April 29, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 9, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com
"Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2016
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 24, 2015 a radio show.
"Six of the 10 richest counties in the United States surround Washington, D.C."
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By Sean Gorman • September 29, 2015
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on July 27, 2015 his year-in-review speech
"Less than half of the poorest American households have a home Internet subscription."
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By Bradley Saacks • August 20, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2015 a campaign rally speech
"The top 25 hedge fund managers (are) making more than all of America's kindergarten teachers combined."
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By Lauren Carroll • June 15, 2015
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