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Cavalier Johnson
stated on January 19, 2025 TV interview

“After the referendum, Milwaukee Public Schools has a larger tax levy than the City of Milwaukee.”

By D.L. Davis • March 3, 2025

Melissa Agard
stated on July 27, 2023 X, formerly Twitter

Potato chips, KitKat bars and Viagra are not taxed in Wisconsin because they are considered "essential."

By Sophia Voight • November 3, 2023

Robin Vos
stated on March 9, 2023 Podcast

“When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So, if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away."

By D.L. Davis • May 12, 2023

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on April 29, 2022 News release

"The tax carve out (Ron) Johnson spearheaded overwhelmingly benefited the wealthiest, over small businesses."

By Madeline Heim • June 7, 2022

David Gura
stated on October 27, 2021 a tweet

“FUN FACT: West Virginia is home to zero billionaires.”

By Emily Zirkelbach • November 9, 2021

Craig Thompson
stated on July 5, 2021 TV interview

"We’ve got 115,000 miles of roads in this state and 90% is owned by the locals.”

By D.L. Davis • August 20, 2021

Van Wanggaard
stated on April 19, 2021 Statement

Foxconn “is the largest taxpayer in Racine County.”

By Haley BeMiller • April 27, 2021

Tom Wolf
stated on February 22, 2021 a speech

“We’re the only major gas-producing state in the US that doesn’t have a severance tax.”

By Jessica Calefati • February 25, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on October 31, 2020 a rally

"I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns. You can go online and look. (Donald Trump) hasn’t released one.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 31, 2020

Chris Jacobs
stated on October 22, 2020 campaign mailer

“While serving as Town Supervisor, Nate McMurray voted to raise taxes on homeowners.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 28, 2020

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 17, 2020 an ad

Cal Cunningham "voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.”

By Paul Specht • August 13, 2020

Mike Gallagher
stated on June 25, 2020 a TV interview

"The average family in America forks over more of their hard-earned income to their local hospital than to the IRS.”

By Madeline Heim • July 22, 2020

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.”

By Nusaiba Mizan • March 11, 2020

Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 8, 2020 a speech

"We have the lowest corporate tax rate since 1968."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 18, 2020

Daniel Riemer
stated on February 17, 2019 a TV interview

"About 80 percent of (the manufacturing and agriculture) tax credit goes to claimants who are making $1 million or more."

By Mica Soellner • April 4, 2019

John Nygren
stated on February 12, 2019 a tweet

"Over the last eight years, we’ve shown that even though we’ve cut taxes by $8 billion, revenues continue to grow."

By Eric Litke • March 21, 2019

Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 19, 2018 a radio interview

"There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 7, 2018

Nate McMurray
stated on October 30, 2018 a debate

"Do you know that New York State pays out way more than they ever get back?"

By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 2, 2018

David McKinley
stated on August 14, 2018 a tweet

In West Virginia, "personal income tax collections (were) up 14% from 2017."

By Matt Minard • October 11, 2018

Ann Wagner
stated on August 27, 2018 a tweet

"Since passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Walmart 'increased their starting wage to $11/hr & has given about $400 million in bonuses.'"

By Hannah Archambault, Matthew Hall • October 5, 2018

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