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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

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.”

By Warren Fiske • March 22, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on June 10, 2020 a USA Today op-ed

“Today, the gap between African American and white homeownership is larger than it was in the late 1960s.”

By Miriam Valverde • June 11, 2020

Bernie Sanders
stated on June 26, 2019 an opinion article

"The wealthiest three families now own more wealth than the bottom half of the country."

July 3, 2019

Ta-Nehisi Coates
stated on June 19, 2019 congressional testimony

"The typical black family in this country has one-tenth the wealth of the typical white family."

July 1, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 14, 2018 a speech

"The three wealthiest people" own "more wealth than the bottom half of the American people."

July 19, 2018

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."

October 27, 2017

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."

May 20, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 23, 2016 a campaign rally.

"The Walton family of Walmart ... This one family owns more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of the American people."

By Sean Gorman • March 14, 2016

Mike Huckabee
stated on September 24, 2015 a radio show.

"Six of the 10 richest counties in the United States surround Washington, D.C."

By Sean Gorman • September 29, 2015

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."

By Bradley Saacks • August 20, 2015

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."

By Lauren Carroll • June 15, 2015

Bill Clinton
stated on May 5, 2015 an interview with NBC News

"When we moved into the White House, we had the lowest net worth of any family since Harry Truman."

By Katie Sanders • May 7, 2015

Starbucks
stated on March 20, 2015 a newspaper advertisement

"White people control almost 90 percent of the nation's wealth."

March 31, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 6, 2015 a speech

Six of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area."

March 2, 2015

Seth Magaziner
stated on April 13, 2014 an appearance on “10 News Conference”

"In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 21, 2014

One Wisconsin Now
stated on November 27, 2013 an email

"The Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls a fortune equal to the wealth of the bottom 42 percent of Americans combined."

December 8, 2013

Sarah Palin
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at CPAC

"Seven of the 10 highest-income counties in the country ring the city" of Washington D.C.

By Molly Moorhead • March 20, 2013

Reince Priebus
stated on August 26, 2012 a TV interview

Mitt Romney "gave away his father's inheritance."

By Becky Bowers • August 27, 2012

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