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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on January 27, 2023 an interview with reporters

“The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2023

Viral image
stated on January 27, 2023 a Rumble post

“Biden smirks while saying he has added more to the debt than any president before him.”

January 31, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2022 a post

Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service.

August 30, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on August 15, 2022 una publicación en Facebook

“El congreso acaba de aprobar un reciente proyecto de ley para todos los que tengan más de $10,000 de deuda”.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 19, 2022

Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 18, 2021 a House floor speech

“Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2021

JB Pritzker
stated on July 21, 2021 a podcast interview

“You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits.

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 30, 2021

Ted Cruz
stated on October 26, 2020 an interview

Says Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt” … “That’s not what he promised to do.”

By Brandon Mulder • October 30, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2020 a discussion with business leaders

Speaking of the federal debt before the coronavirus pandemic, “we were starting to get that number down.”

By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2020

Rand Paul
stated on May 6, 2020 an interview

$3 trillion for federal coronavirus stimulus packages is "being borrowed basically from China."

May 14, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2020 a Facebook post

“I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt.”

March 6, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on November 19, 2019 a Facebook post

Says Jeff Foxworthy wrote a list of examples explaining how "you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots."

January 7, 2020

Eric Bolling
stated on April 4, 2018 a tweet

"USPS loses $1.46 each Amazon package it delivers."

By Manuela Tobias • April 6, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2018 a tweet

"Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed."

By Manuela Tobias • April 2, 2018

Dennis Kucinich
stated on January 29, 2018 on a campaign website

The default rate for college students has grown from 40 percent 10 years ago to about 50 percent today, and "perhaps as many as 800,000 young Ohioans are facing default on their student loans."

By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 11, 2017 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity

The Obama administration "borrowed more than $10 trillion, right? And yet, we picked up $5.2 trillion just in the stock market. ... Maybe in a sense we’re reducing debt."

By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2017

Jeb Bush
stated on February 2, 2016 an appearance at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H.

The debt "comes up all the time in town meetings ... but it's never asked in the debates. It's really weird. It hasn't been brought up."

By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2016

Dale Kooyenga
stated on January 20, 2016 a radio interview

"A lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government."

January 27, 2016

Steven Costantino
stated on September 27, 2015 a statement

"I did not play any role in bringing the company to RI as did others in government. I was tasked with handling the legislation affecting the company by my superiors."

By Mark Reynolds • October 18, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 11, 2015 a speech

Says Scott Walker rejected legislation to make college loan payments tax deductible and the result was "to raise taxes on students."

September 9, 2015

Hillary Davis
stated on May 6, 2015 a hearing at the General Assembly

"The profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2015

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