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Matt Flynn
Matt Flynn
stated on November 4, 2017 a news release
Under Scott Walker, "average wages, when adjusted for inflation, are lower today than they were under Jim Doyle."  
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By Andrew Mollica • November 17, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on August 27, 2017 an email
"Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make."
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By Eric Litke • October 4, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2017 a radio address
"Wisconsin’s economy is in the best shape it’s been since 2000."  
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By Andrew Mollica • April 13, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 20, 2017 a video
Under "Trumpcare," the Republican replacement for Obamacare, "$600 billion worth of tax breaks will go to the wealthiest in this country."   
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March 21, 2017
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
"First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage."
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By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 15, 2016 a campaign speech in Scranton, Pa.
Says her campaign platform includes the "biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II."
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By Lauren Carroll • August 17, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 4, 2016 a rally
The Obama administration has been "raising taxes."  
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By Sean Gorman • August 16, 2016
Paul Manafort
Paul Manafort
stated on August 14, 2016 an interview on "State of the Union"
In Hillary Clinton's tax returns, "you saw a lot of income coming from donors to the Clinton Foundation and people who benefitted from her State Department term as well."
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By Linda Qiu • August 14, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 25, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
"The top 1 percent in recent years has earned 85 percent of all new income."
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By Linda Qiu • July 27, 2016
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on June 1, 2016 a press conference
"We have lower family incomes in Illinois today than we had 17 years ago in Illinois ... because of the control of (House) Speaker (Michael) Madigan and his Democrats."
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By Matt Dietrich • July 13, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate on MSNBC
Americans "are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 1, 2016 a political ad
"While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 3, 2016
Kiplinger.com
Kiplinger.com
stated on October 26, 2015 press release
Georgia is one of the 10 most tax-friendly states for retirees.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • November 13, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2015 a Republican presidential debate
 Income inequality "seems to be worst in cities run by Democrats."
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By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 23, 2015 an interview
"The pope and Donald Trump and Tammy Baldwin all agree" on eliminating the "carried-interest" tax break.  
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September 24, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on May 30, 2015 his presidential announcement speech
"Today in America, 70 percent of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago, and this is the first time that that has happened this side of World War II."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on March 31, 2015 a meme on social media
Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2015
Henry Sanders
Henry Sanders
stated on March 8, 2015 a video clip aired on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Today in Selma, Ala., "the poverty rate is roughly nine times that of whites."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 13, 2015 a news release
Middle-class Americans "pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires."
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January 25, 2015
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on December 11, 2014 an interview with CNN
The home-mortgage deduction is widely thought to be "a middle-class benefit. It's not -- 73 percent of it goes to people making a quarter-million dollars or more a year."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2014
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