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stated on October 23, 2019 a Facebook post:
"The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we'd raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months."
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By Tom Kertscher • November 2, 2021
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on August 25, 2021 Twitter:
“Wisconsin Governor (Tony) Evers wanted to raise your taxes by $1 billion in a pandemic. Republicans stopped him and delivered the largest tax CUT in state history.”
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By Madeline Heim • September 24, 2021
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on May 10, 2021 campaign material:
"Texans have some of the highest property taxes in the nation”
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By Brandon Mulder • June 4, 2021
Wisconsin Assembly GOP
Wisconsin Assembly GOP
stated on May 7, 2021 Twitter:
“Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.”
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By Haley BeMiller • May 18, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 14, 2021 Twitter:
“Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022”
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By D.L. Davis • May 12, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 7, 2021 remarks at the White House:
“A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.”
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By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2021
Nicholas Langworthy
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on March 17, 2021 a mass email:
Residents of New York state “pay the highest taxes in the nation.”
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By Landon Allison, John Pullano • April 12, 2021
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 4, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 7, 2021
Rick Gundrum
Rick Gundrum
stated on March 29, 2021 Twitter:
Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +"
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By D.L. Davis • April 6, 2021
Julian Bradley
Julian Bradley
stated on March 15, 2021 news article:
The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.”
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By Haley BeMiller • March 26, 2021
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stated on September 27, 2020 a Facebook post:
In 2017, Joe Biden paid $3,742,974 in federal income taxes and Kamala Harris paid $516,469 while Donald Trump paid $750.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • September 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 on social media:
"Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 a campaign ad:
Says Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes “tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies” and more.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 11, 2019 an interview on ABC's "The View":
"Most people below $50,000 don’t pay any income tax. The top 1 percent in our country pay 40%."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2019
Kelly E. Hastings
Kelly E. Hastings
stated on June 30, 2019 On twitter:
Said, "The Seven Years’ War led to near bankruptcy for many countries; Britain’s need to raise taxes fueled the American desire for independence."
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By Elizabeth Thompson • July 3, 2019
Scott Neitzel
Scott Neitzel
stated on May 12, 2019 a TV interview:
The state contributed $80 million for the new Bucks arena, but new income tax revenue from basketball events alone "is estimated to be probably over $600 million over the life of the lease."
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By D.L. Davis • May 22, 2019
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on May 14, 2019 a radio interview.:
"Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates."
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By Warren Fiske • May 21, 2019
Joel Griffith
Joel Griffith
stated on April 28, 2019 an op-ed on Fox News:
"Of the 14 wealthy OECD countries with a wealth tax in 1996, 10 have since then abandoned it."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 10, 2019
John Nygren
John Nygren
stated on January 11, 2019 a tweet:
"Today, property taxes are lower than they were in 2010."
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By D.L. Davis • February 8, 2019
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 news release:
"Not a dollar would be paid out until jobs in the Foxconn development area were created."
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By D.L. Davis • February 1, 2019
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