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Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 a written statement.
"The United States ranks second worst in income inequality across developed countries," after taxes and transfers.
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By Warren Fiske • July 13, 2015
Tom Toles
Tom Toles
stated on June 18, 2015 an editorial cartoon
A "working woman" will earn $7.70 on $10.
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By April Hunt • July 10, 2015
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 a news release.
"Income disparities in the United States are the worst since the 1920s."
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By Warren Fiske • June 30, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 4, 2015 a post on Twitter
"The gap between the very rich and everyone else in America is wider today than at any time since the 1920s."
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By Louis Jacobson, Miles Adair • June 18, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando
"Sixty million Americans depend on Social Security, and one-third of all the seniors in America depend on Social Security for 90 percent of their income."
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By Linda Qiu • June 4, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 19, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
 "99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent."
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By Katie Sanders • April 19, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 a talk in Austin
"Half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in their savings account."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 9, 2015
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on February 4, 2015 a speech.
"If you look at the income of average Americans...they’re absolutely flat in constant dollars since 1979."
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By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • February 9, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 20, 2015 an interview with Fox News
"Today the top 1 percent earn a higher share of our national income than any year since 1928."
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By Alex Wilts • January 30, 2015
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 7, 2015 a speech at the AFL-CIO National Summit on Raising Wages
"The average family not in the top 10 percent makes less money today than they were making a generation ago."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2015
Glenn Hegar
Glenn Hegar
stated on January 2, 2015 speaking to reporters
The "average taxpayer will see the equivalent of a 2 percent pay raise as a result of low fuel prices."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 10, 2015
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on November 9, 2014 a TV interview
"Our median income here in Providence is the same as the median income in Mississippi."
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By Katie Mulvaney • November 27, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 28, 2014 a speech
Wisconsin Republicans "repealed a statewide fair pay law" that made "sure women are treated fairly on the job."
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October 31, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 13, 2014 a debate
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "would help lift over a million Americans out of poverty."
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By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on October 13, 2014 a debate
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour "will destroy between half a million and one million jobs."
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By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
Americans for Responsible Solutions
Americans for Responsible Solutions
stated on September 16, 2014 an ad
"Most people in New Hampshire want to raise the minimum wage. (State Rep. Marilinda) Garcia opposes it."
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By Al McKeon, Jonathan Van Fleet • October 3, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 11, 2014 a Facebook graphic
"There is no state in the U.S. where a 40-hour minimum wage work week is enough to afford a two-bedroom apartment."
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By Steve Contorno • September 18, 2014
Mark Harris
Mark Harris
stated on September 2, 2014 an interview
Says Glenn Grothman pushed through state tax credits that when phased in, "someone that owns a factory that produces millions in income" will pay "less tax than their nephew would if he worked full time at Taco Bell for minimum wage."  
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September 14, 2014
The Other 98%
The Other 98%
stated on August 24, 2014 a Facebook post
"McDonald’s workers in Denmark have a union. Earn $45,000/year."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2014 a meme on social media
"In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2014
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