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Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2020 a Facebook post

Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would raise the federal income tax rate for a person with a bi-weekly gross salary of $3,000 to 39.6%, costing “nearly half your paycheck.”

By Bill McCarthy • August 26, 2020

Nikki Haley
stated on August 24, 2020 a Republican convention speech

Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 25, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2020 a Facebook post

“Biden’s tax rate on a family making 75,000 dollars would go from 12% to 25%.”

By Bill McCarthy • August 20, 2020

YouTube videos
stated on April 12, 2020 social media posts

The $1,200 coronavirus relief checks this year are “just an advance on your next tax return. … Next year, you're automatically going to owe $1,200 come tax season.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 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

Viral image
stated on February 29, 2020 a post on Facebook

“Bernie Logic: Nobody can live on $7 an hour. We must raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Also we must raise the tax rate to 52%. $15 an hour * 52% = $7.80. $15 an hour - $7.80 = $7.20. $7.20 an hour!!!”

By Aaron Sharockman • February 29, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2020 an image

“Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.”

By Daniel Funke • February 21, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 13, 2018 a Facebook post

Says the Democratic Party "took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it" and "eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding."

January 29, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2019 social media posts

"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."

By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on January 8, 2020 a Facebook post

"The missiles that were launched at American forces in Iraq from Iran, were funded by Barack Obama, with American tax dollars."

By Bill McCarthy • January 10, 2020

Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 20, 2019 a tweet

The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household."

By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2019

Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
stated on August 27, 2019 a tweet

Say Gov. Tony Evers ‘canceled’ the sales tax holiday this year

By Eric Litke • September 3, 2019

Susana Mendoza
stated on July 8, 2019 a podcast interview

"Indiana actually has a higher gas tax than Illinois does even with the increase in (Illinois’) taxes."

By Duncan Agnew • July 21, 2019

Bill Brady
stated on June 18, 2019 a speech

Says that after "the last income tax increase in the state of Illinois, we saw the largest exodus of middle-income families."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 23, 2019

Mike Murphy
stated on May 22, 2019 remarks during a press conference

Says when New York "implemented a program" to tax the wealthy at higher rates it saw a revenue shortfall "because of the outward migration of their top earners."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 30, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on April 29, 2019 a Tweet

"They didn’t even put up a fight against SALT"

By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 21, 2019

Ideas Illinois
stated on March 21, 2019 an ad

"Pritzker and Madigan want to change the constitution to allow a permanent jobs tax on middle class families."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 31, 2019

Viral image
stated on January 8, 2019 a Facebook post

Says Bill Murray said "The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream."

January 22, 2019

Sean Casten
stated on October 22, 2018 a debate

Under the GOP tax law, "if you live in Hinsdale, Illinois … you are now being double-taxed to the tune of $35,000."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 31, 2018

Ted Budd
stated on October 23, 2018 an attack ad

Kathy Manning got "$30 million of your tax dollars plus $2.3 million a year" to build a luxury hotel and parking lot

By Paul Specht • October 23, 2018

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