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Scott Walker
stated on August 17, 2015 a radio interview

"By the end of this budget I'm in right now, taxes will have been cut $4.7 billion in my state."

By Lucas Daprile • August 28, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on August 3, 2015 a candidates forum

Wisconsin’s "rainy day fund" is "165 times bigger than when we first took office."

August 7, 2015

Ron Paul
stated on June 14, 2015 an opinion column

"Jasper County in Texas raised property taxes by 7 percent in order to pay for one death penalty case."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 9, 2015

Lee May
stated on June 2, 2015 a press release

"Our reserves are now in much better shape than they were just a few years ago."

By April Hunt • June 9, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 remarks at an economic summit in Orlando

"You can fill out your tax return in Estonia online in five minutes."

By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2015

Timothy Sheehy
stated on April 10, 2015 an interview

A 50-50 public-private split for paying for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena would "be much better -- in terms of the portion of the public financing -- than most of the other arena projects done around the country."

May 29, 2015

Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group

"More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2015

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
stated on February 10, 2015 news reports

The proposed transportation tax plan revokes a tax-credit for consumers’ electric cars while the state retains similar credits for similar vehicles for businesses.

By April Hunt • March 16, 2015

Trebor Banstetter
stated on February 2, 2015 in a statement

A bill to eliminate Delta Air Lines’ jet fuel tax breaks "violates federal law and puts the state at risk of losing critical funding from the Federal Aviation Administration."

By Nancy Badertscher • February 23, 2015

James Aubin
stated on January 5, 2015 a newspaper commentary

"Colorado raked in $60 million in marijuana taxes and licensing fees in the past year."

By Katie Mulvaney • January 11, 2015

Kevin Brady
stated on December 17, 2014 a press release

"Texas families have kept more than $10 billion in their family budgets since we successfully fought to restore Texas' sales tax deduction a decade ago."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 23, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on December 12, 2014 a tweet

"My property taxes went down largely because my technical college portion went down 35.5% because of the money we put in at state."

By Dave Umhoefer • December 18, 2014

Paul Ryan
stated on September 2, 2014 a speech

"Miller Brewing is not a U.S. company any more. Neither is Anheuser-Busch."

By James B. Nelson • September 8, 2014

Mike Martinez
stated on August 4, 2014 as quoted in a news story

"The majority of Austinites rent" the places they live.

By W. Gardner Selby • August 22, 2014

Virginia Foxx
stated on April 15, 2014 in a comment on Twitter

Americans spend "6.1 billion hours a year" on tax preparation.

By Tim Ryan • April 15, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on March 4, 2014 a statement to reporters

"Once our Blueprint for Prosperity is signed into law, we will have delivered $2 billion" in tax relief.

By Dave Umhoefer • March 12, 2014

Ed Gillespie
stated on January 16, 2014 a web ad.

Mark Warner voted for "nearly $1 trillion in new taxes and $7 trillion in new debt."

By Nancy Madsen • February 10, 2014

Nicholas Gorham
stated on December 30, 2013 a newspaper commentary

The General Assembly "has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us."

By John Hill • January 19, 2014

Jan Schakowsky
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview on MSNBC

The United States "has never been richer, if you look at per capita GDP."

By Steve Contorno • November 18, 2013

Charlotte Nash
stated on October 22, 2013 an interview

Finance experts estimate that paying in cash for the $2.5 billion in projects funded by the sales tax saved Gwinnett County more than $1 billion in interest payments.

By Eric Stirgus • November 11, 2013

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