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David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014
Dan Patrick "called for increasing the gas tax and the state sales tax."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2014
Andy Brown
Andy Brown
stated on February 17, 2014 a mailer to voters
"Travis County now has the highest urban county tax rate in Texas."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 26, 2014
Daniel Harrop
Daniel Harrop
stated on December 15, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's Newsmakers
"We see a quarter-billion dollars in a pension fund that needs to be funded at $1.2 billion."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 9, 2014
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 22, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Alex Sink supported "more taxes on water and TV."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 27, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 22, 2014 a speech
"With the tax controls we already put in place, property taxes on a typical home in December of 2014 will actually be lower than they were in December of 2010."
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By Dave Umhoefer • January 23, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation forum
Obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate "through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the Department of Treasury."
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By Sue Owen • January 16, 2014
Marilinda Garcia
Marilinda Garcia
stated on December 11, 2013 a tweet
"I cut spending while serving in the state Legislature"
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By Kevin Landrigan • January 14, 2014
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on December 5, 2013 a speech
"If you make the average amount of people in Wisconsin, $50,000, you got $1.60 less a week in taxes" under the state income-tax cut, but "it didn’t show up in your paycheck."
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By Dave Umhoefer • January 14, 2014
Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris
stated on December 24, 2013 a newspaper commentary
"You don’t see Norway losing population, and its taxes are astronomical."
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By John Hill • January 7, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on December 12, 2013 a tweet
In altered photo, says Barack Obama wants "more of Texans’ private data" via health care.
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By Sue Owen • January 4, 2014
Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann
stated on December 12, 2013 a broadcast of "The Big Picture"
Republican state lawmakers "are refusing to give the people of their own states their own tax dollars back in the form of (expanded) Medicaid."
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By Jon Greenberg • December 31, 2013
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on November 3, 2013 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The federal health care law raises taxes and cuts Medicare.
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By Steve Contorno • November 3, 2013
Milly Silva
Milly Silva
stated on October 7, 2013 a speech to an American Legion in Little Ferry
"Property taxes have increased 20 percent under four years of Chris Christie."
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By Caryn Shinske • October 20, 2013
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
stated on September 10, 2013 a web posting
"The Kenosha casino would be one of the state’s largest employers and pay more to the state than any other company or Tribe – essentially, it would be Wisconsin’s biggest taxpayer."
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 11, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 30, 2013 a speech at an Americans for Prosperity Foundation conference
"We cut business taxes so today 70 percent of our businesses don't pay a business tax."
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By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2013
Mark Harris
Mark Harris
stated on July 20, 2013 an interview
"I’ve got the spending down, I’ve got the debt down a little bit, I’ve got the reserves up."
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2013
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on August 1, 2013 an interview
Says an illegal immigrant fraudulently claimed children who actually lived in Mexico on income tax forms to collect more than $29,000.
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By Eric Stirgus • August 27, 2013
David Sutton
David Sutton
stated on June 30, 2013 an interview
Says "excise taxes are...disproportionately burdening middle- and lower-income consumers."
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By Eric Stirgus • July 16, 2013
Jason Carter
Jason Carter
stated on May 27, 2013 a meeting
"We (Georgia) collect fewer state taxes per capita than any other state … although state taxes are low, Georgia is the eighth-most-dependent state on the federal government."
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By Janel Davis • June 11, 2013
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on May 29, 2013 a gubernatorial campaign TV ad
"Barbara Buono by the numbers: As a Trenton politician, she voted to raise taxes 154 times. Under her, property taxes up 70 percent. Backed a 16 percent sales tax increase. Utilities, nursing homes, cell phones, parking lots, lottery wins, gyms – She taxed them all. Architect of Corzine’s budget, she drove New Jersey $2 billion into debt. Barbara Buono by the numbers: taking New Jersey backwards."
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By Caryn Shinske • June 6, 2013
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