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Rick McAllister
Rick McAllister
stated on March 27, 2015 a news report:
People buy more items during Georgia’s sales-tax holidays, boosting economic activity.
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By April Hunt • April 1, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 23, 2015 a Tweet:
"From 2013-2015, the richest 14 Americans increased their net wealth by more than $157 billion, yet the Republican budget would not require these Americans to contribute one penny to deficit reduction."
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By Lauren Carroll • March 27, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the State of the State address:
"We have cut taxes more than 40 times in four years."
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By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015
Mike Lee
Mike Lee
stated on February 16, 2015 an email through Protect Internet Freedom:
The FCC’s net neutrality policy includes what is "essentially a massive tax increase."  
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By Lauren Carroll • February 26, 2015
Paul Stekler
Paul Stekler
stated on January 24, 2015 an oped column:
Louisiana’s film incentives program is so big "they actually shot an upcoming film initially titled ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’ in New Orleans!"
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 7, 2015
X posts
X posts
stated on February 2, 2015 Twitter posts:
"Scott Walker to cut $300 million from universities, spend $500 million on a pro basketball stadium."
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By Tom Kertscher • February 6, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 25, 2015 a forum at the Freedom Partners 2015 California retreat:
"When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. We're looking at $20 billion to $30 billion."
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By Steve Contorno • January 30, 2015
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 25, 2015 an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":
The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 13, 2015 a news release:
Middle-class Americans "pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires."
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By Tom Kertscher • January 25, 2015
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on January 18, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Says Mitt Romney "pays less tax than the guys who installed his car elevators."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 18, 2015
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on December 11, 2014 an interview with CNN:
The home-mortgage deduction is widely thought to be "a middle-class benefit. It's not -- 73 percent of it goes to people making a quarter-million dollars or more a year."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2014
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on November 21, 2014 press release:
Georgia has the country’s second highest number of fraudulent tax refund claims.  
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By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • November 14, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 24, 2014 a speech:
Says Scott Walker "gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce."
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By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV ad:
Under Scott Walker's "tax plan, the average Wisconsin taxpayer got just $11 a month. But corporations got $610 million in tax cuts. Millionaires got at least $1,400 per year."
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By Tom Kertscher • October 16, 2014
No Tax For Tracks
No Tax For Tracks
stated on September 30, 2014 an email newsletter:
The Greenlight Pinellas 1-cent sales tax "is permanent, we never get to vote on this again."
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By Joshua Gillin • October 14, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 11, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Scott Walker cut "taxes for the wealthiest" and raised taxes "on 140,000 Wisconsin families."  
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By Tom Kertscher • September 25, 2014
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on September 8, 2014 a news release:
"Wisconsin does not have a deficit. Thanks to Republican reforms, the 2014 budget will begin with a $443 million surplus."
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By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2014
Burger King
Burger King
stated on August 26, 2014 a Facebook post:
After merging with Tim Hortons of Canada, Burger King is "not moving. … Our headquarters will remain in Miami" and "(we) will continue to pay all of our federal, state and local U.S. taxes."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2014
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on July 15, 2014 at a commission meeting :
  Gwinnett County government has made "significant cutbacks in staffing."
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By Nancy Badertscher • August 5, 2014
Jamie Weinstein
Jamie Weinstein
stated on July 18, 2014 comments on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":
The states that are doing "better" are the ones that have no state income tax.  
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By Derek Tsang • July 28, 2014
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