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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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