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Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.” MAGA Inc stated on May 12, 2023 in a TV ad “In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.” Robin Vos stated on March 9, 2023 in Podcast “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So, if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." Ron Johnson stated on April 24, 2023 in Public statement Says Social Security is a “legal Ponzi scheme.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 13, 2023 in a speech Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.” Joe Biden stated on February 15, 2023 in a speech in Lanham, Maryland The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter." Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2023 in a post on Facebook "In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything." Rick Scott stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.” Mike Palicz stated on February 7, 2023 in a tweet The 87,000 new IRS agents who were supposed to “only target the rich” are now “coming after waitresses’ tips.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters “The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.” Glenn Youngkin stated on January 23, 2023 in a speech. Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.” Eric Adams stated on January 7, 2023 in a radio interview “Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers.” Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook “Americans who worked through the pandemic are being paid up to $26,000 by qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit.” Citizens for Sanity stated on November 2, 2022 in an ad President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children." Senate Leadership Fund stated on October 11, 2022 in a political ad Cheri Beasley “backs tax hikes — even on families making under $75,000.” Marco Rubio stated on October 18, 2022 in a campaign ad Val Demings "voted with Pelosi to raise taxes over $4,000 on Florida families." Citizens Against Government Waste stated on August 31, 2022 in a Facebook ad “More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity, 'clean' garbage trucks, and studying cow farts." Joe Manchin stated on August 28, 2022 in a tweet “WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.” Ron Johnson stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.” Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post “America now has a government that forbids border agents from using deadly force, but is training IRS agents to use SWAT-team tactics on law-abiding citizens.” Load more
Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.”
MAGA Inc stated on May 12, 2023 in a TV ad “In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.”
Robin Vos stated on March 9, 2023 in Podcast “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So, if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away."
Ron Johnson stated on April 24, 2023 in Public statement Says Social Security is a “legal Ponzi scheme.”
Ron DeSantis stated on April 13, 2023 in a speech Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.”
Joe Biden stated on February 15, 2023 in a speech in Lanham, Maryland The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."
Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2023 in a post on Facebook "In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything."
Rick Scott stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
Mike Palicz stated on February 7, 2023 in a tweet The 87,000 new IRS agents who were supposed to “only target the rich” are now “coming after waitresses’ tips.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters “The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”
Glenn Youngkin stated on January 23, 2023 in a speech. Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.”
Eric Adams stated on January 7, 2023 in a radio interview “Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers.”
Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook “Americans who worked through the pandemic are being paid up to $26,000 by qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit.”
Citizens for Sanity stated on November 2, 2022 in an ad President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children."
Senate Leadership Fund stated on October 11, 2022 in a political ad Cheri Beasley “backs tax hikes — even on families making under $75,000.”
Marco Rubio stated on October 18, 2022 in a campaign ad Val Demings "voted with Pelosi to raise taxes over $4,000 on Florida families."
Citizens Against Government Waste stated on August 31, 2022 in a Facebook ad “More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity, 'clean' garbage trucks, and studying cow farts."
Joe Manchin stated on August 28, 2022 in a tweet “WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.”
Ron Johnson stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.”
Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post “America now has a government that forbids border agents from using deadly force, but is training IRS agents to use SWAT-team tactics on law-abiding citizens.”
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