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Bernie Sanders
stated on June 12, 2026 in an X post:
“Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500.”
Mostly True
By Caleb McCullough • June 17, 2026
Bruce Blakeman
stated on January 14, 2026 in a statement:
New York ranks No. 1 in the nation for individual tax burden.
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 17, 2026
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 15, 2025 in a speech:
In Florida, “68 to 70% of property tax revenue” is from “second homes, investment properties, commercial properties, Airbnb,” not primary residences.
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • October 30, 2025
Americans for Prosperity
stated on July 28, 2025 in X:
“The (Evers) Era locked Wisconsin families into a 400‑year property tax increase.”
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By Hope Karnopp • August 15, 2025
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 14, 2025 in a podcast interview:
“California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.”
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By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2025
Occupy Democrats
stated on June 11, 2025 in Facebook post:
“Undocumented immigrants paid more taxes last year than Amazon, GM, IBM & Netflix combined.”
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By Ella Moore • June 27, 2025
Josh Schoemann
stated on June 2, 2025 in Radio interview:
“The state of Illinois has a lower income tax rate than we do, and a flat tax. It’s almost half of what the top bracket here in Wisconsin is.”
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By Hope Karnopp • June 25, 2025
Charles Schumer
stated on April 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“It’s estimated” that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will mean “American families would have to pay about $4,000 more a year.”
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By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2025
Michael Lawler
stated on March 21, 2025 in a television interview:
“If we don’t pass the tax bill by the end of the year, we will have the largest tax increase in American history.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 22, 2025
Adam Schiff
stated on January 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:
“As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2025
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 11, 2024 in Interview:
Says opponent Eric Hovde “supports a $4 trillion tax plan that would disproportionately advantage the well-off and profitable corporations”
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • October 24, 2024
Julian Bradley
stated on December 8, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:
“Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief.”
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • December 19, 2023
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.”
Mostly True
By Cameron Carr • June 19, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 13, 2023 in a speech:
Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 19, 2023
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 23, 2023 in a speech.:
Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.”
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By Warren Fiske • January 25, 2023
Eric Adams
stated on January 7, 2023 in a radio interview:
“Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 24, 2023
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.”
Mostly True
By Amanda Boring • October 18, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on August 7, 2022 in News release:
“Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups.”
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By D.L. Davis • August 25, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion.”
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By Nusaiba Mizan • May 19, 2022
Melanie D'Arrigo
stated on February 6, 2022 in a Tweet:
“Teachers can only deduct up to $250 for school supplies on their taxes, but billionaires can write off the entire cost of a private jet.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 18, 2022
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