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Nicholas Langworthy
stated on March 31, 2026 in an X post:
“The average IRS tax refund is up 11% compared to last year.”
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By Holden Turek • May 11, 2026
Cavalier Johnson
stated on January 19, 2025 in TV interview:
“After the referendum, Milwaukee Public Schools has a larger tax levy than the City of Milwaukee.”
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By D.L. Davis • March 3, 2025
Melissa Agard
stated on July 27, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:
Potato chips, KitKat bars and Viagra are not taxed in Wisconsin because they are considered “essential.”
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By Sophia Voight • November 3, 2023
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.”
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By D.L. Davis • May 12, 2023
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on April 29, 2022 in News release:
“The tax carve out (Ron) Johnson spearheaded overwhelmingly benefited the wealthiest, over small businesses.”
True
By Madeline Heim • June 7, 2022
David Gura
stated on October 27, 2021 in a tweet:
“FUN FACT: West Virginia is home to zero billionaires.”
True
By Emily Zirkelbach • November 9, 2021
Craig Thompson
stated on July 5, 2021 in TV interview:
“We’ve got 115,000 miles of roads in this state and 90% is owned by the locals.”
True
By D.L. Davis • August 20, 2021
Van Wanggaard
stated on April 19, 2021 in Statement:
Foxconn “is the largest taxpayer in Racine County.”
True
By Haley BeMiller • April 27, 2021
Tom Wolf
stated on February 22, 2021 in a speech:
“We’re the only major gas-producing state in the US that doesn’t have a severance tax.”
True
By Jessica Calefati • February 25, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on October 31, 2020 in a rally:
“I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns. You can go online and look. (Donald Trump) hasn’t released one.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • October 31, 2020
Chris Jacobs
stated on October 22, 2020 in campaign mailer:
“While serving as Town Supervisor, Nate McMurray voted to raise taxes on homeowners.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 28, 2020
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 17, 2020 in an ad:
Cal Cunningham “voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.”
True
By Paul Specht • August 13, 2020
Mike Gallagher
stated on June 25, 2020 in a TV interview:
“The average family in America forks over more of their hard-earned income to their local hospital than to the IRS.”
True
By Madeline Heim • July 22, 2020
Roger Roth
stated on January 20, 2020 in a public forum:
“The average (Wisconsin) resident’s tax burden is at its lowest level in nearly 50 years while incomes continue to grow.”
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By Nusaiba Mizan • March 11, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 8, 2020 in a speech:
“We have the lowest corporate tax rate since 1968.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 18, 2020
Daniel Riemer
stated on February 17, 2019 in a TV interview:
“About 80 percent of (the manufacturing and agriculture) tax credit goes to claimants who are making $1 million or more.”  
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By Mica Soellner • April 4, 2019
John Nygren
stated on February 12, 2019 in a tweet:
“Over the last eight years, we’ve shown that even though we’ve cut taxes by $8 billion, revenues continue to grow.”
True
By Eric Litke • March 21, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 19, 2018 in a radio interview:
“There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 7, 2018
Nate McMurray
stated on October 30, 2018 in a debate:
“Do you know that New York State pays out way more than they ever get back?”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 2, 2018
David McKinley
stated on August 14, 2018 in a tweet:
In West Virginia, “personal income tax collections (were) up 14% from 2017.”
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By Matt Minard • October 11, 2018
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