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Robin Vos
stated on November 5, 2014 in an interview:
In Wisconsin, unions can essentially give “unlimited” contributions to political parties, but business can’t give any. 
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By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2014
Jim Webb
stated on September 23, 2014 in a speech.:
In 1968 “the average corporate CEO made 20 times the average worker’s pay. Today that multiple is about 350.”
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By Sean Gorman • October 19, 2014
Eric Bolling
stated on September 1, 2014 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five":
The United States has “the highest corporate tax rate in the free world.”
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By Derek Tsang • September 9, 2014
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 27, 2014 in a meme on social media:
“In 1952, the corporate income tax accounted for 33 percent of all federal tax revenue. Today, despite record-breaking profits, corporate taxes bring in less than 9 percent.”
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By Louis Jacobson • August 28, 2014
Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2014 in a speech:
“Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade.”  
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By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2014
Allan Fung
stated on November 4, 2013 in a campaign speech:
“We have created new jobs here in Cranston — more than 1,000.”
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 10, 2013
AFL-CIO of New Jersey
stated on April 30, 2013 in a Facebook page post:
“New Jersey’s governor cut $1.6 billion from public education while handing out $2.1 billion in corporate tax breaks, more than the entire previous decade.”
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By Caryn Shinske • May 23, 2013
Leonard Lance
stated on April 15, 2013 in a news release about tax reform:
“The United States currently has the highest corporate tax rate in the world.”
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By Caryn Shinske • April 25, 2013
American International Group
stated on January 1, 2013 in a TV ad:
AIG has fully repaid the federal government “plus a profit of more than $22 billion.”
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By Becky Bowers • January 2, 2013
Alan Grayson
stated on November 24, 2012 in a Huffington Post column:
Says Walmart employees represent the largest group of Medicaid and food stamp recipients in many states, costing the taxpayer $1,000 per worker.
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By Katie Sanders • December 6, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV:
Says the United States has the “highest corporate tax rate in the world.”
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By Erin O'Neill • October 5, 2012
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 in in a news conference:
“The Providence Economic Development Partnership . . .which you [Cicilline] chaired, loaned $103,000 in taxpayer funds to one of your campaign workers. The worker never paid back the loan.”
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By Tom Mooney • September 18, 2012
Bob Corker
stated on August 18, 2012 in in a story in the Chattanooga Times-Free Press:
“We have only one person on the (TVA) board, to my knowledge, who even has any corporate board experience.”
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By Tom Humphrey • August 26, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on August 16, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate.:
“An April study found that about 70 percent of ads in this election cycle have been negative [due to SuperPACs], up from only 9 percent through the same period in 2008.”
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2012
Scott DesJarlais
stated on April 24, 2012 in a blog post on his website.:
“The United States already has the highest corporate tax rate in the world.”
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By Michael Collins • May 4, 2012
New Jersey Senate Democrats
stated on January 18, 2012 in a press release:
“The governor is trying to take credit for recent actions taken by these companies. The problem is that for all three companies, the decision to move or stay in New Jersey happened before Chris Christie became governor.”  
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By Caryn Shinske • February 23, 2012
Scott Walker
stated on January 3, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says Wisconsin Democrats during the previous administration adopted “double-digit tax increases.”
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By Tom Kertscher • January 25, 2012
AFSCME
stated on January 20, 2012 in a television ad:
“While Romney was a director of the Damon Corporation, the company was defrauding Medicare of millions.”
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 23, 2012
Rob Portman
stated on November 11, 2011 in a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction hearing:
“We have the second highest corporate tax rate among our trading partners.”
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By Peter Krouse • November 28, 2011
Robert Kraig
stated on October 3, 2011 in a news release, blog:
Wisconsin bill “grants drug companies and medical device manufacturers immunity from injuries and deaths caused by their products.”
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By Tom Kertscher • October 14, 2011
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