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"Tommy Thompson made millions from corporations who outsource American jobs and now he's trying to lavish huge tax breaks on them."
Says opponent Tammy Baldwin ‘has had not one positive ad’ in the campaign for U.S. Senate.
Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson "supports massive tax cuts for corporations that outsource Wisconsin jobs."
"With the auto rescue," President Barack Obama "saved more than 1 million middle-class jobs all across America," including more than 28,000 in Wisconsin.
Says Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan support "massive cuts in Social Security for future generations."
In Massachusetts under Mitt Romney, "unemployment went down, household incomes went up," and the state "saw its credit rating upgraded."
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson "wants to give a new $265,000 tax cut to millionaires like himself while raising taxes on the middle class."
Says "Paul Ryan supports banning all abortions, even in cases of rape or incest."
Says Paul Ryan "wants to cut Pell Grant scholarships for nearly 10 million students."
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson is "a big corporate lobbyist" and has been "lobbying during the middle of the campaign."
President Obama and Nancy Pelosi said "Obamacare" would save money because "they factored in 10 years worth of tax revenue and only six and half years worth of expenses."
As a congressman, Mark Neumann "voted four times to increase our debt."
Says U.S. Senate opponent Eric Hovde "supported billions in stimulus for high-speed rail" and "billions more to bail out banks."
Says she "stood up to" Gov. Scott Walker on tax cuts "for wealthy corporations" while her congressional opponent voted with Walker.
By eliminating the public intervenor’s office, "I was the first one to fire Kathleen Falk."
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson said he wants to "do away with Medicare."
"The median income in America has dropped by 10 percent in the last four years."
"70 percent of the people who voted" on June 5, 2012, "just didn’t feel comfortable with the recall of the governor," weakening any idea that Wisconsin is "fully behind this Walker agenda."
"Minnesota has passed and Indiana has passed" right to work laws making union membership and dues optional
The federal government "reviewed and verified" his administration’s numbers showing Wisconsin added 23,608 jobs in 2011.
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