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American Action Network
stated on August 26, 2022 in an ad:

Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan is a "bailout for rich kids."

By Tom Kertscher • August 31, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on February 15, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“The CEO of Moderna deleted his Twitter and dumped $400 million of Moderna stock. Big Pharma seems to know some bad news is coming.”

By Sara Swann • February 17, 2022
Kamala Harris
stated on November 13, 2019 in a Facebook ad:

"In America, there is a father who is holding down two jobs and paying more taxes than the richest 400 families in America."

By Tom Kertscher • November 20, 2019
Mark Cuban
stated on August 15, 2019 in a tweet:

Says "wealthy people in Canada donate to hospitals" to get better health care treatment.

By Bill McCarthy • August 19, 2019
Christine Quinn
stated on May 23, 2018 in a presentation at the State Democratic Convention:

New York state has the "second highest millionaires tax in the nation."

By Dan Clark • May 31, 2018
Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 20, 2018 in her announcement to run for governor:

"Since taking office, Andrew Cuomo has given massive tax breaks to corporations and the super rich."

By Dan Clark • March 23, 2018
Paul Ryan
stated on September 27, 2017 in an interview:

The Republican tax reform proposal is focused on tax breaks for the middle class "and not about people who are really high-income earners getting a tax break."

By Tom Kertscher • October 13, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 31, 2017 in a speech:

Says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got a "government service golden parachute" payment of $180 million "from Exxon Mobil that he would have to forfeit had he taken a job elsewhere."

By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2017
Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2017 in his inaugural address:

"We've made other countries rich while the wealth ... of our country has dissipated over the horizon."

By Jon Greenberg • January 20, 2017
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:

"The only years that anybody's ever seen" of Donald Trump’s tax returns "showed he didn't pay any federal income tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 27, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2016 in a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton's plan "would tax many small businesses by almost 50 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 10, 2016
Anthony Weiner
stated on July 27, 2016 in an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"We know this now. The banks no longer loan (Donald Trump) money because he's a terrible risk. So he goes to these (Russian) oligarchs and borrows money."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 8, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn't paid a penny in taxes."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2016
Greg Abbott
stated on June 12, 2015 in a press release:

A Texas law "will repatriate $1 billion of gold bullion from the Federal Reserve in New York to Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2015
Glenn Beck
stated on May 13, 2015 in a segment on his radio show:

Says Hillary Clinton "makes more per hour at a speaking gig than the average CEO does in a year."

By Katie Sanders • May 28, 2015
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on August 15, 2014 in A campaign ad:

Says Mitch McConnell voted "three times for corporate tax breaks that send Kentucky jobs overseas."

By Lauren Carroll • September 12, 2014
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
stated on August 31, 2014 in a direct-mail piece:

"Scott Walker has given a $10,000 tax deduction to millionaires who send their kids to exclusive private schools."

By Tom Kertscher • August 31, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on August 15, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says of Mitch McConnell, "What can happen in 30 years? A senator can become a multi-millionaire in public office."

By Lauren Carroll • August 25, 2014
Erin Lynch
stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate:

"The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2014
David Cicilline
stated on May 12, 2013 in an interview on WPRI's Newsmakers program:

Historically, the Social Security tax has been assessed on about 90% of U.S. income. Now it captures 83% because there's been such a growth of income among the highest earners.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 19, 2013