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George Voinovich stated on July 14, 2010 in a speech in the U.S. Senate:

"Last year, we borrowed $1.4 trillion -- or 41 cents of every dollar we spent. Over half of this debt is held by foreign investors."

By Stephen Koff• August 10, 2010

Committee of Austin's Children PAC stated on September 24, 2017 in a handout in advance of November 2017 vote on a bond proposition:

Says a proposed $1.05 billion Austin school district bond proposition "will require no tax rate increase."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 12, 2017

Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:

The Obama administration "borrowed more than $10 trillion, right? And yet, we picked up $5.2 trillion just in the stock market. ... Maybe in a sense we’re reducing debt."

By Louis Jacobson• October 12, 2017

Facebook posts stated on November 08, 2023 in a video:

New York’s fraud case against Trump “has nothing to do with his home in Mar-a-Lago.”

By Madison Czopek• November 10, 2023

Barack Obama stated on January 25, 2011 in the State of the Union address:

"Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known ... corporate profits are up."

By Louis Jacobson• January 26, 2011

Lee Leffingwell stated on August 31, 2012 in a UNITY PAC press release.:

Says Austin voters can approve seven bond propositions "without raising taxes."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 4, 2012

George P. Bush stated on June 09, 2021 in an interview:

“We see an uncompleted wall that was duly appropriated dollars during the Trump days to build over 700 miles. Only 150 miles were constructed.”

By Brandon Mulder• June 21, 2021

Andy Brown stated on February 17, 2014 in a mailer to voters:

"Travis County now has the highest urban county tax rate in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby• February 26, 2014

Michelle Obama stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview posted on Medium:

"Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP."

By Jon Greenberg• April 29, 2016

Glenn Grothman stated on February 03, 2022 in Twitter:

Says President Joe Biden "is trying to send taxpayer dollars to manufacturers overseas that do not abide by the same (carbon emission) standards we do at home."

By D.L. Davis• March 11, 2022

David Cote stated on February 11, 2013 in a speech during a “Fix the Debt” press event:

"The only time in our history when the debt has been higher than this was the end of World War II."

By Jake Berry• February 21, 2013

Gary Black stated on May 13, 2022 in an interview with WLBB:

Agriculture “is still the No. 1 sector of the economy” in Georgia.

By Louis Jacobson• May 19, 2022

Facebook posts stated on October 01, 2023 in a Facebook video:

New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron valued Mar-a-Lago at $18 million.

By Amy Sherman• October 6, 2023

Jim Skaggs stated on November 05, 2014 in as quoted in a news story:

Austin is "burdened by the fastest-growing tax increases of any major city in the nation."

By W. Gardner Selby• November 28, 2014

Rand Paul stated on May 06, 2020 in an interview:

$3 trillion for federal coronavirus stimulus packages is "being borrowed basically from China."

By Tom Kertscher• May 14, 2020

Richard Ojeda stated on August 15, 2021 in a tweet:

The United States spent “2 trillion dollars to train and equip the Afghan military over the past 20 years. They fell in a week.”

By Zach DeLuca, Trenton Straight• September 21, 2021

Rand Paul stated on January 28, 2014 in a response to the State of the Union address:

Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."

By Louis Jacobson• January 30, 2014

Terry McAuliffe stated on May 26, 2011 in an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.:

"China now owns $1.1 trillion of our debt, our trade deficit last year with them was a quarter of a trillion dollars."

By Wes Hester• May 3, 2011

Ron Paul stated on June 14, 2015 in an opinion column:

"Jasper County in Texas raised property taxes by 7 percent in order to pay for one death penalty case."

By W. Gardner Selby• July 9, 2015

Ron Paul stated on November 30, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire:

"The Fed created $15 trillion in the bailout process" and $5 trillion went overseas.

By Jon Greenberg• December 9, 2011

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