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Kamala Harris stated on February 11, 2019 in a tweet:

"The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%."

By Louis Jacobson• February 13, 2019

Barack Obama stated on October 14, 2008 in campaign Web site:

The accuracy of the Obama tax calculator

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 3, 2008

Charlie Crist stated on August 25, 2022 in a tweet:

Gov. Ron DeSantis raised "taxes on the middle class by more than $1.5 billion while giving away $624 million to big corporations."

By Yacob Reyes• September 2, 2022

Ron Johnson stated on March 21, 2017 in an interview:

The GOP’s Obamacare replacement would reduce subsidies that help lower-income people buy health insurance, but also "expand the entitlement" by giving subsidies to higher-income people "that Obamacare never helped."

By Tom Kertscher• March 23, 2017

Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan."

By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2015

Mary Burke stated on September 11, 2014 in a TV ad:

Says Scott Walker cut "taxes for the wealthiest" and raised taxes "on 140,000 Wisconsin families."

By Tom Kertscher• September 25, 2014

Jeff Sessions stated on April 23, 2017 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans."

By Miriam Valverde• April 27, 2017

Lawrence O'Donnell stated on October 21, 2013 in 'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell":

"The IRS has been specifically forbidden ... from ever actually pursuing either civil or criminal remedies" for people who don’t purchase health insurance.

By Katie Sanders• October 25, 2013

Kathleen Vinehout stated on December 05, 2013 in a speech:

"If you make the average amount of people in Wisconsin, $50,000, you got $1.60 less a week in taxes" under the state income-tax cut, but "it didn’t show up in your paycheck."

By Dave Umhoefer• January 14, 2014

Michael Thurmond stated on April 30, 2010 in his campaign website:

Michael Thurmond "authored major legislation that has provided more than $250 million in tax relief to Georgia’s senior citizens and working families."

By Eric Stirgus• August 31, 2010

Jim Renacci stated on February 13, 2012 in a town hall-style meeting:

"The top 1 percent (of income earners) paid 36.7 percent (of the taxes). ... The top 50 percent pay 97.7 percent."

By Sabrina Eaton• March 6, 2012

Bill Nelson stated on March 17, 2011 in a letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman:

"The entire state of Florida led the nation last year with the most prison inmates committing tax fraud."

By Laura Figueroa• March 24, 2011

John Kasich stated on October 04, 2010 in a news conference:

"(Strickland) raised taxes last year to the tune of $840 million."

By Reginald Fields• October 13, 2010

Nikki Fried stated on June 09, 2021 in an interview with WINK TV:

Gov. Ron DeSantis “signed a $1 billion tax increase on the people of our state, on our consumers, yet gave a $500 million tax break to our corporations."

By Amy Sherman• June 15, 2021

Chris Murphy stated on June 26, 2017 in a video:

Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance."

By Manuela Tobias• July 10, 2017

Facebook posts stated on October 19, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

"Biden slipped up and came out saying he’s going to tax your 401k. Are any of you EVEN paying attention?"

By Noah Y. Kim• October 25, 2020

John McCain stated on October 16, 2008 in a Web ad:

"Obama raises taxes on seniors (and) hard-working families to give welfare to those who pay none."

By Robert Farley• December 1, 2008

Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate:

Says Joe Biden “passed a tax bill that gave us all these privileges for depreciation and for tax credits. We built a building, and we get tax credits like the hotel on Pennsylvania Ave.”

By Bill McCarthy• October 1, 2020

Rachel Maddow stated on October 25, 2011 in a TV commentary.:

Says "tanking" Rick Perry’s federal tax plan has "huge tax cuts for rich people and big tax hikes for everyone else."

By W. Gardner Selby• November 2, 2011

Debbie Mayfield stated on May 04, 2015 in a tweet:

"Florida sends $135 billion and D.C. returns $150 billion."

By Joshua Gillin• May 14, 2015

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