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Elaine Boyer stated on October 27, 2010 in a newspaper op-ed:

Low-flow toilets "can cost homeowners up to $1,000 each."

By Willoughby Mariano• December 1, 2010

Chris King stated on May 25, 2017 in a press release:

Says a Congressional Budget Office report found low-income seniors in Florida will face "800 percent premium increases" under the American Health Care Act.

By Amy Sherman• June 2, 2017

Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview:

“In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.”

By Vanessa Swales• January 7, 2022

Sherrod Brown stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC:

About two-thirds of Medicaid beneficiaries are children, but they account for one-third of the program’s cost, while one-third are elderly, and they account for two-thirds of the cost.

By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2011

Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Elon Musk has invented a small gadget to slash energy bills.

By Marta Campabadal Graus• November 15, 2024

Rick Scott stated on August 02, 2010 in in a Univision debate in Miami.:

"We have over 700,000 illegal immigrants in the state. They're costing us billions of dollars and they're taking legal residents' jobs."

By Cristina Silva• August 18, 2010

Mike Gravel stated on June 28, 2007 in Washington, DC.:

"21-million Americans could have a four-year college scholarship for the money we've squandered in Iraq. 7.6-million teachers could have been hired last year if we weren't squandering this money."

By John Frank• September 20, 2007

Charlie Crist stated on October 21, 2009 in a Fox News interview:

"Usually it's about $900 a month to get health coverage. (Florida's program has) reduced that, on average, to about $150 a month."

By Catharine Richert• October 23, 2009

Habitat for Humanity of Broward stated on March 16, 2017 in a press release:

"South Florida ranks No. 1 in the gap between wages and housing."

By Amy Sherman• March 23, 2017

Tom Tancredo stated on October 09, 2007 in Detroit:

"For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes."

By David DeCamp• December 11, 2007

Marco Rubio stated on July 09, 2010 in a press release:

"$120,000 will be spent by taxpayers on Charlie Crist's political photo-op special session."

By Amy Sherman• July 14, 2010

Nancy Pelosi stated on May 15, 2022 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

“When unemployment goes down, inflation goes up.”

By Louis Jacobson• May 17, 2022

National Taxpayers Union stated on November 13, 2011 in a newspaper advertisement.:

President Obama plans to "impose a tax of at least 23 percent on the Medicare prescription drug benefit for low-income beneficiaries."

By W. Gardner Selby• November 22, 2011

Glenn Grothman stated on May 21, 2022 in Newsletter:

"Nearly 60% of all student loan debt is held by the rich and upper-middle class," so forgiveness would give the wealthy a "financial windfall" but not really help low-income people.

By Laura Schulte• June 10, 2022

Jim Francesconi stated on August 07, 2013 in an opinion article:

Says "nearly half of Oregon's children are poor."

By Ian K. Kullgren• August 16, 2013

Bob McDonnell stated on January 12, 2011 in a speech.:

Road construction bids "are coming in at the lowest in the modern era."

By Warren Fiske• February 19, 2011

Jim Moran stated on September 12, 2013 in a statement.:

The growth in health care costs "has been reined in through the Affordable Care Act."

By Sean Gorman• October 4, 2013

Jeff Kottkamp stated on February 28, 2010 in an interview on Newsmax TV:

"If every house in Florida had a solar-heated water tank, that would eliminate consumption by 17 percent."

By Lukas Pleva• April 6, 2010

Joe Biden stated on October 21, 2011 in a talk at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H.:

In Libya, "America spent $2 billion total and didn’t lose a single life."

By Jake Berry• November 3, 2011

Seth Magaziner stated on April 13, 2014 in an appearance on “10 News Conference”:

"In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 21, 2014

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