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Recent statements involving Income

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Income
Kanye West

In Wisconsin, Foxconn has "4,000 jobs, people making $53,000 a year."  

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, October 12th, 2018

Half-True

Yes on income; property and gas less clear

Income
Scott Walker

Says Tony Evers will "raise property taxes, raise income taxes and raise gas taxes by as much as a dollar a gallon."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, October 11th, 2018

Mostly True

Less of a gap in average wealth

Income
Beto O'Rourke

Says "black Americans have 10 times less wealth than white Americans."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, August 23rd, 2018

Half-True

One-two punch scores half

Income
Republican Party of Wisconsin

Says Mahlon Mitchell "received a massive raise on the backs of hard-working firefighters and turned the union into his own personal political slush fund."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, August 9th, 2018

True

Property and income tax cuts since 2011

Income
Scott Walker

"Since taking office, we have enacted more than $8 billion in cumulative tax relief."  

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, June 22nd, 2018