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JD Vance stated on August 21, 2025 in a speech in Peachtree City, Georgia “We had the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen.” Americans for Prosperity stated on July 28, 2025 in X “The (Evers) Era locked Wisconsin families into a 400‑year property tax increase.” Lori Chavez-DeRemer stated on July 17, 2025 in a post on X Under President Donald Trump’s newly signed tax law, “Those making less than $50,000 receive the largest (tax) cuts.” Gavin Newsom stated on July 14, 2025 in a podcast interview “California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.” Hakeem Jeffries stated on July 2, 2025 in a House floor speech President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.” Donald Trump stated on June 29, 2025 in an interview on Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures' The One Big Beautiful Bill will deliver the promise of “no tax on Social Security.” Elizabeth Warren stated on June 24, 2025 in an X post “If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’" Occupy Democrats stated on June 11, 2025 in Facebook post "Undocumented immigrants paid more taxes last year than Amazon, GM, IBM & Netflix combined." Donald Trump stated on June 24, 2025 in a White House fact sheet If the “Big Beautiful Bill” passes, "hardworking Americans and families will see an average increase in take-home pay of OVER $10,000 per year." Josh Schoemann stated on June 2, 2025 in Radio interview “The state of Illinois has a lower income tax rate than we do, and a flat tax. It’s almost half of what the top bracket here in Wisconsin is.” American Action Network stated on June 4, 2025 in an ad The Republican tax and spending bill will provide a “tax cut for Social Security recipients.” Donald Trump stated on June 5, 2025 in a Truth Social post If the “Big, Beautiful” tax and spending bill doesn’t pass, “there will be a 68% tax increase.” Kathy Hochul stated on May 5, 2025 in a television interview The state budget contains the largest middle class tax cut in 70 years. Karoline Leavitt stated on May 19, 2025 in a White House press briefing President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.” Charles Schumer stated on April 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" “It's estimated” that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will mean “American families would have to pay about $4,000 more a year.” Michael Lawler stated on March 21, 2025 in a television interview “If we don’t pass the tax bill by the end of the year, we will have the largest tax increase in American history.” Karoline Leavitt stated on March 11, 2025 in a White House press briefing “Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.” Cavalier Johnson stated on January 19, 2025 in TV interview “After the referendum, Milwaukee Public Schools has a larger tax levy than the City of Milwaukee.” Social Media stated on February 24, 2025 in a post Maine Gov. Janet Mills said, “If (President) Donald Trump stops federal funding to Maine, we the people of Maine will take out federal taxes from all paychecks and no taxes will be paid to the federal government.” Patty Murray stated on February 20, 2025 in a Senate floor speech “The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.” Load more
JD Vance stated on August 21, 2025 in a speech in Peachtree City, Georgia “We had the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen.”
Americans for Prosperity stated on July 28, 2025 in X “The (Evers) Era locked Wisconsin families into a 400‑year property tax increase.”
Lori Chavez-DeRemer stated on July 17, 2025 in a post on X Under President Donald Trump’s newly signed tax law, “Those making less than $50,000 receive the largest (tax) cuts.”
Gavin Newsom stated on July 14, 2025 in a podcast interview “California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.”
Hakeem Jeffries stated on July 2, 2025 in a House floor speech President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.”
Donald Trump stated on June 29, 2025 in an interview on Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures' The One Big Beautiful Bill will deliver the promise of “no tax on Social Security.”
Elizabeth Warren stated on June 24, 2025 in an X post “If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’"
Occupy Democrats stated on June 11, 2025 in Facebook post "Undocumented immigrants paid more taxes last year than Amazon, GM, IBM & Netflix combined."
Donald Trump stated on June 24, 2025 in a White House fact sheet If the “Big Beautiful Bill” passes, "hardworking Americans and families will see an average increase in take-home pay of OVER $10,000 per year."
Josh Schoemann stated on June 2, 2025 in Radio interview “The state of Illinois has a lower income tax rate than we do, and a flat tax. It’s almost half of what the top bracket here in Wisconsin is.”
American Action Network stated on June 4, 2025 in an ad The Republican tax and spending bill will provide a “tax cut for Social Security recipients.”
Donald Trump stated on June 5, 2025 in a Truth Social post If the “Big, Beautiful” tax and spending bill doesn’t pass, “there will be a 68% tax increase.”
Kathy Hochul stated on May 5, 2025 in a television interview The state budget contains the largest middle class tax cut in 70 years.
Karoline Leavitt stated on May 19, 2025 in a White House press briefing President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.”
Charles Schumer stated on April 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" “It's estimated” that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will mean “American families would have to pay about $4,000 more a year.”
Michael Lawler stated on March 21, 2025 in a television interview “If we don’t pass the tax bill by the end of the year, we will have the largest tax increase in American history.”
Karoline Leavitt stated on March 11, 2025 in a White House press briefing “Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.”
Cavalier Johnson stated on January 19, 2025 in TV interview “After the referendum, Milwaukee Public Schools has a larger tax levy than the City of Milwaukee.”
Social Media stated on February 24, 2025 in a post Maine Gov. Janet Mills said, “If (President) Donald Trump stops federal funding to Maine, we the people of Maine will take out federal taxes from all paychecks and no taxes will be paid to the federal government.”
Patty Murray stated on February 20, 2025 in a Senate floor speech “The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.”
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