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Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2022 in a photo on Facebook “If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.” John Macco stated on April 18, 2022 in Twitter Says Gov. Tony Evers "wanted to increase your taxes by $1 billion just for heating your homes. Instead, Republicans cut your taxes by more than $2 billion." Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2022 in a video on Facebook “Paying taxes is optional!!” Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2022 in a Facebook post “DeSantis erases Disney’s tax exempt law. Will cost Disney $200 Mil in taxes. Per year!” Opportunity Wisconsin stated on February 21, 2022 in YouTube ad "Ron Johnson pushed through a special tax loophole that benefited his own family's business … Then he cashed out of the company for $5 million … (he has) doubled his wealth since taking office." Mike Gibbons stated on April 12, 2022 in an ad “J.D. Vance called for higher taxes.” Rebecca Kleefisch stated on March 28, 2022 in TV ad “As your Lieutenant Governor…I cut your taxes.” Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post “Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning less than $50,000 by an ADDITIONAL $4,500 after CUTTING taxes for the rich.” Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on March 7, 2022 in TV ad Says Gov. Tony Evers "tried to make us pay even more at the pump by hiking the gas tax." Wisconsin Initiative stated on February 23, 2022 in TV ad “Gov. Tony Evers brought Republicans and Democrats together to cut income taxes for the middle class.” Pam Helming stated on March 8, 2022 in a radio interview "Almost half of every dollar that we spend on gas, it goes to New York State." Bill O'Reilly stated on March 15, 2022 in a video on his website “As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.” Glenn Grothman stated on February 3, 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." Val Demings stated on March 6, 2022 in an ad "Marco Rubio is following his party bosses, like Rick Scott, with his plan to raise taxes on Florida's working families, retirees and veterans." Facebook posts stated on February 20, 2022 in a Facebook post The IRS is taking money away from people who received unemployment benefits. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on January 7, 2022 in an ad Sen. Ron Johnson has been “rewarding companies that outsource to China.” Melanie D'Arrigo stated on February 6, 2022 in a Tweet “Teachers can only deduct up to $250 for school supplies on their taxes, but billionaires can write off the entire cost of a private jet.” Joe Manchin stated on December 20, 2021 in a radio interview The expanded child tax credit in the Build Back Better Act has “no means testing,” so people making $200,000 and $400,000 would get “the same as someone making” $70,000. Lindsey Graham stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” Chris Jacobs stated on November 19, 2021 in a radio interview “This one here has subsidies for people making as much as $800,000 to be able to buy a Tesla.” Load more
Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2022 in a photo on Facebook “If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.”
John Macco stated on April 18, 2022 in Twitter Says Gov. Tony Evers "wanted to increase your taxes by $1 billion just for heating your homes. Instead, Republicans cut your taxes by more than $2 billion."
Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2022 in a Facebook post “DeSantis erases Disney’s tax exempt law. Will cost Disney $200 Mil in taxes. Per year!”
Opportunity Wisconsin stated on February 21, 2022 in YouTube ad "Ron Johnson pushed through a special tax loophole that benefited his own family's business … Then he cashed out of the company for $5 million … (he has) doubled his wealth since taking office."
Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post “Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning less than $50,000 by an ADDITIONAL $4,500 after CUTTING taxes for the rich.”
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on March 7, 2022 in TV ad Says Gov. Tony Evers "tried to make us pay even more at the pump by hiking the gas tax."
Wisconsin Initiative stated on February 23, 2022 in TV ad “Gov. Tony Evers brought Republicans and Democrats together to cut income taxes for the middle class.”
Pam Helming stated on March 8, 2022 in a radio interview "Almost half of every dollar that we spend on gas, it goes to New York State."
Bill O'Reilly stated on March 15, 2022 in a video on his website “As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.”
Glenn Grothman stated on February 3, 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."
Val Demings stated on March 6, 2022 in an ad "Marco Rubio is following his party bosses, like Rick Scott, with his plan to raise taxes on Florida's working families, retirees and veterans."
Facebook posts stated on February 20, 2022 in a Facebook post The IRS is taking money away from people who received unemployment benefits.
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on January 7, 2022 in an ad Sen. Ron Johnson has been “rewarding companies that outsource to China.”
Melanie D'Arrigo stated on February 6, 2022 in a Tweet “Teachers can only deduct up to $250 for school supplies on their taxes, but billionaires can write off the entire cost of a private jet.”
Joe Manchin stated on December 20, 2021 in a radio interview The expanded child tax credit in the Build Back Better Act has “no means testing,” so people making $200,000 and $400,000 would get “the same as someone making” $70,000.
Lindsey Graham stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.”
Chris Jacobs stated on November 19, 2021 in a radio interview “This one here has subsidies for people making as much as $800,000 to be able to buy a Tesla.”
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