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JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" “Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.” Joe Biden stated on June 4, 2024 in an interview with Time magazine “Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation. Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2024 in a fundraising event in Seattle "China's in a situation where they have more retired than working." Lisa Subeck stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter “The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.” Scott Walker stated on March 3, 2024 in TV interview “We just had 100% increase in layoffs.” Carl Weisbrod stated on March 3, 2024 in an op-ed “The average commute time for people who drive to work in (New York City) is 43 minutes, the longest in the nation.” Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2024 in a rally in Rome, Georgia "In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared." Donald Trump stated on February 17, 2024 in a rally “The biggest threat to your unions is millions of people coming across the border, because you're not gonna have your jobs anymore.” Linda Rosenthal stated on February 6, 2024 in a quote in a news article “Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft. Nikki Haley stated on January 2, 2024 in a town hall in Rye, N.H. “Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID." Joe Biden stated on July 28, 2023 in a speech in Maine "Wages are up after being adjusted for inflation." Kevin McCarthy stated on May 28, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday" "Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.” Tim Scott stated on May 22, 2023 in his presidential announcement speech “The share of working-age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.” Stanley Litow stated on February 7, 2023 in a news release “Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.” National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 21, 2023 in YouTube ad “Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security. Joe Biden stated on February 15, 2023 in a speech in Lanham, Maryland The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter." Mike Palicz stated on February 7, 2023 in a tweet The 87,000 new IRS agents who were supposed to “only target the rich” are now “coming after waitresses’ tips.” Joe Biden stated on January 12, 2023 in remarks at the White House “Take-home pay for workers is going up.” Ron Johnson stated on August 7, 2022 in News release "Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups." Miguel Cardona stated on August 21, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" "Adjusted for inflation, over the last 25 years teachers have made a $29 increase in their salary." Load more
JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" “Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.”
Joe Biden stated on June 4, 2024 in an interview with Time magazine “Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation.
Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2024 in a fundraising event in Seattle "China's in a situation where they have more retired than working."
Lisa Subeck stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter “The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.”
Carl Weisbrod stated on March 3, 2024 in an op-ed “The average commute time for people who drive to work in (New York City) is 43 minutes, the longest in the nation.”
Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2024 in a rally in Rome, Georgia "In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared."
Donald Trump stated on February 17, 2024 in a rally “The biggest threat to your unions is millions of people coming across the border, because you're not gonna have your jobs anymore.”
Linda Rosenthal stated on February 6, 2024 in a quote in a news article “Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft.
Nikki Haley stated on January 2, 2024 in a town hall in Rye, N.H. “Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID."
Joe Biden stated on July 28, 2023 in a speech in Maine "Wages are up after being adjusted for inflation."
Kevin McCarthy stated on May 28, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday" "Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”
Tim Scott stated on May 22, 2023 in his presidential announcement speech “The share of working-age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.”
Stanley Litow stated on February 7, 2023 in a news release “Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.”
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 21, 2023 in YouTube ad “Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security.
Joe Biden stated on February 15, 2023 in a speech in Lanham, Maryland The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."
Mike Palicz stated on February 7, 2023 in a tweet The 87,000 new IRS agents who were supposed to “only target the rich” are now “coming after waitresses’ tips.”
Joe Biden stated on January 12, 2023 in remarks at the White House “Take-home pay for workers is going up.”
Ron Johnson stated on August 7, 2022 in News release "Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups."
Miguel Cardona stated on August 21, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" "Adjusted for inflation, over the last 25 years teachers have made a $29 increase in their salary."
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