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Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2023 in a post on Facebook "In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything." Rick Scott stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.” 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.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters “The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.” Glenn Youngkin stated on January 23, 2023 in a speech. Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.” Eric Adams stated on January 7, 2023 in a radio interview “Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers.” Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook “Americans who worked through the pandemic are being paid up to $26,000 by qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit.” Citizens for Sanity stated on November 2, 2022 in an ad President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children." Senate Leadership Fund stated on October 11, 2022 in a political ad Cheri Beasley “backs tax hikes — even on families making under $75,000.” Marco Rubio stated on October 18, 2022 in a campaign ad Val Demings "voted with Pelosi to raise taxes over $4,000 on Florida families." Citizens Against Government Waste stated on August 31, 2022 in a Facebook ad “More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity, 'clean' garbage trucks, and studying cow farts." Joe Manchin stated on August 28, 2022 in a tweet “WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.” Ron Johnson stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.” Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post “America now has a government that forbids border agents from using deadly force, but is training IRS agents to use SWAT-team tactics on law-abiding citizens.” Raphael Warnock stated on August 29, 2022 in a speech in Albany, Ga. The child tax credit passed under President Joe Biden “has helped 97% of the families with children who are living in poverty.” Charlie Crist stated on August 25, 2022 in a tweet Gov. Ron DeSantis raised "taxes on the middle class by more than $1.5 billion while giving away $624 million to big corporations." Herschel Walker stated on August 22, 2022 in a tweet Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.” Charlie Kirk stated on August 24, 2022 in a Tweet “Harvard is sitting on top of a $54 billion hedge fund they call an ‘endowment’ that they pay zero taxes on. Yale has $31 Billion. Stanford $29 Billion. Princeton $26 Billion.” Joni Ernst stated on August 24, 2022 in a newsletter “The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says with the supersized staff, the IRS audit rate ‘would rise for ALL taxpayers’ regardless of income, and would even result in audits of innocent Americans who have paid their taxes and don’t owe the IRS anything.” Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2022 in a post Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service. Load more
Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2023 in a post on Facebook "In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything."
Rick Scott stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
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.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters “The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”
Glenn Youngkin stated on January 23, 2023 in a speech. Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.”
Eric Adams stated on January 7, 2023 in a radio interview “Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers.”
Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook “Americans who worked through the pandemic are being paid up to $26,000 by qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit.”
Citizens for Sanity stated on November 2, 2022 in an ad President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children."
Senate Leadership Fund stated on October 11, 2022 in a political ad Cheri Beasley “backs tax hikes — even on families making under $75,000.”
Marco Rubio stated on October 18, 2022 in a campaign ad Val Demings "voted with Pelosi to raise taxes over $4,000 on Florida families."
Citizens Against Government Waste stated on August 31, 2022 in a Facebook ad “More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity, 'clean' garbage trucks, and studying cow farts."
Joe Manchin stated on August 28, 2022 in a tweet “WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.”
Ron Johnson stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.”
Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post “America now has a government that forbids border agents from using deadly force, but is training IRS agents to use SWAT-team tactics on law-abiding citizens.”
Raphael Warnock stated on August 29, 2022 in a speech in Albany, Ga. The child tax credit passed under President Joe Biden “has helped 97% of the families with children who are living in poverty.”
Charlie Crist stated on August 25, 2022 in a tweet Gov. Ron DeSantis raised "taxes on the middle class by more than $1.5 billion while giving away $624 million to big corporations."
Herschel Walker stated on August 22, 2022 in a tweet Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”
Charlie Kirk stated on August 24, 2022 in a Tweet “Harvard is sitting on top of a $54 billion hedge fund they call an ‘endowment’ that they pay zero taxes on. Yale has $31 Billion. Stanford $29 Billion. Princeton $26 Billion.”
Joni Ernst stated on August 24, 2022 in a newsletter “The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says with the supersized staff, the IRS audit rate ‘would rise for ALL taxpayers’ regardless of income, and would even result in audits of innocent Americans who have paid their taxes and don’t owe the IRS anything.”
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2022 in a post Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service.
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