claim: "there haven't been tax cuts for the rich" in rhode island.
author: nicholas mattiello
evidence_1: jan 17, 2015 ... in a wide-ranging interview with nbc 10 bill rappleye, house speaker nick  mattiello said taxes were not reduced for rhode island's richest ...
evidence_2: "there haven't been tax cuts for the rich" in rhode island. — politifact rhode  island on sunday, february 8th, 2015. false. you really did. nicholas mattiello.
evidence_3: speaker mattiello: 'there haven't been tax cuts for the rich' .... maria cimini of  providence would raise income taxes on the richest rhode islanders by 2  percent ...
evidence_4: mar 13, 2013 ... “the tax cuts for the rich in rhode island have failed, just like they did on the ... “ there is a revenue problem in our state,” cimini told reporters. ... “i have been  consistently opposed to increasing the income tax,” paiva weed ... that legislative  leaders haven't met with the bill's supporters to discuss its merits.
evidence_5: mar 1, 2018 ... but they haven't done a good job of articulating an affirmative tax policy agenda  of their own—let alone whether they even ... but on tuesday, two democrats— rhode island senator sheldon whitehouse and ... altering the tax treatment of  foreign-earned profits has long been a top republican priority.