Tim Kaine actually said...

"I think the Tax Code is a way that protects our citizens from the downsides of that."

"I have long believed that the case for austerity during times of economic weakness has been fundamentally flawed."

"I would welcome making the Tax Code fairer and simpler and having a more unified base, but certainly not if the revenues is meant to go to pay for more spending."

"A very specific claim in an academic paper cited frequently by many of my Republican colleagues on this committee to make the case for short-term austerity was found to be flawed."