Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-09 11:30:07 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4A37B38A4AFA0C383935D78F7F26D25B6499FBBC4EE176FD1A4222554EAEAE6C
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Original Note:
President Biden's assertion that billionaires pay a lower tax rate than teachers or firefighters was based on nonequivalent comparisons. Propublica had published tax rates for billionaires based on a change in estimated wealth such as unsold stock holdings rather than income. https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/bidens-tax-rate-comparison-for-billionaires-and-schoolteachers/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/20/joe-biden/in-push-for-billionaire-tax-joe-biden-gets-his-fig/
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