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2024-03-10 02:54:23 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CE8383ADDD7CFF5C4134DD9E34DA238B6A10D4023D6E4714F741DDA099028F7C
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The top 1% of US earners are currently paying an average federal income tax rate of more than 20%, according to an analysis by the US Treasury Department. The 8.2% Biden quotes is from the 2021 White House study that includes numbers not presently part of federal law. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/08/us/sotu-fact-check?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/131/Graph-Distributional-Analysis-2024-11162023.pdf https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/mar/08/biden-2024-state-of-the-union-address/
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