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2024-04-17 09:25:02 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A30C2EC5A67DA72F0AC0E1A8CEBD8072A65EE67ABDE2437E0930554BB19E95B6
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Billionaires and other high income earners do not pay a lower federal tax rate than teachers or nurses. This claim, and similar ones made by Biden, have repeatedly been rated "false" by a variety of fact checkers: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/13/joe-biden/joe-bidens-dubious-math-federal-income-tax-burden/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/20/joe-biden/in-push-for-billionaire-tax-joe-biden-gets-his-fig/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/23/biden-keeps-saying-billionaires-pay-8-percent-taxes-not-really/ https://www.cato.org/blog/fact-check-taxes-rich https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/joe-biden/biden-billionaire-tax-rate-fact-check/536-75be1f9b-d40f-45b3-9201-82b161a4e61b https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/bidens-tax-rate-comparison-for-billionaires-and-schoolteachers/
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