Statement·other·said 2024-10-07
“Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations.”
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Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2024-10-10Reasoning
PolitiFact rated this Mostly False: the top 25 billionaires paid roughly 16% average tax rates and large corporations averaged 14.1%, comparable to or below many teachers and nurses, so the sweeping comparison does not hold.
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