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Joe Biden stated on February 15, 2023 in a speech in Lanham, Maryland:

The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."

By Louis Jacobson• February 20, 2023

David Gura stated on October 27, 2021 in a tweet:

“FUN FACT: West Virginia is home to zero billionaires.”

By Emily Zirkelbach• November 9, 2021

Joe Biden stated on January 25, 2024 in Public appearance:

"There are a thousand billionaires now and you know what their average tax rate is? 8%."

By Sophia Voight• January 26, 2024

Chris Christie stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

Bernie Sanders’s plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent."

By Louis Jacobson• October 29, 2015

Rob Portman stated on April 16, 2012 in a column in Politico:

The Buffett Rule "will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... Enough to pay one week’s interest on the national debt."

By Tom Feran• April 23, 2012

Viral image stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we'd raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months."

By Tom Kertscher• November 2, 2021

Priorities USA Action stated on July 23, 2019 in a digital ad:

"Trump wants to cut (Medicare) just to pay for tax breaks to billionaires."

By Eric Litke• July 26, 2019

Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2015 in comments at a rally.:

Says Bernie Sanders is going to "tax you people at 90 percent."

By Linda Qiu• October 20, 2015

Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning less than $50,000 by an ADDITIONAL $4,500 after CUTTING taxes for the rich.”

By Sara Swann• April 4, 2022

Florida Democratic Party stated on December 01, 2011 in a news release:

Says Mitt Romney belittled middle-class tax cuts "as nothing more than 'little Band-Aids.' "

By Becky Bowers• December 7, 2011

Hillary Clinton stated on April 01, 2008 in Philadelphia.:

McCain's "plan for the economy is to extend George Bush's tax cuts for billionaires and give a $100-billion additional corporate tax cut."

By John Frank• April 2, 2008

Julián Castro stated on March 12, 2019 in a tweet:

Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."

By Miriam Valverde• March 20, 2019

Louie Gohmert stated on January 05, 2015 in a Fox news interview:

Says President Barack Obama has "not proposed one thing that would change" the fact that Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary.

By Lauren Carroll• January 7, 2015

David Perdue stated on March 29, 2022 in an ad:

“A secret backroom deal" gave "away hundreds of millions of tax dollars to a Soros-owned company."

By Tom Kertscher• April 8, 2022

Kamala Harris stated on October 07, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes":

"Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations."

By Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2024

New Jersey Democratic State Committee stated on August 01, 2012 in a news release:

"(The Tax Policy Center) found that Romney would raise taxes on the average middle class family by $2,000 to pay for $5 trillion in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires."

By Bill Wichert• August 12, 2012

Austan Goolsbee stated on September 12, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.":

Extending current tax rates would "average more than $100,000 a year to millionaires and even billionaires."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 13, 2010

American Future Fund stated on January 28, 2016 in a campaign ad:

"Kasich’s budget raised taxes by billions, hitting businesses hard and the middle class even harder."

By Nadia Pflaum• February 12, 2016

Kamala Harris stated on November 13, 2019 in a Facebook ad:

"In America, there is a father who is holding down two jobs and paying more taxes than the richest 400 families in America."

By Tom Kertscher• November 21, 2019

Jennifer Shilling stated on May 11, 2016 in a teleconference:

Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average -- would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined."

By Tom Kertscher• May 20, 2016

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