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Search results for "Meta paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history"

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Timothy Geithner stated on June 24, 2011 in a speech at Dartmouth College:
For people in the top 1 percent for income, "your effective tax burden is in the low 20s, the lowest it’s been in decades and decades and decades -- lower than somebody who might make substantially less money." 
By Jeffrey Good• July 12, 2011
Barack Obama stated on June 29, 2011 in a press conference:
"If you're a … wealthy CEO or a … hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are … lower than they've been since the 1950s."
By Louis Jacobson• June 29, 2011
Ron Paul stated on January 16, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina:
Says the U.S. federal income tax rate was 0 percent until 1913.
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 31, 2012
Andrew Cuomo stated on January 08, 2020 in a speech:
"We have the lowest corporate tax rate since 1968."
By Jill Terreri Ramos• January 18, 2020
Barack Obama stated on November 30, 2011 in a speech in Scranton, Pa.:
For "the average middle-class family, your taxes today are lower than when I took office."
By Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2011
Ron Paul stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.:
Says "our taxes have doubled" with Rick Perry in office.
By W. Gardner Selby• September 26, 2011
Edward Lindsey stated on November 10, 2014 in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story:
Georgia has some of the highest gas taxes in the Southeast but one of the lowest taxes on gasoline for transportation in the nation.
By Nancy Badertscher, April Hunt• November 18, 2014
The Tax Foundation stated on March 05, 2012 in a map published on its blog.:
Says Tennessee has some of the lowest beer excise tax rates in the country.
By Tom Humphrey, Zack McMillin• March 20, 2012
Mark Critz stated on May 27, 2010 in a speech on the House floor:
"The Democratic Congress has already taken significant steps to create jobs and jump-start the economy, resulting in the lowest tax rates in over 50 years and the creation of over 500,000 new jobs so far this year."
By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2010
Paul Ryan stated on March 31, 2010 in a speech to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs:
In 2004, "20 percent of U.S. households were getting about 75 percent of their income from the federal government. ... Another 20 percent were receiving almost 40 percent."
By Catharine Richert• April 21, 2010
John Cornyn stated on July 07, 2011 in a Senate floor speech:
"Fifty-one percent -- that is, a majority of American households -- paid no income tax in 2009. Zero. Zip. Nada."
By Louis Jacobson• July 8, 2011
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss.:
"There are so many loopholes ... our businesses pay effectively one of the lowest tax rates in the world."
By Robert Farley• September 30, 2008
Rob Portman stated on November 11, 2011 in a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction hearing:
"We have the second highest corporate tax rate among our trading partners."
By Peter Krouse• November 28, 2011
Gwen Moore stated on November 11, 2014 in a radio interview:
"We've had the lowest health care inflation in history because of Obamacare."  
By Tom Kertscher• December 5, 2014
Barack Obama stated on December 06, 2011 in a speech in Osawatomie, Kan.:
"Some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1 percent."
By Louis Jacobson• December 8, 2011
Gary Johnson stated on May 05, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
"We have the highest corporate income tax in the world right now."
By Louis Jacobson• May 6, 2011
Anderson Clayton stated on October 29, 2025 in a press release:
“North Carolina teachers are already the lowest paid teachers in the south.”
By Paul Specht• November 8, 2025
Ilhan Omar stated on October 12, 2019 in a tweet:
"The 1% is paying less in taxes than everyone else."
By Louis Jacobson• October 16, 2019
E. Frank Stephenson stated on August 14, 2015 in a Georgia Public Policy Foundation blog post:
"Contrary to media reports, Georgia’s gas tax change led to no price increase at the pump."
By April Hunt• September 9, 2015
Mark Neumann stated on July 10, 2012 in an interview:
"Obamacare" is the "biggest tax increase in American history."
By Tom Kertscher• July 25, 2012

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By W. Gardner Selby• May 13, 2012

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By W. Gardner Selby• October 26, 2012

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By Louis Jacobson• June 30, 2021

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Facebook post on target about Obama's spending

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Fact-checking the Democratic claim that Amazon doesn't pay taxes

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