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Search results for "Palantir Paid 0 in Federal Income Tax in 2025"

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Facebook posts stated on January 22, 2025 in a Facebook post:
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to replace the IRS with the External Revenue Service, eliminating tax returns and income tax.
By Caleb McCullough• January 27, 2025
Donald Trump stated on June 24, 2025 in a White House fact sheet:
If the “Big Beautiful Bill” passes, "hardworking Americans and families will see an average increase in take-home pay of OVER $10,000 per year."
By Louis Jacobson• June 26, 2025
Sherrod Brown stated on February 18, 2019 in an interview:
With the Trump tax law, "70 percent of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1 percent."  
By Tom Kertscher• March 5, 2019
Adam Schiff stated on January 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:
“As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 31, 2025
Hillary Clinton stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn't paid a penny in taxes."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• May 24, 2016
Abigail Spanberger stated on February 24, 2026 in the Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address:
President Donald Trump’s tariff policies “have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs” since last year.
By Loreben Tuquero, Zoe Weyand• February 25, 2026
Lori Chavez-DeRemer stated on July 17, 2025 in a post on X:
Under President Donald Trump’s newly signed tax law, “Those making less than $50,000 receive the largest (tax) cuts.”
By Louis Jacobson• July 21, 2025
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
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
Occupy Democrats stated on June 11, 2025 in Facebook post:
"Undocumented immigrants paid more taxes last year than Amazon, GM, IBM & Netflix combined."
By Ella Moore• June 27, 2025
Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2016 in a speech in Aston, Pa.:
"My opponent has no child care plan."
By Louis Jacobson• September 14, 2016
Joe Biden stated on July 06, 2022 in a speech in Cleveland:
The “average federal income tax” paid by the richest Americans is “8%. … If you’re a cop, a teacher, a firefighter, union worker, you probably pay two to three times that.”
By Louis Jacobson• July 13, 2022
Josh Schoemann stated on June 02, 2025 in Radio interview:
“The state of Illinois has a lower income tax rate than we do, and a flat tax. It’s almost half of what the top bracket here in Wisconsin is.”
By Hope Karnopp• June 25, 2025
Hillary Clinton stated on October 26, 2016 in a rally in Tampa, Fla.:
"One-half of undocumented workers pay federal income taxes, which means they are paying more federal income taxes than Donald Trump pays."
By Lauren Carroll• October 27, 2016
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 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
Karoline Leavitt stated on March 11, 2025 in a White House press briefing:
“Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 13, 2025
Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The yearly cost of religious tax exemptions: $71 billion. If the church paid taxes, everyone would only have to pay 3% taxes.”
By Tom Kertscher• September 28, 2021
Lamar Smith stated on August 01, 2012 in a speech to the Austin-Oak Hill Rotary Club:
Says the top 20 percent of income earners pay nearly 70 percent of all federal taxes.
By Sue Owen• August 27, 2012
Tammy Baldwin stated on January 13, 2015 in a news release:
Middle-class Americans "pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires."
By Tom Kertscher• January 25, 2015

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By Amy Sherman• November 11, 2025

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By Louis Jacobson• December 19, 2017

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

By Miriam Valverde• February 8, 2020

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By Julie Appleby• July 7, 2025

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By PolitiFact Staff • August 21, 2024

Trump sees a future without federal income taxes, but the tariff math doesn’t add up

By Louis Jacobson• December 3, 2025

Fact-checking DNC Night 2: What Democratic speakers got right, wrong

By PolitiFact Staff • August 20, 2024

PolitiFact answers reader questions about the Big Beautiful Bill

By Louis Jacobson• July 16, 2025

Fact-checking political talking points about the 2025 government shutdown

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Factsheet: Donald Trump’s tax returns

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By PolitiFact Staff • June 27, 2019

Fact-checking falsehoods about Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ and taxes, deficit, Medicaid

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, Loreben Tuquero• June 24, 2025

Trump tax cuts: Sorting truth versus spin on tips, overtime, Social Security policy before Tax Day

By Amy Sherman• April 14, 2026

Fact-checking night 1 of the 2020 RNC

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Six questions answered about this year's state budget deal

By Dan Clark• April 11, 2017

Fact-checking the Bernie Sanders town hall on Fox News

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