“No, he said his secretary pays a higher tax rate than he does.”
The only way that happens is if he’s taking substantial deductions, or if he is hiding income in some other sheltered fashion. I smell hypocrisy.
No, it's quite possible. If your income is largely qualified dividends or long-term capital gains, your overall tax rate could have been in the 15-20% range back before Obama changed it.
His secretary would have been paid very well, with no substantial deductions, to be above that.