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Biden's Twitter account fact-checked for dubious claim about the taxes billionaires pay
Fox News ^ | March 19, 2023 | Andrea Vacchiano

Posted on 03/19/2023 5:22:36 PM PDT by Navy Patriot

Twitter CEO Elon Musk doubted the White House's figure

President Biden's Twitter account posted a questionable statistic on Saturday about how much tax Americans billionaires pay.

"Look, I think you should be able to be a billionaire if you can earn it, but just pay your fair share," Biden's tweet read. "I think you ought to pay a minimum tax of 25%. It’s about basic fairness."

The tweet included a graphic of a Biden quote that said: "You know the average tax billionaires pay? Three percent. No billionaire should be paying a lower tax than somebody working as a schoolteacher or a firefighter."

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Gotta Love that Musk!
1 posted on 03/19/2023 5:22:36 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

Musk sure has his good points.


2 posted on 03/19/2023 5:32:11 PM PDT by Parley Baer (WI)
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To: Navy Patriot

“”No billionaire should be paying a lower tax than somebody working as a schoolteacher or a firefighter.””

Biden knows as much about tax rates as he does about running a country!! But he doesn’t USE the term tax rate, does he? He doesn’t know the different between “tax” and “tax rate”.


3 posted on 03/19/2023 5:36:02 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

You make a good point about “Tax” and “Tax Rates”, and Biden is the Epitome of Stupidity.


4 posted on 03/19/2023 5:42:36 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Parley Baer

Agree.


5 posted on 03/19/2023 5:43:13 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Navy Patriot
Biden is the Epitome of Stupidity.

No. Not stupid, but rather evil. He knows the difference and knows how to manipulate very well.

6 posted on 03/19/2023 5:56:18 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Navy Patriot

The analysis from OMB and CEA economists estimates that the wealthiest 400 billionaire families in America paid an average of just 8.2 percent of their income

Whilw
than Half of America Gets More in Welfare than it Pays in Taxes


7 posted on 03/19/2023 5:58:51 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

You are more correct than I.


8 posted on 03/19/2023 5:59:13 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Navy Patriot
And now I must correct myself.

His handlers know the difference and know how to manipulate very well. He is clueless.

9 posted on 03/19/2023 6:03:29 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Navy Patriot
.... Many people fail to differenciate the difference between the tax rate a person pays based on their income as opposed to the percentage of the total national tax revenues a group of individuals pay.

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10 posted on 03/19/2023 7:00:08 PM PDT by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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To: Navy Patriot
We tax income, not wealth.
11 posted on 03/20/2023 2:45:57 AM PDT by Dilbert56
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To: 17th Miss Regt

“Biden is the Epitome of Stupidity.
No. Not stupid, but rather evil. He knows the difference and knows how to manipulate very well.”

Thomas Sorrell had a session in front of a committee during the eighties and his takeaway was that Biden is an idiot.


12 posted on 03/20/2023 4:24:19 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: Dilbert56

Biden’s “Billionaire Tax” only affects people who make over $400,000 a year.

Let me see: if you earn $400,000 a year; it will take you 2,500 years to make a billion dollars.

So who is really being taxed?


13 posted on 03/20/2023 8:20:03 AM PDT by CoastWatcher
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To: Navy Patriot

Democrat hacks keep harping about paying a fair share but won’t allow a flat tax.
A lot of their money is in a safe loop hole left over election money junket money.........................................

Biden has 17 million but it was spent on getting elected also has bridges for sale.


14 posted on 03/20/2023 8:34:35 AM PDT by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: Vaduz

You make a good point about left over campaign funds, they are nothing more than Bribery, Graft and Theft Slush Funds with zero accountability.


15 posted on 03/20/2023 12:45:24 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Navy Patriot

Indeed so much for their argument about fair share it’s only for the peons make the pee-ons.


16 posted on 03/20/2023 3:25:39 PM PDT by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: Clutch Martin

Sowell, maybe?


17 posted on 03/21/2023 7:49:03 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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