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Joe Biden, U.S. president

“The last administration enacted a $2 trillion tax cut that overwhelmingly benefits the top 1 percent, the very wealthy and the biggest corporation, and exploded the federal deficit. They added more to the national debt than any presidential term in American history.”

Washington Post rated this: Misleading

Washington Post says: The tax cut was not the main reason for the increase in the deficit under Trump.

Joe Biden, president

“There are 1,000 billionaires in America. You know what the average federal tax is for those billionaires? No? They’re making great sacrifices. 8.2%.”

PolitiFact rated this: This is misleading

PolitiFact says: Biden makes it sound as though this is the actual tax rate the wealthiest Americans pay under current law. It's not. It's a theoretical calculation that includes forms of unrealized wealth that are not taxed today.