“Claimed that he had not suggested increasing federal income taxes on "over half of Americans" in his 11-point plan.”
Rick Scott
U.S. Senator. TV interview. Claim dated 22 Feb 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Page 35 of the multipart policy plan states: "All Americans should pay some income tax to have skin in the game, even if a small amount. Currently over half of Americans pay no income tax."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rick Scott (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 22 February 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 February 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Rick Scott has 28 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 15 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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