“President Joe Biden’s corporate tax rate increase would "put us in line with other industrial nations.”
Jennifer Granholm
Energy secretary. remarks on CNN's "State of the Union". Claim dated 4 Apr 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Biden’s proposed new tax rate for corporations would be either the top rate or in the top one-fifth of rates, depending on which metric you use.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jennifer Granholm (Energy secretary) made this claim around 4 April 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 April 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttp://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2104/04/sotu.01.html
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