“Prior to 1983, social security was not taxable. Joe Biden voted successfully in favor of taxing 50% of social security. In 1993, Joe Biden was the deciding vote in raising taxes on social security from 50% to 85%. Now he wants to tax our 401k's and IRA's.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 13 Sep 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
What FactCheck.org found
Posts suggest that Joe Biden is responsible for taxes on Social Security, but those posts ignore the political history and mislead on the details. The posts also twist Biden’s proposals on retirement contributions.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 September 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 September 2020, 5 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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