Fact Check: Are Rich Taxed Less Than Secretaries?

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Tue, 09/20/2011 - 3:28am

FACT CHECK: Are Rich Taxed Less Than Secretaries?

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama makes it sound like there are millionaires all over America paying taxes at lower rates than their secretaries. "Middle-class families shouldn't pay higher taxes than millionaires and billionaires," Obama said Monday. "That's pretty straightforward. It's hard to argue against that."

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