claim: the richest 400 taxpayers are taxed at a lower rate than a $29,000-a-year worker
author: sheldon whitehouse
evidence_1: mar 15, 2011 ... the study of “more than 500 politifact stories from january 2010 through  january 2011” found that ... “mostly true” for informing the public that “the richest  400 taxpayers are taxed at a lower rate than a $29,000-a-year worker.
evidence_2: [but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the ...  the richest 400 taxpayers are taxed at a lower rate than a $29,000-a-year worker .
evidence_3: jul 13, 2017 ... not everyone will be getting a tax cut, and; the richest 1% will enjoy tax ... as  stock, held longer than one year -- is taxed at preferential rates under current law.  ... trump would keep those same three preferential rates, but align the ... on the  deduction side, the standard deduction -- which all taxpayers are ...
evidence_4: sep 16, 2011 ... (but) the wealthiest americans, they pay the most in taxes already ...  wasserman schultz: but they're still at the lowest tax rate since ... as  politifact has reported, the most recent hard data on this question comes from  the 2007 tax year. ... break down taxpayers in five equal groups, poorest to  richest.
evidence_5: dec 7, 2017 ... playback rate ... on average, the senate tax bill would drop taxes across all  income groups ... who is affected: taxpayers earning less than $25,400 a year ...  but also many part-time worker s— could benefit from the senate tax bill's ... the  wealthy's initially large tax cuts would drop to a lower average after ...