Fact-checking the Biden vs. Rick Scott argument over Scott's tax proposal
CNN
A prominent Republican, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, is still falsely describing what his own tax proposal says.
President Joe Biden, meanwhile, is attacking Scott's proposal by misleadingly describing a key number from a think tank's analysis -- an analysis based on rough assumptions about what Scott might mean -- as if that number is much more definitive than the think tank says it is.
The prolonged argument between Scott and Biden, which has flared once more this week, is centered on a brief item in a document Scott released in February. The document, which Scott calls "An 11 Point Plan to Rescue America," includes this two-sentence proposal: "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."
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