Claim: Says that Wall Street hedge fund managers "pay a lower tax rate than does a sheet metal worker in Parma or a school teacher in Cleveland."
Fact-check: Sen. Sherrod Brown says Wall Street hedge fund managers pay a lower tax rate than a typical sheet metal worker or a teacher
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Feran
Date published: 2011-08-22T00:00:00