Claim: The "average federal income tax" paid by the richest Americans is "8%. … If you're a cop, a teacher, a firefighter, union worker, you probably pay two to three times that."
Fact-check: Joe Biden's dubious math on the federal income tax burden
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2022-07-13T00:00:00