Politifact: Facebook post misleads about tax bill breakdown

Experts say analyzing this claim isn’t easy because the post lacks necessary details.

Matt Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said the post is missing critical information needed to make an accurate comparison — including whether federal and state taxes are being considered.

Beyond that, he pointed out the post also doesn’t specify “what kind of family you’re talking about, whether ‘food stamps’ includes both the direct cost and the administrative cost, and above all what ‘corporate subsidies’ means.”

For example, he said, a married couple with two children “could very easily owe zero federal income taxes” at a yearly income of $50,000.

“It’s virtually impossible to fact-check,” Gardner said. “It’s just too vague.” Read more

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