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The claim

"You know what the average tax (billionaires) pay, federal tax? Three percent. T-H-R-E-E. Three percent. No billionaire should be paying a lower tax than somebody working as a schoolteacher or a firefighter or any of you in this room."

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Using theoretical taxes

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