Sanders Didn’t Call for 52% Tax on $29,000 Incomes

A viral post claims, falsely, that Sen. Bernie Sanders at a recent debate called for a tax rate of 52% on incomes of $29,000 or more to pay for his Medicare for All plan. He didn’t.

Still Clubbing Trump on Taxes

A rereleased TV ad says Donald Trump “supports higher taxes,” even though Trump has issued a tax plan, since the ad originally aired, that would significantly cut taxes for individuals and businesses.

The conservative Club for Growth Action‘s ad is based on a tax plan Trump floated 16 years ago. But, as a presidential candidate, Trump released a plan that the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center says “would cut taxes at all income levels” by reducing marginal tax rates on individuals and businesses, increasing “standard deduction amounts to nearly four times current levels,” and curbing “many tax expenditures.” 

The conservative Tax Foundation says the plan also would reduce federal revenues by more than $10 trillion over 10 years.

If the ad looks or sounds familiar, that’s because the group released the exact same ad last year. We wrote about it on Sept. 25, but that was before Trump unveiled his tax plan. Now that he has, the ad’s claim has even less support since.