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PolitiFact→ Do Jesse Watters’ claims about the federal budget, LGBTQ+ and DEI funding add up?
Fox News host Jesse Watters cited a laundry list of programs included in the new federal budget, characterizing them with descriptions such as a “DEI zoo” and “gay senior home.” His claims range from missing context to inaccurate.
Truth or Fiction?→ US Budget Deficit
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Truth or Fiction?→ US Budget Deficit
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Full Fact→ Policies highlighted in Facebook Reels post were not part of latest Budget
Three measures mentioned in the post’s caption all featured in the 2022 ‘mini-budget’, but only one of them was ever implemented.
Full Fact→ Spring Budget 2024: fact checked
We take a look at some of the chancellor’s claims in the Spring Budget.
The Dispatch→ If Republicans Want a Better Budget Deal, They Need to Win More Elections
It’s crazy to punish Speaker Mike Johnson when the party has a tiny majority in the House.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Does NOT Fund 88 Percent Of The World Health Organization Budget
Do contributions from Bill Gates make up 88 percent of the World Health Organization's annual funding? No, that's not true: While notable, the total amount donated by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation every year did not exceed 10 perc
PolitiFact→ Tricia Cotham – Cotham falsely says NC budget includes 'largest' ever income tax cut
The North Carolina state budget includes “the largest cut in our personal income tax that we’ve ever seen.”
PolitiFact→ Matt Gaetz – Matt Gaetz oversells role of budgetary dysfunction in adding to the federal debt
"Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt."
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden casts GOP budget as specific on law enforcement cuts, but it’s unknown
"The Republican plan would cut federal law enforcement officers — 30,000 — including 11,000 FBI agents, 2,000 border agents, DEA agents, and so on."
PolitiFact→ A family budget is often invoked in U.S. debt fights. Just how similar is it to a federal budget?
There are some similarities between how the federal government budgets and how families do it, as Republicans often argue to support major spending cuts. But economists say there are crucial differences that undercut the usefulness of this analogy.
Washington Post→ White House touts illusory ‘VA cuts’ as GOP ducks budget specifics
The Fact Checker digs into the confusing spin and counterpin over alleged VA cuts under the House GOP plan
Poynter→ Fact-checkers boosted budgets and broadened focus to tackle misinformation, report finds
Fact-checking organizations ramped up their budgets and diversified their focus in 2022, according to a new report that surveyed 93 verified signatories of the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter. The […] The post Fact-checkers boosted
Poynter→ Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare
President Joe Biden proposed a $6.8 trillion budget this week that would impose tax hikes on the wealthy to bolster Medicare’s finances ands provide additional money to expand social programs. […] The post Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare
When President Joe Biden released his $6.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2024, he made several claims about the economy, tax rates and Medicare. Some of them were accurate, we found; others were unsupported.
AllSides→ Biden’s One-Sided Attack on Republican Budgeting
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/bidens-one-sided-attack-on-republican-budgeting/ President Joe Biden
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s One-Sided Attack on Republican Budgeting
President Joe Biden has repeatedly tried to flip the script about the GOP claiming to be the party of fiscal responsibility, saying Republicans’ plans would add $3 trillion to the debt over the next decade. There are some Republican proposals th
Logically→ The Karnataka government announced free power supply up to 75 units for rural SC/ST families in the 2023 state budget.
Poynter→ Social Security does add to federal budget deficit, despite claims to the contrary
In a “Dear Republican Party” Facebook post, the group Occupy Democrats suggested that the GOP would use federal deficits and debt as a false pretense for cutting Social Security. “Social […] The post Social Security does add to
The Dispatch→ There Is No Painless Way to Balance the Budget
A protester calls for a tax increase on the wealthy outside Ted Cruz’s Houston office. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images.)‘Taxing the rich’ and cutting ‘woke’ programs won’t come close to getting the job done.The post There Is No Painless Wa
PolitiFact→ Occupy Democrats – Social Security does add to federal budget deficit, despite Occupy Democrats’ claim to the contrary
"Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit or the national debt."
Full Fact→ Bank of England did not sell £80 billion in gilts shortly before mini-Budget
Sir Iain Duncan Smith claimed the Bank of England sold ‘some £80 billion in gilts’ around the time of the mini-budget announcement on 23 September. This didn’t happen.
Full Fact→ The Bank of England hasn’t already spent £65 billion following mini-Budget
Claims that the government had spent £65 billion have been shared extremely widely on social media.
Full Fact→ Do the mini-Budget tax cuts favour the rich?
Income tax-payers across the income scale will benefit to some extent as a result of the Chancellor’s announcement—but higher earners will benefit much more.
Washington Post→ Biden’s unwarranted bragging about reducing the budget deficit
The president argues he is not a big spender, pointing to a decline in the budget deficit. But his policies have increased the debt.
Snopes→ Tech Tool Offers Police ‘Mass Surveillance on a Budget’
Police have used “Fog Reveal” to search hundreds of billions of records from 250 million mobile devices.
PolitiFact→ Deidre DeJear – Differences exist in how to spend it, but state budget surplus has cash
“$1.5 billion of your taxpayer money is sitting in an account” that can be used for other purposes.
PolitiFact→ Harry Wilson – Wilson’s claim on Zeldin budget votes not fully accurate
Lee Zeldin “voted for Cuomo’s Billion Dollar Tax hike and every Cuomo budget.”
Full Fact→ £37 billion was the two-year budget for NHS Test and Trace, not how much was spent
Posts on Facebook which have been shared hundreds of times have questioned where the £37 billion allocated for the running of the NHS Test and Trace scheme was spent. One post, which is a screenshot of a tweet, states: “Tories explain
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The Amount Elon Musk Just Paid for Twitter ($44 Billion) is Nearly Equal to Biden’s Proposed Climate Budget ($44.9 Billion)’
On April 27 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a viral tweet claiming the amount of money Elon Musk would purportedly pay in order to acquire Twitter was nearly equal to funds allocated in the Biden administration’s proposed climate budge
Snopes→ Biden’s Budget Plan: Higher Taxes on Rich, Lower Deficits
President Joe Biden announced a budget blueprint that calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, lower federal deficits, more money for police and greater funding for education, public health and housing.
Snopes→ House OKs Bill Easing Budget Strains on Postal Service
The election-year bill, coming at a time of widespread complaints about slower mail service, would also require the Postal Service to display online how efficiently it delivers mail to communities.
Logically→ Goa received an estimated budget of Rs.432 crores from Congress in the 2013-14 fiscal year.
In 2013-14, Goa received Rs.673.58 crores, up from Rs.438.42 crores in 2012-13. Congress had raised the grant by 53.64 percent from the previous year.
Logically→ India’s 2022 Union Budget levies 30 percent tax on cryptocurrency transactions.
A flat rate of 30 percent tax will be imposed only on gains derived from any digital asset.
Full Fact→ Was the Chancellor right on the Budget increasing departmental spending by the most this century?
“Today's budget increases total departmental spending over this Parliament by £150 billion. That’s the largest increase this century, with spending growing by 3.8% a year in real terms.” Rishi Sunak, 27 October 2021. During his
Snopes→ More Red Ink: US Budget Deficit Through July Hit $2.54T
The U.S. budget deficit hit $2.54 trillion for the first 10 months of this budget year, fed by spending to support the country after the pandemic-induced recession.
Snopes→ Senate OKs Dems’ $3.5T Budget in Latest Win for Biden
Lawmakers approved Democrats’ budget resolution on a party-line 50-49 vote, a crucial step for a president and party set on training the government’s fiscal might on assisting families, creating jobs and fighting climate change.
Washington Post→ McAuliffe doubles down on false budget claim that has been fact-checked three times
The former Virginia governor, who is seeking his old job again, earns Four Pinocchios.
Snopes→ States Rebound from Bleak Forecasts to Pass Record Budgets
Compared to a year ago, many states are now flush with cash.