Monthly Archives: August 2011

Howard Dean Overstates Cost of Tax Cuts

Posted on August 10, 2011

Howard Dean falsely claimed that "60 percent of the deficit is due to the Bush tax cuts." Last year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said that allowing the tax cuts to expire at the end of 2010 would decrease the deficit from $1.3 trillion in 2010 to $1.07 trillion in …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Aug. 2-8

Posted on August 9, 2011

This week, readers continued to send us comments on our articles about the debt limit, as well as letters on Ray LaHood's incorrect job numbers, the National Review and the importance of critical thinking. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the email we receive. Readers can send comments …
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Aug. 5: Unemployment, Jobs, White House Salaries

Posted on August 5, 2011
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Posted on August 4, 2011 , Corrected on August 5, 2011

Newspaper ads from a conservative group make the disputed claim that "Obama's Medicare Plan Will Increase Medicare Premiums." The "plan" it refers to is actually designed to produce lower prices for low-income Medicare Part D beneficiaries and taxpayers. And whether drug companies would increase prices to others in response is …
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Top 20 White House Raises

Posted on August 4, 2011

Q: Is a chart claiming to show the "top 20 raises" to White House staffers accurate? A: It's misleading. The salary increases for 19 of the 21 employees listed resulted from promotions. Average pay for White House staff actually declined.

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Romney’s Windy Web Video

Posted on August 3, 2011

A Mitt Romney online video overstates the growth of Chicago's unemployment rate under President Obama. The ad says that Chicago's unemployment is up 48 percent, which is true since November 2008. But Obama didn't take office until Jan. 20, 2009, and the city's unemployment rate has increased 26.7 percent since …
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Reid Wrong on Bush’s Economic Record

Posted on August 3, 2011

Sen. Harry Reid falsely claimed that 8 million jobs were lost during the Bush administration. To the contrary, there was a net gain of 1 million jobs under President George W. Bush. It's true that more than 8 million jobs were lost as a result of the recent recession — …
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Bachmann’s Histrionics on Health Care

Posted on August 2, 2011

Michele Bachmann incorrectly claimed the new health care law is "the largest spending and entitlement program ever passed in our nation's history." The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the health care provisions of the law will cost roughly $169 billion in fiscal year 2016, the first year of full …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of July 26 – Aug. 1

Posted on August 2, 2011

This week, readers sent us comments about the debt limit debate. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.

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