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Tag Archives: middle class
Earmarks, Taxes and Premium Hikes
In episode 38 of our podcast, we highlight false statements from Democrats on the Sunday talk shows, and exaggerations from Republicans about the impact of the new health care law on premiums. [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode38.mp3[/podcast] For more on the stories discussed in this episode, see: Sunday Replay Nov. 15 The Truth About …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged David Axelrod, earmarks, health care reform, John Boehner, Mark Warner, middle class, Mitch McConnell, podcast, premiums
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Sunday Replay
Americans are worried about money – the government’s as well as their own – and the Sunday talk shows reflected that concern. We had a few bones to pick with their guests when it came to discussion of earmarks, the housing market and Social Security. And however one defines that …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Alan Greenspan, David Axelrod, earmarks, housing market, Kent Conrad, Mark Warner, middle class, Social Security
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Just the Facts 2010: Mailbag
We get plenty of mail — well, e-mail — here at FactCheck.org. In this episode of our vidcast, we read a few of the comments from our mailbag. These readers asked who’s behind the Congressional Budget Office and offered an opinion on the definition of “middle class.”
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Clunker Claims and Cadillac Plans
The AFL-CIO is running a print ad this week arguing that "the House bill gets it right" on health care. The Senate bill? Not so much, says the labor federation. Its beef is with the tax in the Senate Finance Committee bill on high-cost (a.k.a. "Cadillac") health care plans. Unions …
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Tagged afl-cio, health insurance, labor, middle class, taxes, unions
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Defining the ‘Middle Class’
Q: Is there a standard, accepted definition of what constitutes the "middle class"? A: No, there isn’t. "Middle class" means different things to different people – and politicians.
