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Economy & business fact checks
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PolitiFactEconomy & business
Says fluid milk production limitations mean grocery stores are short on milk even as farmers are dumping it
Publisher’s rating: Half True
FactCheck.orgEconomy & business
"U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“The average cost of child care in this country is more than what it costs to send a child to college for one year.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
There are state workers who are "idle" at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Publisher’s rating: Half True
PolitiFactEconomy & business
The economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
"David McCormick fired Pennsylvanians and bragged about shipping their jobs to Asia."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
"Since Vice President Harris and I took office … incomes have risen faster than prices."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Fact-check: Donald Trump’s repeated falsehood that he saved the U.S. auto industry
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“Over the past 5 years, natural gas costs have gone up over 200%” in the United States.
Publisher’s rating: Half True
FactCheck.orgEconomy & business
"If you add up" Republican budget proposals, they "would add more than $3 trillion to the debt over 10 years."
Publisher’s rating: Cherry Picks
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“A lot of people can get an additional $2,400” from the CARES Act “and they can do it every month!”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“Nobody's ever seen a number like this… (33.1%) economic growth is four times greater than what the experts expected.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
FactCheck.orgEconomy & business
"But no billionaire should be paying a lower tax rate than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."
Publisher’s rating: Not the Whole Story
Washington PostEconomy & business
"News reports confirm Biden and Harris have weaponized the IRS to confiscate your tip money. Biden and Harris have literally unleashed the IRS to harass workers who receive tips.”
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios
PolitiFactEconomy & business
"If your employer is mandating any pokes, do not quit. Make them fire you. That way you get unemployment benefits."
Publisher’s rating: False