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Economy & business fact checks
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PolitiFactEconomy & business
The government owes you $8,832 and a $2,000 spending card.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“Under Greg Abbott’s leadership, Texas is putting taxpayer dollars into Chinese companies.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
On home health workers’ low pay and limited benefits, “40% are still on SNAP or Medicaid.”
Publisher’s rating: True
Elizabeth WarrenEconomy & business
“Who is this economy really working for? It's doing great for a thinner and thinner slice at the top.”
Publisher’s rating: Not everyone is gaining
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“When I came into office, Iran had $70 billion in foreign exchange reserves. … By the time I left, they had nothing. They were broke.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
Maldita.esEconomy & business
Has ganado un iPhone 11 como parte del programa de recompensas de MediaMarkt2020
Publisher’s rating: Falso
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“Wisconsin utilities have charged ratepayers more than $1.9 billion of increases since 2019.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
"Since the passage of Tax Cuts, real disposable personal income per household has increased $5,205."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
Washington PostEconomy & business
“Nobody making under 400,000 bucks would have their taxes raised, period, bingo.”
Publisher’s rating: Accurate
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Patron, Don Julio and Pink Whitney tequila recalled because they contained fecal matter.
Publisher’s rating: False
Washington PostEconomy & business
“Biden’s liberal plan would force many family farms and ranches to be sold off to pay his higher capital gains taxes.”
Publisher’s rating: Two Pinocchios
Bernie SandersEconomy & business
"The wealthiest three families now own more wealth than the bottom half of the country."
Publisher’s rating: True
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Foxconn hasn't hit job targets on its massive Wisconsin factory because "No. 1, you had a pandemic."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“Corporate income has increased as a share of” gross domestic product.
Publisher’s rating: Half True
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
"Years of economic decay are over" because Trump "reversed the failed economic policies of the previous administration."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Property taxes have “nothing to do with the state.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True