GDP Did Not Just Increase 33%
Today's advanced third quarter GDP estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis are being reported as showing 33 percent economic growth.
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Factchecking Tax Claims in the 2020 Election
In recent days, President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have made several competing claims about the other's tax agenda.
Would Joe Biden Significantly Raise Taxes on Middle Class Americans?
During the 2020 Republican National Convention, several speakers claimed that Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden would sub
Did GDP Fall by One-Third?
In their reporting on the Bureau of Economic Analysis's (BEA) second quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Have We Spent Trillions on Wars?
Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) claimed at the presidential debate last week that the wars in the Middle East "have cost us...
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Factchecking and Live-Tweeting the Democratic Presidential Primary Debates
Tonight's Democratic presidential primary debate marks the fifth round of debates of the 2020 campaign and will surely touch on fiscal is
Could Medicare for All be Financed Entirely by Cutting Defense Spending?
Last week, The New York Times published an
Would Medicare for All Require a Middle-Class Tax Hike?
With several 2020 presiden
Fact Checking Medicare for All Claims from the Fourth Democratic Primary Debate
During the fourth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential election cycle, former Vice President Joe Biden and South Bend, Indiana Mayor
Is Spending, Not Tax Cuts, Driving the Deficit?
The House Ways and Means Committee minority recently