http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/05/19/joebidens-deficit-reduction-brag-sank-quickly-after-hitting-a-community-notes-iceberg/
The Biden presidency has done wonders for the U.S. economy, not to mention the nation’s deficit — just ask them!
Their strategy is simple: Hope everybody’s stupid:
Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) ~ I'm proud of the progress we have made.
We reduced the deficit in our first two years by $1.7 trillion. That includes more revenue by asking the wealthy and large corporations to begin to pay their fair share and cutting subsidies to Big Oil and Big Pharma.
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The $1.7 trillion reduction was caused by previously planned expiration of COVID spending. Biden's actions raised, rather than lowered, the deficit.
This misleading claim has been repeated (& debunked) so often the Washington Post gave it a Bottomless Pinocchio rating.
http://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/politics/fact-check-president-biden-state-of-the-union/index.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/28/bidens-misleading-deficit-claim-earns-him-bottomless-pinocchio/
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Rising serpent (@rising_serpent) ~ None of this is true.
Yeah well, the boot-lickers of the Further Freedom From Thought Board will swallow these stinky turds whole and smack their lips in delight.
Yep, another pack of massive lies from the White House. Thankfully now there’s Community Notes to call out what are blatant lies.
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The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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