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The Truth-o-Meter says: Barely True | Obama’s claim about discretionary spending relies on one number

Under fire from Republicans for his proposed budget, President Obama has been using a couple of comebacks. He says his proposed budgets would cut the deficit in half in five years (a claim we rated Mostly True ) and that they would reduce “nondefense discretionary spending” (a key phrase that we’ll explain shortly) to historically low levels. At a White House news conference on March 24, Obama said that under his plans, the NDD spending (we’re not fond of acronyms, but we’ll use NDD because nondefense discretionary spending is such a mouthful) will fall to its lowest level … >> More

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | GOP full of hot air about Obama’s “light switch tax”

Taxpayers may have been shocked to learn from House Republicans that President Barack Obama wants to pay for health care by charging them to turn on a light. "The administration raises revenue for nationalized health care through a series of new taxes, including a light switch tax that would cost every American household $3,128 a year," the House Republican Conference said in a Web post and press release titled "Questions on the Budget for President Obama," distributed March 24. "What effect will this have on Americans struggling to pay their mortgages?" it asked. This alleged "light switch tax" … >> More

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Barely True | Obama’s claim about discretionary spending relies on one number

Under fire from Republicans for his proposed budget, President Obama has been using a couple of comebacks. He says his proposed budgets would cut the deficit in half in five years (a claim we rated Mostly True ) and that they would reduce “nondefense discretionary spending” (a key phrase that we’ll explain shortly) to historically low levels. At a White House news conference on March 24, Obama said that under his plans, the NDD spending (we’re not fond of acronyms, but we’ll use NDD because nondefense discretionary spending is such a mouthful) will fall to its lowest level … >> More

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | GOP full of hot air about Obama’s “light switch tax”

Taxpayers may have been shocked to learn from House Republicans that President Barack Obama wants to pay for health care by charging them to turn on a light. "The administration raises revenue for nationalized health care through a series of new taxes, including a light switch tax that would cost every American household $3,128 a year," the House Republican Conference said in a Web post and press release titled "Questions on the Budget for President Obama," distributed March 24. "What effect will this have on Americans struggling to pay their mortgages?" it asked. This alleged "light switch tax" … >> More

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Olbermann is right about base defense spending increase

In response to Republican complaints that the Obama administration is gutting the military, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann fired back, saying that Obama is actually increasing defense spending. “GOP lawmakers (are) falsely accusing the president of gutting the Pentagon’s budget, when in fact President Obama is actually increasing Bush-era defense spending by $21 billion in the new fiscal year,” Olbermann said on his Countdown program on MSNBC. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced April 6, 2009, that he planned an overhaul of military spending, reducing the amount on big-ticket items such as the F-22 fighter plane and … >> More

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Barely True | Boehner says some want to scrap 401(k)s

In a press release touting a Republican plan to help restore savings lost in the plummeting stock market, House Republican Leader John Boehner suggests some Democrats want to wipe out 401(k)s in favor of government-run retirement savings program. "Recent polling suggests that Americans’ concerns about their savings even trumps concerns about losing their jobs," Boehner said in a statement on March 24, 2009. "Unfortunately, Washington Democrats have done nothing to address this savings crisis.  In fact, Washington is pursuing policies that are causing Americans’ savings to evaporate more quickly, and some even advocate wiping out 401(k)s entirely and replacing them … >> More

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The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Here’s the scoop: Obama has worked in the ice cream business, among many others

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, pivoting off a Republican guest’s suggestion that the Obama administration was not up to the work of governing, launched into a larger point about the president’s work history. “You know what else is hard work? Socialism,” Scarborough said on the April 7, 2009 Morning Joe. “And I’m not being negative toward the president. This is the truth though. Think about this. We’ve got a president who has never received a paycheck…he’s never received a check from a profit-making business in his entire life, not one check. Think about it.” Another guest, New York … >> More

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Barely True | DHS report on right-wing terror risks more cautious than Bilirakis

Conservative groups have been sounding an alarm about a leaked report from the Department of Homeland Security they say portrays veterans and gun owners as likely terrorists. The outcry began in the conservative media, with reports from Fox News and commentary from radio host Rush Limbaugh and conservative blogger Michelle Malkin. Republican members of Congress then joined in. Here’s a statement from Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., a member of the House Homeland Security Committee. “I am disturbed and personally offended by the Department of Homeland Security’s view that returning military veterans and gun owners are likely to commit terrorist acts,” … >> More

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Obama claims 90 percent of guns recovered in Mexico come from U.S.

With growing violence on the U.S.-Mexico border fueled by powerful drug cartels, officials from both countries have been repeating a shocking statistic to suggest this isn’t just a Mexican problem.”This war is being waged with guns purchased not here but in the United States . . . more than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States, many from gun shops that lay in our shared border,” President Barack Obama said on a visit to Mexico on April 16, 2009. “So we have responsibilities as well.”Obama joins many other U.S. and … >> More