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“It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all.”
“$325 for someone working less than 20hrs is ... below the poverty line.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Bandt is correct in saying that a payment of $325 is below the poverty line. Having said that, comparing a one-off payment with the poverty line is problematic because it fails to consider the total income of the per…
“Gov. Ron DeSantis “signed a $1 billion tax increase on the people of our state, on our consumers, yet gave a $500 million tax break to our corporations.”
PolitiFact says: DeSantis signed an online sales tax bill that requires consumers to pay the tax even if the seller doesn’t have a store in Florida. But they were supposed to already pay it, and other states passed similar bills.
“Israel advised India to print “KASHMIR BELONGS TO INDIA” on every Indian currency note”
FACTLY says: In August 2017, Israel announced that it will never support Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir. But, Israel has not given any such advice to India to print “KASHMIR BELONGS TO INDIA” on currency notes
“The President’s budget will increase taxes roughly $28,000 per household. Do you support paying more taxes next year?”
Washington Post says: This is a simple-minded average that says nothing about what households would pay.
“I inherited the largest budget deficit in the history of the state from the Republicans.”
Washington Post says: This has already been fact-checked as false three times but McAuliffe keeps saying it.
“Video shows man trying to “fill entire pickup bed with fuel amidst last month’s fuel shortage.”
“... we know that the economic impact on the global economy means that this pandemic recession is 30 times worse than what we saw in the global financial crisis (GFC).”
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison is comparing apples and oranges. Economists contacted by Fact Check said Mr Morrison's approach of comparing the size of the GDP contraction in each of the two years was not the normal way of assessing two e…
“The Biden administration has decided to cancel $0 in student debt.”
PolitiFact says: Biden’s 2022 federal budget proposal does not include a provision for student debt forgiveness. Biden is still considering options, including an executive order, for student debt forgiveness.
“The Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan will be “the biggest non-defense investment in research and development in the history of our country.”
“Gas prices highest in a decade. Worst jobs report in 2 decades. Highest inflation in 3 decades. Highest increase in illegal immigration in 4 decades.”
PolitiFact says: The post combines bits of accuracy with misdirection. All in all, each of the claims is exaggerated in some way.
“Facebook post claiming to offer investment opportunities through the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Group”
“Since 2010, student debt has increased by 102% and real wages have fallen by over 8%.”
“Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.”
“Birmingham is officially out of gas and fuel and can’t get anymore.”
“Due to the Colonial Pipeline issue causing a fuel shortage on the east coast, NASCAR has decided to postpone this weekend’s Dover race.”
“70 per cent of Australia's trade [is] now with countries committed to net zero.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Rudd and Mr Turnbull made a fair call. At the time the article was published, 20 of Australia's 30 biggest trading partners had already committed to reaching net-zero emissions. Together, these 20 countries account f…
“In the first quarter, our economy grew at a 6.4% rate - outpacing growth we are seeing from our friends in the eurozone”
“A year ago we had the lowest unemployment in history without using taxpayers money.”
PolitiFact says: A year before the post, in April 2020, the unemployment rate was 14.7%, the highest on record, not the lowest. In late-March 2020, President Donald Trump signed a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill into law.