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“Joe Biden and Democrats “have done absolutely nothing to help families struggling to keep up with inflation.”

PolitiFact says: The American Rescue Plan Act will raise after-tax incomes, on average, by 3.8%. Low- and moderate-income households get about 70% of all the benefits.

“We have now created over 3 million jobs since I took office, more jobs than have ever been created in the first five months of any presidency in modern history.”

PolitiFact says: Biden is right on the numbers, but he glosses over the reality that the economy remains almost 6.8 million jobs under its pre-pandemic peak, and he makes a comparison that is biased by when each president took office.

“The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.”

PolitiFact says: In 2020, the publicly held debt exceeded 100% of GDP for the first time since World War II. Another measure of the debt that also includes loans between government agencies has been above 100% of GDP since 2012.

“In the first quarter, our economy grew at a 6.4% rate - outpacing growth we are seeing from our friends in the eurozone”

“Joe Biden is proposing that any family who tries to pass a business or a farm down to their son or daughter or grandson or granddaughter are going to pay a huge new tax.”

PolitiFact says: The White House is proposing a series of new taxes that could hit large inheritances in a significant way. But Christie is wrong to frame these as hitting “any family” passing down a business within the family.

“Decades ago we used to invest 2% of our GDP on research and development. Today, that’s less than 1%.”

PolitiFact says: This is accurate, according to data from the National Science Foundation

“I "inherited a nation, we all did, that was in crisis. ... The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.”

FactCheck.org says: The economy was struggling, but it had improved some by the time he was sworn in.

“A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.”

PolitiFact says: A study was released days earlier by a non-governmental group that concluded that at least 55 large companies paid zero federal income taxes in 2020.

“Independent analysis shows that if we pass this plan, the economy will create 19 million jobs — good jobs, blue-collar jobs, jobs that pay well.”

Washington Post says: The president uses finely-tuned language that sometimes leaves the wrong impression -- and which other administration officials have bungled.

“Says Ford agreed to invest $900 million at an Ohio plant because Donald Trump “lowered taxes” and is now moving the project to Mexico because Joe Biden is “increasing taxes.”

PolitiFact says: The UAW said Ford is shifting a vehicle project to Mexico. Ford has not confirmed if it is, but said “the business decision in question was not a result of then-presidential candidate Biden’s corporate tax proposals."

“Independent analysis shows that if we pass this [infrastructure] plan, the economy will create 19 million jobs — good jobs, blue-collar jobs, jobs that pay well.”

FactCheck.org says: A Moody's analysis concluded that even if the American Jobs Plan does not pass, the U.S. economy would add 16.3 million jobs over the next decade. The plan would provide an additional 2.7 million jobs.

“Says Joe Biden executive orders caused price increases of 50 cents in gas and 10% in food.”

PolitiFact says: The average price of gas is about 34 cents per gallon higher since Biden took office; experts say his executive orders had no impact. Grocery store prices are 3.5% higher than they were one year ago.

“If the minimum wage was indexed to "inflation, people would be making 20 bucks an hour right now.”

“Insulin prices rose “with the swipe of (Joe Biden’s) pen.”

“Referring to the refundable child tax credit, "if we get this done, it will cut child poverty in half.”

PolitiFact says: Experts said the analyses undergirding Biden’s assertion are credible, though it’s worth noting that the drop in child poverty would only last for one year under the current proposal.

“An analysis by the Wall Street firm Moody’s estimates that if we pass my American Rescue Plan, the economy will create 7 million jobs this year.”

FactCheck.org says: The financial services firm said 3.5 million of those jobs would be created regardless.

“If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”

PolitiFact says: The White House acknowledged that Biden had intended to say that if the minimum wage had been indexed to worker productivity, it would be at $20 an hour today.

“No one should work 40 hours a week and live below the poverty wage. And if you’re making less than $15 an hour, you’re living below the poverty wage.”

FactCheck.org says: Not everyone earning less than that would be below the federal poverty guidelines or lifted above the guidelines with $15-an-hour pay.

“If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.”

PolitiFact says: Experts on wages say that in addition to hourly wages, other factors affect whether a household lives in poverty, including expenses for child care and housing.

“I do think that we should have a minimum wage, stand by itself, $15 an hour and work your way up to the — it doesn’t have to be boom. And all the economics show, if you do that, the whole economy rises.”

Washington Post says: Biden is bullish on a big increase in the minimum wage, but economists are sharply divided on the impact on jobs.