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9 checks for “Bernie Sanders”

Checked by Washington Post3 Feb 2021United States Economy and jobs

Bernie Sanders, Senator (I-Vt.)

“You remember just a few years ago when Trump and my Republican colleagues voted for almost $2 trillion in tax breaks for the wealthiest people in this country and the largest corporations.”

Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios

Washington Post says: Sanders is wrong to claim that $2 trillion in tax breaks went to the “wealthiest people in this country and the largest corporations.” Most Americans, across all income spectrums, received some sort of tax cut.

Checked by PolitiFact16 Mar 2020United States Economy and jobs

Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator

“The Fed gave trillions and trillions of dollars in zero-interest loans to every financial institution in this country and central banks all over the world.”

PolitiFact rated this: Not fully accurate

Checked by PolitiFact10 Mar 2020United States Economy and jobs

Bernie Sanders, Independent Senator from Vermont

“Trade agreements like NAFTA and permanent normal trade relations with China, which forced American workers to compete against people making pennies an hour, has resulted in the loss of 160,000 jobs here in Michigan.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

Checked by PolitiFact6 Mar 2020United States Economy and jobs

Social media posts

“I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact25 Feb 2020United States Economy and jobs

Pete Buttigieg, Democratic presidential candidate

“Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

Checked by PolitiFact20 Feb 2020United States Economy and jobs

Pete Buttigieg, Former mayor of South Bend, Ind., and Democratic presidential candidate

“The budget hole in Bernie Sanders’ plans “is bigger than the size of the entire economy of the United States.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

Checked by PolitiFact18 Feb 2020United States Economy and jobs

Bernie Sanders, Independent Senator from Vermont

“Says Mike Bloomberg “opposed modest proposals during Barack Obama’s presidency to raise taxes on the wealthy, while advocating for cuts to Medicare and Social Security.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

Checked by PolitiFact20 Dec 2019United States Economy and jobs

Bernie Sanders, Independent Senator from Vermont

“Real wages "went up last year 1.1%.”

PolitiFact rated this: True

Checked by The New York Times25 May 2019United States Economy and jobs

“Trump's budget calls for "a $1.5 trillion cut in Medicaid over a 10-year period, $800 billion cut in Medicare, and billions in Social Security.”

The New York Times rated this: This is exaggerated.