“If this package was about creating more jobs, why is it that this package spends more than 25 percent, according to the Congressional Budget Office, on items that kill millions of jobs?”
Jason Smith
Member of the House (R-Mo.). at a news conference. Claim dated 24 Feb 2021.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
What Washington Post found
Smith is misinterpreting CBO studies. Only one policy, worth three percent of the cost, is estimated to result in job losses, of just 1.4 million.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jason Smith (Member of the House (R-Mo.)) made this claim around 24 February 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 February 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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