“Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
Debt is not the same as a budget shortfall. All four states have debt. The amount of state budget shortfalls due to the pandemic is a moving target. States can have debt and a balanced budget.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 May 2020, 9 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/DrRashidAButtar/photos/pcb.3253246241373066/3253245964706427/?ty…
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