“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.”
What PolitiFact found
Economists across the political spectrum back the idea of hundreds of billions in stimulus, but they don't agree on how big it should be, and many worry about spending too much.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (President of the United States) made this claim around 16 February 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 February 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/02/17/remarks-by-president…
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