“The top 1% pays 90% of income taxes.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The top half of taxpayers pay 97% of federal income taxes, according to the latest IRS figures.
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“HHS should consider using march-in rights when drugs face limited competition or market practices have failed to ensure an affordable price, ensuring that prescription drugs invented with taxpayer dollars are reasonably priced and affordable.”
Washington Post rated this: Lacks context
Washington Post says: This remains a theory. No administration or court has ever accepted this reasoning.
“Under Scott Morrison real wages have fallen 2.1 per cent in 12 months, the fastest drop in wages in 20 years.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Not the full story
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Labor's claim is not the full story. Real wages — that is, wages adjusted for inflation — were 2.1 per cent lower in the June quarter of 2021 compared to the June quarter of 2020, when calculated using headline figures …
“Claim: fake news shared as RBI ready to issue new 5000 rs currency note”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Because of the negligence, the hasty and incompetent withdrawal led by this commander in chief, all of the $85 billion dollar’s worth of equipment has been left behind and fallen into the hands of the Taliban.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates
FactCheck.org says: $82.9 billion is the total amount spent on the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund since the war began in 2001. Only a portion of that is equipment. And experts say much of the equipment has been used up or is inoperable.
“Business executives and companies who gifted Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz with cash and other incentives have to pay donor's tax.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: Republic Act (RA) 7549, signed on May 22, 1992 by then-president Corazon Aquino, exempts private donors of cash incentives awarded to national athletes from paying the donor’s tax. Lawyer Larry Barcelo, BIR assistant co…
“House prices are going up $1200 a day.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Overreach
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Bandt's claim is overreach. While his claim accords with the average daily increase in the median house price in Sydney, the situation in the rest of the country is different. For the eight out of 10 Australians who …
“A website claiming to sell bruhm electronics at a discounted price.”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“13 to 18-year-old girls are sold for 100 dinnar Pakistan currency in Afghanistan.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Says of UW-Madison, "It cost the university $50k (your tax dollars) to remove" a rock considered by some a symbol of racism.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“This isn’t going to be anything like my predecessor, whose unpaid tax cuts and other spending added nearly $8 trillion in his four years to the national debt.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Not the Whole Story
FactCheck.org says: The total debt figure is correct, but trillions of that were due to bipartisan coronavirus relief packages.
“Forecasters on Wall Street project that over the next 10 years our economy will expand by trillions of dollars, and it [the infrastructure bill] will create an additional 2 million jobs a year beyond what was already projected.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Biden is likely citing instead an economic forecast that includes the much larger and partisan "human infrastructure" bill.
“Despite bipartisan support for consumer incentives, [the Trump administration] also let the federal tax credit expire, penalizing autoworkers who were, at the time, selling the most electric vehicles in the world — in the United States.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Models made by Tesla and General Motors are no longer eligible, but dozens of electric cars and trucks still qualify for a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 for buyers purchasing new plug-in electric vehicles.
“Claim: BJP Tamil Nadu leader Annamalai not protested against fuel price hike”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Claim: BJP Tamil Nadu leader Annamalai not protested against fuel price hike”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Claim: facts behind the HDFC bank job notification”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating: Misleading
“If your employer is mandating any pokes, do not quit. Make them fire you. That way you get unemployment benefits.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Unemployment payments are provided to Americans who fall out of a job through no fault of their own. Getting fired for cause or misconduct is a different story.
“Joe Biden and Democrats “have done absolutely nothing to help families struggling to keep up with inflation.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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.
“Lauren Boebert received a PPP loan for her restaurant.”
PolitiFact rated this: False