“The global cost of corruption is as much as 5% of the world's GDP.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Harris cited a figure that’s been popularly used for more than a decade. But its source is obscure.
Economy and jobs
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“Joe Biden is proposing that any family who tries to pass a business or a farm down to their son or daughter or grandson or granddaughter are going to pay a huge new tax.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The White House is proposing a series of new taxes that could hit large inheritances in a significant way. But Christie is wrong to frame these as hitting “any family” passing down a business within the family.
“Decades ago we used to invest 2% of our GDP on research and development. Today, that’s less than 1%.”
PolitiFact rated this: Data backs it up
PolitiFact says: This is accurate, according to data from the National Science Foundation
“I "inherited a nation, we all did, that was in crisis. ... The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Not the Whole Story
FactCheck.org says: The economy was struggling, but it had improved some by the time he was sworn in.
“Jobs at Mara Crescent Hotel”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Very few … if any” states have a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Twenty-one states have a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour — more than 40% of states.
“Website impersonating IFC and offering loans in its name”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Ashok Gehlot has allotted Rs. 100 crores in the budget for the development of a Dargah”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: Rajasthan government in the 2021-22 budget allocated Rs.100 crores for developing a religious circuit by connecting places of worship of Sikhs, Jains, Hindus, and Muslims in order to develop ‘Sarva Dharma Sama Bhava’
“The proposed tax increases in the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan could lead to 1 million fewer jobs in the first two years.”
Washington Post rated this: Mostly False
Washington Post says: Blunt tweeted about a study that did not even pretend to be about Biden’s infrastructure proposal or his actual tax proposal. (No Pinocchios because Blunt deleted the tweet.)
“A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: A study was released days earlier by a non-governmental group that concluded that at least 55 large companies paid zero federal income taxes in 2020.
“Residents of New York state “pay the highest taxes in the nation.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: According to a comprehensive study by the Tax Foundation, New York does have the highest overall tax burden in the United States.
“Over the past decade, drug prices have risen at three times the rate of inflation.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Independent analysis shows that if we pass this plan, the economy will create 19 million jobs — good jobs, blue-collar jobs, jobs that pay well.”
Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The president uses finely-tuned language that sometimes leaves the wrong impression -- and which other administration officials have bungled.
“Says Ford agreed to invest $900 million at an Ohio plant because Donald Trump “lowered taxes” and is now moving the project to Mexico because Joe Biden is “increasing taxes.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The UAW said Ford is shifting a vehicle project to Mexico. Ford has not confirmed if it is, but said “the business decision in question was not a result of then-presidential candidate Biden’s corporate tax proposals."
“Independent analysis shows that if we pass this [infrastructure] plan, the economy will create 19 million jobs — good jobs, blue-collar jobs, jobs that pay well.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: A Moody's analysis concluded that even if the American Jobs Plan does not pass, the U.S. economy would add 16.3 million jobs over the next decade. The plan would provide an additional 2.7 million jobs.
“Blocking the implementation of the national identification system is in the agenda of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) under the proposed Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER).”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: Nowhere in the 180-page draft of CASER in 2018 is any motion or proposal to oppose the implementation of the national ID system included. The only security concerns NDFP proposed in CASER were reforms focused on job sec…
“We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Democrats have accomplished a lot in just 2 months ... 1 Million energy jobs destroyed.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: McCarthy distorted the results of a forecast based on a different policy than is currently in place.
“When you look at that package [American Rescue Plan Act], we know that the result of that package is going to be middle-class tax increases.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: The legislation cuts middle-income taxes. Cheney assumes Congress will one day pay for the law with middle-class tax hikes.
“Claim: wikileaks not released any list of black money holders in swiss bank”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False