Economy and jobs

“Says Joe Biden executive orders caused price increases of 50 cents in gas and 10% in food.”

PolitiFact says: The average price of gas is about 34 cents per gallon higher since Biden took office; experts say his executive orders had no impact. Grocery store prices are 3.5% higher than they were one year ago.

“On state minimum wages: "There’s very few, I would think if any, are at $7.25.”

FactCheck.org says: There are 21 states where the minimum wage is effectively $7.25 an hour

“Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo "issued a legal blanket immunity, and snuck that into our budget, giving these facilities essentially a license to kill, a get-out-of-jail free card.”

PolitiFact says: New York's law does not provide 'blanket immunity' for health care facilities, but the extent of the protections have not been tested in court.

“Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.”

PolitiFact says: Claim attacking Republicans minimizes delays that have financially crippled thousands of Wisconsinites throughout the pandemic.

“We are seeing (gasoline) prices now that we frankly haven't seen in years.”

PolitiFact says: Today’s gas prices are the highest they’ve been in about 18 months, largely due to the economic comeback since the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.

“Claim: H Raja not urged TN people to use bullock carts to avoid fuel price hike”

“If the minimum wage was indexed to "inflation, people would be making 20 bucks an hour right now.”

“The prices of essentials commodities in 2014 are much higher when compared to the prices in 2021”

FACTLY says: he 2014 prices of essential commodities mentioned in the post are much higher than the actual prices reported on the Department of Consumer Affairs website. The essential commodities prices in 2014 are not higher as men…

“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?”

Washington Post says: 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.

“Insulin prices rose “with the swipe of (Joe Biden’s) pen.”

“Referring to the refundable child tax credit, "if we get this done, it will cut child poverty in half.”

PolitiFact says: Experts said the analyses undergirding Biden’s assertion are credible, though it’s worth noting that the drop in child poverty would only last for one year under the current proposal.

“The Development Bank of the Philippines named Atty. Chel Diokno as an "accomplice" of ABS-CBN in a scheme to evade paying taxes”

“An analysis by the Wall Street firm Moody’s estimates that if we pass my American Rescue Plan, the economy will create 7 million jobs this year.”

FactCheck.org says: The financial services firm said 3.5 million of those jobs would be created regardless.

“And let's not forget that going into this crisis, we saw welfare dependency at a 30-year low because we'd got that unemployment rate down.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Yes, the data shows welfare dependency is at a low, but there is more to the story than Mr Frydenberg's claim suggests. Fact Check relied on two measures of "welfare dependency" when assessing Mr Frydenberg's claim: the…

“Petrol prices in BJP ruled states are lower compared to non-BJP ruled states”

FACTLY says: While it is true that the BJP-ruled states mentioned in the post are among those states in the country where the price of litre petrol is low, there are few BJP-ruling states where the price of litre petrol is high amon…

“LPG prices during 2011-2014 (under the UPA regime) were much higher than the recent times”

FACTLY says: While the LPG prices listed in the post are true for ‘Non-subsidised 14Kg Indane Gas’ (Delhi), there are some inconsistencies in the given prices. Multiple factors affect LPG prices. One of the major factors is the Inte…

“If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”

PolitiFact says: The White House acknowledged that Biden had intended to say that if the minimum wage had been indexed to worker productivity, it would be at $20 an hour today.

“Biden signs 45% capital gains tax. Kiss your inheritance goodbye.”

PolitiFact says: Congress has not approved any tax bills under Biden for him to sign, and Biden has not taken any executive action.

“No one should work 40 hours a week and live below the poverty wage. And if you’re making less than $15 an hour, you’re living below the poverty wage.”

FactCheck.org says: Not everyone earning less than that would be below the federal poverty guidelines or lifted above the guidelines with $15-an-hour pay.

“If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.”

PolitiFact says: Experts on wages say that in addition to hourly wages, other factors affect whether a household lives in poverty, including expenses for child care and housing.