ProPublica, Fact, and Fiction
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The non-profit news organization ProPublica has an article under the headline "Economic Myths: We Separate Fact From Fiction" that could use a little help itself in the separation of fact from fiction department. From the article:

1. Taxes have been going up and are high compared to levels in other countries.

The first part is wrong; the second is also wrong but contains a grain of truth....The only tax increases passed during the Obama administration were part of the health-care reform bill, through which Congress, among other things, raised the Medicare payroll tax for high earners, said Curtis Dubay, a senior tax policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation.

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FutureOfCapitalism Gets Results
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ProPublica has corrected the "Separate Fact From Fiction" article in response to the post here over the weekend pointing out that some of the "facts" were closer to fiction.

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ProPublica, Fact, and Fiction
futureofcapitalism.com

The non-profit news organization ProPublica has an article under the headline "Economic Myths: We Separate Fact From Fiction" that could use a little help itself in the separation of fact from fiction department. From the article:

1. Taxes have been going up and are high compared to levels in other countries.

The first part is wrong; the second is also wrong but contains a grain of truth....The only tax increases passed during the Obama administration were part of the health-care reform bill, through which Congress, among other things, raised the Medicare payroll tax for high earners, said Curtis Dubay, a senior tax policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation.

Read More...

FutureOfCapitalism Gets Results
futureofcapitalism.com

ProPublica has corrected the "Separate Fact From Fiction" article in response to the post here over the weekend pointing out that some of the "facts" were closer to fiction.

Read More...