Birdwatch Note Rating
2021-09-27 16:19:30 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 253F27CBE38B42CEE0BE9E94CD3D716CF7A819E2C51CC0F191CEB6797394C017
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Claims that these proposals would not raise the federal debt are based on artificial accounting tricks that assume new programs will “sunset” in a few years, which almost never happens. This common tactic lets lawmakers hide programs’ true long-term costs from review: https://www.crfb.org/blogs/true-cost-budget-plan-could-exceed-5-trillion
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