Birdwatch Note Rating
2021-09-27 18:43:14 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 877AC4696F478E29B022B5CB136CC0BD52F39A143F67DCEE8CA819F1BEEBAB2A
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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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