Birdwatch Note Rating
2022-10-12 09:38:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AD8DC42A0C7729F56C4F30E56E6262C5285C3CADAB680599CAF1924DEA605484
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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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