Birdwatch Note Rating
2021-09-28 21:55:20 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E2E149011BB55ACFF626F2F9235D997B9C38C1C190165AFC2C3F0678C6B0F361
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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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