Birdwatch Note Rating
2021-09-27 22:26:28 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FD9900E6BCB0F20A20EBAA3FDE73153B90B9350C91945CE8BF3393688AB625EC
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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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