Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-04-24 18:13:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2DC65D52AB40D0F872E9D918B8BFCCA789877D6631C8496370189A0C0FA7DDCE
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Original Note:
The debt limit is not spending new money. Congress lawfully appropriated funds and republicans are threatening to crash our economy by conflating spending money with paying bills. They are using the threat to demand cuts to social security and SNAP. https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Appropriations_vrd.htm https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2021/10/06/the-debt-ceiling-an-explainer/
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