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The Whoppers of 2011

FactCheck by Brooks Jackson | Dec. 21, 2011 (Fact Check)

Despite what you may have heard in 2011:

The new health care law won’t cost many jobs (and they’ll be poorly paying jobs at that).
Republicans aren’t proposing to “end” Medicare (and Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden has signed onto a modified version of the GOP plan).
Most of the “millionaires” who would pay higher tax rates under a Democratic proposal aren’t job-creating small-business owners.
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Fred Gatlin
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 by Fred Gatlin - Dec. 22, 2011

This is a concise example of issues with fact checks. To be fair they seem to diminish some facts and overact to others. Their answer to End Medicare is an example. If a worker is just less than 55 his Medicare will change dramatically and with the Republican’s positions why do they think those over 65 are safe?

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