copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” (Jon Erpenbach, 2021-06-15)
Evidence (2020-04-08): Investing in America’s Health: A State-by-State Look at Public Health Funding and Key Health Facts [...] In Investing in America’s Health: A State-by-State Look at Public Health Funding and Key Health Facts, the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) examine public health funding and key health facts in states around the country, finding: [...] - Cuts in State and Local Funding: At the state and local levels, public health budgets have been cut at drastic rates in recent years. According to a TFAH analysis, 29 states decreased their public health budgets from FY 2010-11 to FY 2011-12. Budgets in 23 states decreased for two or more years in a row, and budgets in 14 states decreased for three or more years in a row. In FY 2011-12, the median state funding for public health was $27.40 per capita, ranging from a high of $154.99 in Hawaii to a low of $3.28 in Nevada. From FY 2008 to FY 2012, the median per capita state spending decreased from $33.71 to $27.40. This represents a cut of more than $1.15 billion, based on the total states’ budgets from those years, which would be $1.9 billion adjusted for inflation.
Claim: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” (Jon Erpenbach, 2021-06-15)
Evidence (2022-01-01): Public health funding saves lives and money. The United States public health system aims to keep Americans safe and healthy through prevention, preparedness and surveillance programs, and serves as the first line of defense against epidemics. Increased spending on public health programs is associated with a decrease in mortality from preventable causes such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke and cancer. Public health program spending accounts for less than 10% of all health care expenditures in most countries, yet its impact can be substantial. An investment of $10 per person per year in evidence-based community health programs could save the U.S. more than $16 billion annually. That is a potential savings of $5.60 for every $1 invested. The public health response to the recent COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical weaknesses caused by chronic underfunding of these systems at state and national levels, driving home the importance of prioritizing this area. [...] Mays, Glen P., and Cezar B. Mamaril. "Public Health Spending and Medicare Resource Use: A Longitudinal Analysis of U.S. Communities." Health Services Research 52, no. S2 (2017): 2357–77. https://doi.org/doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12785.
Claim: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” (Jon Erpenbach, 2021-06-15)
Evidence (2023-01-01): Wisconsin0.323 19 • • 13.6 15 5.8 21 4.3 23 $128 49 • • 30 8 1.5%
Claim: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” (Jon Erpenbach, 2021-06-15)
Evidence (2023-07-06): While public health budgets have shriveled across the country, Wisconsin’s seems to stand out. By one measure, Wisconsin in 2022 ranked 49th among the states in per-capita public health funding — $72 per person per year compared to a national average of $116. Department of Health Services spokesperson Jennifer Miller acknowledged that "compared to the rest of the nation, Wisconsin has been significantly underfunding its public health efforts for years." [...] Gov. Tony Evers has proposed an unprecedented level of public health funding, Miller said. But Republicans who run the Legislature have rejected many of Evers’ spending proposals.
Claim: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” (Jon Erpenbach, 2021-06-15)
Evidence (2021-01-01): Public health policymakers, researchers, academics and media count on these reports for a comprehensive view of national health benchmarks and state rankings. [...] We release three state health ranking reports annually. Each provides a comprehensive look at the health of the population across the nation and on a state-by-state basis:
Claim: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” (Jon Erpenbach, 2021-06-15)
Evidence (2024-01-05): Legislative and local leaders throughout the state understand that investment in cultural and artistic assets is a 21st century strategy that will help Wisconsin, its communities, and its people, thrive. Despite this understanding, Wisconsin has lagged in investment in its creative economy, especially among its Midwest neighbors. Although the creative sector is an economic driver ripe with possibility for Wisconsin, the state’s 0.18 cents per capita spending for arts and culture puts us at 49th out of 50 states, and far below Minnesota’s $9+ per capita. Programs like Destination Iowa, established in 2022, provide a $100 million investment to bolster the quality of life in Iowa’s communities and attract visitors and new residents to the state.
Claim: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” (Jon Erpenbach, 2021-06-15)
Evidence (2023-11-06): The governor is once again asking that Wisconsin join 40 other states and allow the federal government to pay 90% of Medicaid costs. Because the state refuses the federal handout, state taxpayers have been underwriting between 35% and 40% of Medicaid’s biennial budget. That translates to between $9.6 billion and $11.1 billion of the current biennial Medicaid total. [...] No state in the country has had any better luck than Wisconsin in containing Medicaid costs. The reason is simple. For all the talk of 50 state programs, Medicaid is fed by a federal government not restrained by having to balance a budget. [...] Blase presses on, he says, because despite all the spending, Medicaid is an awful tool for promoting public health. In its 2022 report, America’s Health Rankings ranked Wisconsin 28th for its overall health outcomes, plummeting from 6th in its 2019 report. The state finished near the bottom for premature deaths and low birth weights by race and finished 49th for excessive drinking.
Claim: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” (Jon Erpenbach, 2021-06-15)
Evidence (2018-11-13): Among the nation's youth population, rates of severe depression have increased to 8.7 percent from 5.9 percent in the latest available five-year period, according to the nonprofit advocacy group Mental Health America. Of the 50 states, Wisconsin ranks 47th highest in the share of youth with at least one major depressive episode in the past year. That data is getting particular attention as Wisconsin has ramped up its efforts to address neurological trauma, which has emerged as a leading cause of mental illness, depression, suicide and post-traumatic stress disorders. Those involved in trauma-responsive care, or trying to advance it, are confronting this question: [...] The shortfalls are glaring in Wisconsin. Of Wisconsin’s 72 counties, 48 lack even one practicing child psychiatrist, according to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. In 2017, Wisconsin ranked 49th out of 50 in the share of youth with at least one major depressive episode who did not receive mental health services, ahead only of Tennessee, according to Mental Health America, which relies on the government's best and most recent surveys.
Claim: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” (Jon Erpenbach, 2021-06-15)
Evidence (2018-10-29): A review of public health funding in the United States, before and after the release of the 2002 IOM report, does not project confidence in a country committed to reducing preventable deaths. Using the OECD model for public health funding, the U.S. allots approximately three percent of total national health spending for nonclinical health or "public health" improvement efforts. Matters deteriorate further at the state level; according to a 2016 report from the Trust for America’s Health, Missouri ranks 49th out of 50 states, with a per capita public health spending of $5.90 per person.
Claim: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” (Jon Erpenbach, 2021-06-15)
Evidence (2022-04-29): Wisconsin has for years ranked the worst among all 50 states for financial support for the arts (it recently moved one place, to 49th). Yet a new report from Wisconsin Policy Forum found that inside arts and cultural organizations — with hospitality, among the hardest-hit industries by the pandemic — employment and profits are bouncing back. [...] Data from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies shows Wisconsin just barely budging from 50th to 49th place for arts funding in 2022. The change is only due to Arizona’s decision not to dedicate any state funding to the arts this year. [...] Even so, the state so far has provided greater one-time pandemic relief than most other states, according to the report, a hopeful sign for the future.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2022-09-18): The Congressional Budget Office’s latest projection shows that the deficit is about $1.7 trillion lower now than it was in 2021. However, this large decrease is because of an unusual historical circumstance — the expiration of large, temporary programs related to coronavirus pandemic relief. The federal debt is not lower today than it had been. Instead, it has not gone up as fast as it would have otherwise.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2023-01-21): The limit and the debt neared the trillion-dollar level for the first time late in the 1970s. Ronald Reagan made that a major campaign issue in 1980, but while he was in office the limit was raised more than a dozen times and reached $2.8 trillion. [...] Under Bill Clinton, the limit went to about $6 trillion (1997) and under George W. Bush to roughly $11 trillion (2008). The last time a new limit was set under Obama it was $18 trillion (2015) and the last time under Donald Trump it was $22 trillion (March 2019). Thereafter, in the pandemic, Congress suspended the limit so as to spend without even minimal restraint. The debt rose to more than $27 trillion. The current limit, set in 2021, is $31.4 trillion. [...] So how much would all other aspects of the federal government be cut? According to the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center it would require $1.5 trillion in the first year and $14 trillion over the 10-year target period.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2024-08-12): The US budget deficit exceeded $1.5 trillion with two months to go until the end of the fiscal year, down slightly on 2023 though vastly larger than pre-pandemic times. The $1.52 trillion gap for the 10 months through July was down 6% from the same period last year, Treasury Department data released Wednesday showed. For the month of July, the deficit was $244 billion — 16% smaller than July 2023, adjusted for calendar differences. The adjusted year-to-date narrowing was 5%. Higher revenues helped narrow the deficit. Receipts have risen in part because of a deferral of tax deadlines from fiscal 2023 into this year in states that suffered from natural disasters. Affected areas included most of California.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2024-01-11): $34 Trillion in Debt: Is America Headed for a Financial Crisis? The federal government’s outstanding financial obligations now total some $34 trillion, about 123 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), near a historic record. Is a financial crisis possible? The federal government’s outstanding financial obligations now total some $34 trillion, about 123 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), near a historic record. Meanwhile, the latest Congressional Budget Office estimates announce deficits of over $1.5 trillion a year in the coming years, between six and seven percent of GDP. While this flow of red ink promises to add significantly to the already massive pile of outstanding debt, Washington seems not to have paused to consider the potential damage implicit in these trends, much less to entertain ways to arrest them. The prospects are far from encouraging.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2024-03-20): Here are six key takeaways from CBO’s latest projections. [...] Related: The 2023 Deficit Is Projected To Total $1.5 Trillion. Here's Why It Could Be Even Higher
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2023-06-05): Some $1.5 trillion in mortgages will come due in the next two years, a potential time bomb as higher interest rates push down property values. [...] Some $1.5 trillion in mortgages will come due in the next two years, a potential time bomb as higher interest rates and spiraling office vacancies push down property values.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2023-06-27): Created by Congress in 1917, the debt limit, or ceiling, sets the maximum amount of outstanding federal debt the U.S. government can incur. The Treasury Department reached its debt ceiling of $31.4 trillion in January 2023, and after months of debate, lawmakers voted in June of that year to suspend the ceiling until January 2025. The U.S. government has run a deficit averaging nearly $1 trillion every year since 2001, meaning it spends that much more money than it receives in taxes and other revenue. To make up the difference, it has to borrow to continue to finance payments that Congress has already authorized. As of June 2023, the total national debt stands at more than $32 trillion. [...] Some economists say that the debt ceiling still serves a useful purpose by creating a credible commitment to limit spending. They point out that previous debates over the debt ceiling led to concessions that curtailed spending. Indeed, the 2023 agreement to suspend the ceiling will reduce the debt by $1.5 trillion over the next decade if all of its provisions are enacted. However, given the rapid rate at which the national debt increases and the uncertainty of that enactment, the deal "should not be mistaken for a significant effort to bring the nation’s debt under control," writes CFR Senior Fellow Christopher M. Tuttle.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2024-06-24): Trump, however, also ran up the debt with other big-ticket items, notably his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which cost $1.9 trillion, and two bipartisan budget laws that cost a combined $2.1 trillion, according to CRFB. Biden’s largest non-covid debt-financed initiatives were the $1.4 trillion spending laws for the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years and $620 billion of student debt relief. But the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act that Biden negotiated with congressional Republicans knocked $1.5 trillion off the national debt. Not counting pandemic spending, Trump added $2.5 trillion more to the debt than Biden has, according to the CRFB report. [...] "After the prior administration increased the debt by a record $8 trillion and didn’t sign a single law to reduce the deficit, President Biden has signed $1 trillion of deficit reduction into law. While congressional Republicans want to blow up the debt again with $5 trillion in more Trump tax cuts, President Biden’s budget would lower the deficit by $3 trillion by making billionaires and biggest corporations pay their fair share and cutting spending on special interests," White House spokesman Jeremy M. Edwards said in a statement.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2023-06-04): The legislation is a compromise between Republicans, who wanted larger spending reductions, and the White House, which wanted no spending cuts in a debt limit bill. House Republicans had passed legislation in late April that would have reduced projected budget deficits by $4.8 trillion over 11 years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The bipartisan deal would reduce deficits by $1.5 trillion over 11 years, but that also assumes that Congress follows through on nonbinding spending caps after 2025, CBO said. The Penn Wharton Budget Model estimated that the legislation would reduce federal spending, not including interest spending, by about $1.3 trillion over 10 years. But the reduction could be $234 billion or as high as $1.8 trillion, depending on whether Congress enforces discretionary spending caps in the last eight years of that budget window. [...] The overall cap would rise to $1.606 trillion in fiscal year 2025 — $895 billion for defense and $711 billion for nondefense — for an overall increase of 1% compared with FY2024.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2023-06-20): The 2023 Deficit Is Projected To Total $1.5 Trillion. Here's Why It Could Be Even Higher Due to a structural imbalance between revenues and spending, the federal government continues to run large and growing budget deficits. For 2023, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated in May that the federal budget deficit will total $1.5 trillion — about $160 billion larger than in 2022. The increase in the deficit this year is mainly driven by higher interest costs, continued growth in spending on Social Security and Medicare, and lower individual income tax receipts. However, this year’s deficit may turn out to be even larger because individual income tax revenues in April were lower than CBO expected, but not accounted for in their latest projections. [...] The deficit of $1.4 trillion for 2022 included $379 billion related to the student loan forgiveness announced by the Biden Administration in August 2022. That plan, if implemented (it is currently under review at the Supreme Court), would reduce collections of principal and interest payments from borrowers in the future; the cost recorded last year represents the estimated present value of the total reduction in future collections of loan payments.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2023-06-29): America’s mountain of debt is poised to climb to new heights later this decade even after Republicans and Democrats reached a deal to chip away at the federal deficit. [...] The projection comes despite the bipartisan debt ceiling deal hailed by its backers as a major deficit reducer. The CBO has previously said that package, called the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, is expected to reduce federal deficits by $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. In 2029, debt held by the public will total about $36 trillion, or $104,300 per person, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a non-profit public policy organization. That’s up from $25.4 trillion in debt today. Over the longer term, US debt is forecasted to explode further.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2024-03-07): Devin LeMahieu stated on January 3, 2023 in Senate address "In 2010, (Wisconsin Republicans) inherited a multi-Billion dollar deficit … Today we are looking at a projected surplus approaching 7 Billion." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters "The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts." Occupy Democrats stated on January 12, 2023 in a Facebook post "Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit or the national debt." Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2022 in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" "This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." Janet Yellen stated on July 24, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" "We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year." Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2022 in remarks at the White House "My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor." Lindsey Graham stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday "The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending." [...] Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2022 in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" "This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt."
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2022-09-23): FACT CHECK: Joe Biden Claims The Debt Was Reduced Under His Presidency [...] President Joe Biden sat down with Scott Pelly, the host of 60 Minutes, where he discussed subjects such as inflation, the economy, COVID-19 and Ukraine. During the interview, Biden claimed that "[his administration] also reduced the debt and reduced the deficit by $350 billion my first year. This year, it’s gonna be over $1.5 trillion reduced the debt." [...] Biden’s claim that his administration reduced the debt is incorrect. When he took office, the total national debt was $27.75 trillion. As of Sept. 16, the national debt is $30.89 trillion, marking an increase of $3 trillion, according to the Treasury Department.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2023-05-31): CBO says debt ceiling deal would cut deficits by $1.5 trillion over the next decade Congressional bean counters estimate that an agreement to limit government spending in exchange for raising the federal borrowing limit would cut federal deficits by about $1.5 trillion over the next decade. [...] Most of the estimated reduction in the deficit from the deal would come from caps on discretionary spending other than defense — a relatively small slice of the overall federal budget
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2023-05-31): Debt limit bill would reduce budget deficits by $1.5 trillion over a decade, Congressional Budget Office says [...] The debt ceiling bill would reduce budget deficits by $1.5 trillion over a decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the package, released Tuesday evening. By contrast, the debt limit legislation passed by House Republicans in late April would have cut deficits by $4.8 trillion, according to the agency. [...] According to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Tuesday night, the bill would reduce budget deficits by $1.5 trillion over a decade. By contrast, the debt limit legislation passed by House Republicans in late April would have cut deficits by $4.8 trillion, according to the agency.
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2022-07-24): Often, administration officials cite today’s historically low unemployment rate. On occasion, they’ve touted progress on reducing the federal deficit. During an appearance on NBC’s "Meet the Press," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, "We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year." [...] "While I welcome deficit reduction, the $1.5 trillion was off of enormous deficits," Ellis said. "It lacks a certain context." [...] Yellen said, "We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year."
Claim: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." (Joe Biden, 2022-09-18)
Evidence (2022-09-18): "We’ve also reduced the debt and reduced the debt by $350 billion my first year," Biden said. [...] This decrease of more than $1.7 trillion is in line with the "over $1.5 trillion" figure Biden cited in the interview (although, officially, this number is a moving target until the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30). [...] Without the reduced deficits Biden referred to, the federal debt would have been higher than $24.3 trillion, probably $1.7 trillion higher, if we use CBO’s estimate.