Claim: A fog of misinformation has settled on the fiscal cliff, as both House Speaker John Boehner and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner have traded conflicting, misleading and false statements in recent days on the president's deficit-reduction plan: Geithner falsely claimed on "Fox News Sunday" that the president's proposals to slow Medicare growth are "not shifting costs to seniors." There are four proposals that would increase costs to some seniors by $32.9 billion over 10 years,
Fact-check: Dueling Fiscal Cliff Deceptions - FactCheck.org
Verdict: a fog of misinformation has settled on the fiscal cliff, as both house speaker john boehner and treasury secretary timothy geithner have traded conflicting, misleading and false statements in recent days on the president's deficit-reduction plan: geithner falsely claimed on "fox news sunday" that the president's proposals to slow medicare growth are "not shifting costs to seniors." there are four proposals that would increase costs to some seniors by $32.9 billion over 10 years,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2012-12-05T20:39:11