Claim: In a Web video, President Barack Obama leaves out some key facts about the fiscal cliff deal, possibly leaving the wrong impression about its impact on taxpayers and the deficit: Obama boasts that "middle-class families" will not have to "pay upwards of $2,000 more in taxes this year." That's accurate for income taxes, but Obama doesn't mention that the deal allowed a payroll tax cut to expire. About 77 percent of taxpayers will pay more in taxes this year —
Fact-check: Fudging on the Fiscal Cliff Deal  - FactCheck.org
Verdict: in a web video, president barack obama leaves out some key facts about the fiscal cliff deal, possibly leaving the wrong impression about its impact on taxpayers and the deficit: obama boasts that "middle-class families" will not have to "pay upwards of $2,000 more in taxes this year." that's accurate for income taxes, but obama doesn't mention that the deal allowed a payroll tax cut to expire. about 77 percent of taxpayers will pay more in taxes this year —
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Robert Farley
Date published: 2013-01-04T16:12:49