Claim: Says Mitt Romney is wrong to claim that spending under Obama has "accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history," because it's actually risen "slower than at any time in nearly 60 years."
Fact-check: Viral Facebook post says Barack Obama has lowest spending record of any recent president
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2012-05-23T00:00:00