Claim: Rep. Michele Bachmann was wrong on two counts when she claimed today's poverty rate is "only slightly below where it was in 1964" and that the small improvement in the rate "came with a $20 trillion price tag."
Fact-check: Bachmann Botches Poverty Stats - FactCheck.org
Verdict: rep. michele bachmann was wrong on two counts when she claimed today's poverty rate is "only slightly below where it was in 1964" and that the small improvement in the rate "came with a $20 trillion price tag."
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Robert Farley
Date published: 2014-01-10T22:56:36