Claim: Howard Dean falsely claimed that "60 percent of the deficit is due to the Bush tax cuts." Last year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said that allowing the tax cuts to expire at the end of 2010 would decrease the deficit from $1.3 trillion in 2010 to $1.07 trillion in 2011. That's a 17.7 percent drop. It's sizable. But it's not 60 percent. Dean, the former Vermont governor and Democratic National Committee chairman, made his claim on CBS'
Fact-check: Howard Dean Overstates Cost of Tax Cuts - FactCheck.org
Verdict: howard dean falsely claimed that "60 percent of the deficit is due to the bush tax cuts." last year, the nonpartisan congressional budget office said that allowing the tax cuts to expire at the end of 2010 would decrease the deficit from $1.3 trillion in 2010 to $1.07 trillion in 2011. that's a 17.7 percent drop. it's sizable. but it's not 60 percent. dean, the former vermont governor and democratic national committee chairman, made his claim on cbs'
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2011-08-10T22:09:57