it is just not true. i hate to use the word lie but it is a lie when he talks about the economy being in such terrible shape when he came in. he also brags about bringing down did deficit. the only reason the deficit came down at all was because a lot of the covid spending from the trump administration phased out. he added 4.8 trillion to the overall debt in this nation. the washington post by the way is not a conservative paper gave him three pinocchios for claiming credit for bringing down the deficit. bill: a lot going on. some suggesting employers are holding onto their workers longer than they would normally. seasonal workers. bill: the fed makes a move on interest rate 48 hours before the jobs report comes out. do you think there would be a better way of sequencing that. that s for another today. the president was asked a week ago do you take credit for the rise in inflation sew he said
House Republicans carried out a pledge to vote to repeal a $71 billion increase in spending for the Internal Revenue Service that was included in Joe Biden’s so-called “Inflation Reduction Act.” Reporters called this a “messaging bill,” since there's no chance it will pass a Democrat-controlled Senate or be signed by President Biden. Chief Washington Post “Fact Checker” Glenn Kessler broke out the “Four Pinocchios” rating under the headline “'87,000 IRS agents’ is the zombie falsehood setting the House agenda.”