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Politifact Fact Checks

• Crossroads GPS: Says Obama broke his promise to help homeowners facing foreclosure.
  The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Crossroads ad says Obama has failed to stem foreclosure crisis As the economic collapse began to threaten homeowners, presidential candidate Barack Obama vowed to come to their aid. "We must help the millions of homeowners facing foreclosure," he said on the campaign trail in June 2008. His plan called for chan […]
• Barack Obama: Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."
  The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Barack Obama's 'Life of Julia' says Mitt Romney would replace Medicare with ‘nothing but a voucher’ CORRECTION: We first published this item on May 22, 2012, with a rating of False. But readers pointed out we had incorrectly said that the Wyden-Ryan and Romney plans for Medicare offered traditional fee-fo […]
• Facebook posts: 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."
  The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Viral Facebook post says Barack Obama has lowest spending record of any recent president On May 22, 2012, Rex Nutting, the international commentary editor for the financial website MarketWatch, published a column titled, "Obama spending binge never happened." Nutting’s column explored data on federal spending p […]
• Mitt Romney: When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it."
  The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Mitt Romney said he "actually cut" spending as Massachusetts governor In recent campaign events, Mitt Romney has made the federal debt a major issue, even standing in front of an oversized debt clock during a visit to St. Petersburg, Fla. In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, Romney made a point of […]