![]() ![]() Or maybe you want to look like a baller, and detach some real-life moola when that hefty check arrives after dinner. Maybe you want to stay off the grid altogether. Maybe you want to separate your cash from your credit. Maybe you don’t want to carry anything else. Sure, wallets perform the same function, but they carry more items than dollar bills. But walking out the door with a stack of Benjamins, Lincolns, or Washingtons is tangible you know you have it and can pay a sum in case there’s nothing else on the table-literally. Plastic, whether a debit or credit card, can get denied for a number of reasons. If apps like Apple Pay are your go-to, for example, you’re at the mercy of your phone’s battery. We Trump’s combination of claims as False.Carrying around wads of cash fastened together with a money clip can seem somewhat outdated in this digitized age, but it’s perhaps the most dependable form of commerce. Raising taxes to nearly 50 percent? Clinton’s proposing an extra 4 percent increase, but that’s on the wealthiest Americans, and very few family farms will face it.ĭeath tax? Family farms have been surviving with the death tax for years, and the best data suggest that it affects no more than about 20 estates nationwide per year, if that. ![]() Radical regulation? Trump’s not providing any evidence to evaluate. “Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms” using “radical regulation,” by raising business tax “rates as high as nearly 50 percent” and by taxing “family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent.”Ĭlinton wants to shut down family farms? We’ve seen no evidence she’s ever said that. We rated Clinton’s statement Mostly Falseĭonald Trump on Saturday, Aug. The ad contains an element of truth, but ultimately is very misleading He has said he would leave the nuclear option open to defend the U.S, Trump never explicitly talked about using nuclear weapons against America’s allies in Europe. 2 campaign ad:ĭonald Trump “has been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our Western European allies.” There’s little evidence to show that Trump has been seeking loans from oligarchs instead of financial institutions banks are still loaning money to Trump, albeit not the big U.S. Records checked by PolitiFact show that U.S. So he goes to these (Russian) oligarchs and borrows money.” “The banks no longer loan (Donald Trump) money because he’s a terrible risk. Her supporters? There is substantial evidence they were involved.įormer Congressman and scandal machine Anthony Weiner said this July 27 on HBO: ![]() There is no evidence that Clinton or her official campaign had anything to do with it. It has been reported by several news outlets that Clinton supporters sent emails in past campaigns accusing Obama of being born outside the United States. “Her campaign and her supporters in her campaign were the ones that borne out the birther movement.” 29 on Meet The Press about Hillary Clinton: Republican Chairman Reince Priebus said this Aug. Some political scientists said Trump and Clinton so-called “unfavorables” are without precedent in modern polling. Poll after poll, including an AJC poll in Georgia, back up Carter’s observation. 22 to to an AP reporter in Memphis:īoth the Democratic and Republican candidates for president in 2016 are “quite unpopular.”Ĭarter said he is voting for Hillary Clinton, bit got in a bit of a political dig at the same time. Want to comment on our rulings or suggest one of your own? Just go to our Facebook page ( You can also follow us on Twitter ( ).įull versions can be found at Former President Jimmy Carter recently said Aug. Want to see how they fared? Abbreviated versions of our fact checks are below. Trump, Clinton, Anthony Weiner, Reince Priebus and even Jimmy Carter took a recent ride on the AJC Truth-O-Meter. ![]()
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