A fact check on Donald Trump's first week in office
Basically lies, talking completely out of his ass, making up crap, an incoherent clod
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170127/fact-check-on-donald-trumps-first-week-in-office
- "Of those (allegedly illegal) votes cast, none of 'em come to me. None of 'em come to me. They would all be for the other side. . . . They all voted for Hillary." - Jan. 25, interview with ABC News.
Not only is there no evidence of massive voter fraud, but there is no way Trump could possibly know this.
- "We want to get our people off of welfare and back to work. So important. It's out of control. It's out of control." - Jan. 26, remarks to congressional Republicans.
"Welfare" is a broad term and can apply to people who are working but receiving some government assistance. If someone is receiving means-tested assistance, it doesn't necessarily mean they are not working.
Not all people eligible for welfare collect benefits. When they do, many of the benefits are contingent on the recipients working or actively searching for jobs, as a result of an overhaul of welfare signed into law by Clinton in 1996. And even low-income families receive some level of public assistance.
Trump is apparently unaware that participation has declined in means-tested programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps).
Caseloads in the TANF program have declined over the past 15 years, from about 2.4 million families to 1.6 million families. After its post-Great Recession peak in 2013, the number of people receiving food stamps has declined. In October 2016, there were 43.2 million people participating in the program, compared with 47.4 million in October 2013.
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gee whiz wouldn't it have been nice if people had actually noticed?
