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Fact-Checking President Obama's Address to Congress

1:58PM | February 25, 2009 | posted by Akash Goyal | comments: 1

Whether or not President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress last night provided the reassurance the American people need and want, there were definitely a few lofty moments that prompted double-takes.

Did he just say the United States of America invented the automobile? General consensus is that it was Karl Benz of Germany. Will the housing plan be able to differentiate between irresponsible homeowners who tried to live outside their means and the honest citizens who are genuinely victims of the housing crisis? Sounds like a monumental task to make those distinctions. Here's a good attempt from the AP to separate fact from fiction in the presidential address on the U.S. economy.

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Comments: 1

Posted by linda at February 25, 2009 10:39 PM

I don't have a mortgage, nor do I have high credit card balances. How is the stimulas package going to make my economy better for me?

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