Every government tries its best to bring about change and development in the country and the government also announces the progress made in terms of numbers to convince the citizens.
It is a strategy to gain votes. But sometimes the figures do not speak about the on-ground issues or status.
Joe Biden, the President of the United States of America was caught off guard in such a situation and the government has been trying to reduce the deficit.
Deficit refers to the difference in income and expenditure wherein expenditure is more than an expense.
Joe Biden was boasting of his governmentโs achievement in the reduction of the deficit and tweeted that he was proud of the progress the government had made.
Additionally, he claims that the deficit has been reduced by $ 1.7 million. He also mentioned that it was achieved by taxing the rich. And also cutting oil and pharma companies of taxes.
The POTUS tweet read,
โIโm proud of the progress we have made.
We reduced the deficit in our first two years by $1.7 trillion. That includes more revenue by asking the wealthy and large corporations to begin to pay their fair share and cutting subsidies to Big Oil and Big Pharma.โ
The Twitterati is calling out POTUS for twisting numbers to claim the achievement. Let us find out how Twitterati is responding.
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1. Community Post
The Twitterati has tagged a post that they want the readers to know. The context simply explains the magical figure mentioned by Joe Biden.
The article mentions that the deficit explained by Joe Biden has been reduced due to a reduction in COVID-related activities. This has reduced the expenditure of government which is claimed by Joe Biden as his achievement.
Contrary to the claims, it also appears to the citizen that the reduced deficit is short of actuals, and blames Government for increasing the deficits.ย The relevant news can be accessed by clicking here.
2. Number Lie
The information provided by Joe Biden has been called out as misleading.
Numerous users state that the numbers derived are not catering to the decreased expenditure due to COVID-19.
A user by the username Missouri Freedom Initiator tweets, โThatโs awesome Mr. President! Thanks for that wonderful misinformation. Now, letโs talk about Hunterโs laptop and the $6 trillion added to the debt since you took office.โ
Another user whiskey musing broadcastย tweeted, โYouโre โreduction of the deficitโ read primarily due to COVID allocations expiring.
The wealthy already pay more than their share, but have you paid your back taxes on your โbookโ deal? Or paid taxes on you 10% from China and elsewhere?โ
3. Corruption Charges
A few netizens are also questioning the President about corruption charges against a government official.
One user Erik tweets,ย Their fair share? Care to elaborate on how United States Government Officials that โearnโ $75,000-$200,000 a year, are multi-millionaires? Many of which reached a net worth of well over a million in a very short period. Until you can answer that, shut up.โ
Replying to Erikโs above tweet, another user Hadison also has accused officials of insider trade and bribery.
Moreover, she writes,โ Well because the system was created to allow legal bribery, insider trading, and all that fun stuff. Taxing the rich isnโt going to fix what needs a systematic reboot, but itโs a damn good start.โ
Well, the tweet and the community context have created a buzz on Twitter.
So, what is your opinion? Also, tell us do you trust our government and the President? Write in our comment section.
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