The "fact checker" for The Record newspaper in Bergen County, NJ provided some answers to statements that were incorrect. First, Clinton stated she did not call the Trans-Pacific Partnership the "gold standard" of trade agreements. Trump said she did. Trump is correct. She said it during a 2012 trip to Australia. Second, Trump has claimed he can not release his tax returns because they "are under audit". That is incorrect. His attorney's say his returns are "under review"; they do not say audit. Trump says he is audited every year; IRS officials claim no one is audited that frequently. Third, Trump says he got his start with a one million dollar gift from his father. He really got "loan guarantees of $ 10 million and a 2005 report stated he "drew an additional $ 10 million from his future inheritance".
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Defense Spending
The Navy now has a new destroyer-the USS Zumwalt-a stealth vessel that was built with the idea of making it undetectable by enemy radar or surveillance. The cost of the ship is reported as $ 3.8 BILLION. It will not join the fleet until 2018. Two sister ships-the USS Michael Monsoon and the USS Lyndon B. Johnson-are in the works at the Bath Shipyard in Maine. Those ships with cost $ 2.8 BILLION and $ 2.4 BILLION respectively. And this to fight a land-based terrorist organization far from the sea.
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