I was intrigued to see the latest "In Context" article at PolitiFact minutes ago. I was intrigued initially because it claimed to provide the context surrounding Bill Clinton's remarks that Republicans have construed as opposed to President Obama's policy stance on the future of the Bush tax cuts. Those cuts are set to expire after this year.
I was intrigued even more because I had referenced Clinton's statement in a discussion on PolitiFact's Facebook page about the wisdom of raising taxes to the levels existing during Clinton's presidency.
And I was especially intrigued when the "In Context" story did not include the quotation of Clinton I used, which was from September of last year.
Here's what I referenced from Politico:
“I personally don’t believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground,” Clinton told Newsmax in an interview Tuesday. “This has been a dead flat economy.”This "In Context" feature seems designed to let Clinton make us believe the economy has taken off. It leaves out the context of Clinton's clearer statements on tax increases.
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