Posted by Bill Adair :: Published on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 at 03:23 p.m.
We've posted an update to our ruling from March 30 on the Republicans' claim that a cap and trade program would cost each family $3,128 per year. In the update, we note that an MIT professor has corrected a number in his calculations but our ruling on the original statement remains Pants on Fire.
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