FACT CHECK: juggling Act for Obama on Twitter (AP)

WASHINGTON – the affair of the debt-ceiling that President Barack Obama hopes to negotiate with Republicans will not solve the problem of the nation with red ink, as stated in its first Twitter session with the audience. And no, the payroll tax cut got out of the Congress has not put an extra $ 1,000 into the pockets of "almost every single American."

Obama took some shortcuts with the facts Wednesday when fielding questions from people on social networking site. Brevity of Twitter was not a problem with the President — responded verbally, as long as he wanted. Even so, it was an act of juggling and everything came out right.

A look at some of the claims of Obama and how it compares with the facts:

OBAMA: "my expectation is, is that during the next week to two weeks, that the Congress, working with the White House, comes up with an agreement that resolves our deficit, solves our problems of debt and makes sure that our full faith and credit is protected".

The facts: the deal that he seeks with the Congress, if achieved, would leave in the United States to avoid defaulting on debt payments. In this sense would guard of America "full faith and credit" as the President said. But would leave the problems of deficits and debt underlying far from solved. Obama's proposal for 4 billion dollars in deficit cuts beyond 12 years also would increase the debt and leave the budget balance.

The bipartisan Committee for a responsible federal budget estimating Obama's plan would require $ 7 billion in loans over a decade.

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OBAMA: "I actually worked with Boehner Speaker (John) to pass a cut in December which put an extra $ 1,000 into the pockets of almost every single American Payroll taxes."

The facts: Obama, who said at another point that the $ 1,000 went to "every American," misstated the scope and size of payroll tax cut. Calculations of White House, 159 million Americans are enjoying the tax cut. The population of the United States is more than 311 million. The White House says the cut is worth 1,000 dollars for a family of "typical" — one making $ 50,000 per year. That is far from 1,000 dollars in your Pocket every or nearly every American.

The cut, which runs through this year, lowers taxes on wages that workers pay on their wages to 4.2 per cent to 6.2 per cent. So a family making $ 40,000, for example, Saves $ 800.

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OBAMA: "but if we had an objective where we are only reducing our dependence on oil annually in a set of steps, staggered could save consumers in their portfolio; It would make our businesses more efficient and less susceptible to the vagaries of oil spot market; It makes us less vulnerable to the types of outages that occurred because of what happened in the Middle East, this spring; and would drastically cut down on our carbon resources. "

The facts: Obama, his predecessors in Office back to Richard Nixon and leaders in both parties have asked for energy independence, an outcome that most experts consider energy pie in the sky. But more recent observations of Obama a reality check whatsoever. Spoke to reduce that dependency in steps, not ending anytime soon and granted oil will remain the Central U.S. needs.

History also supports Obama's statement that "we have not had a serious energy policy for decades. Every President comes we won't get it done. "

Without doubt, it meant that reduce energy dependence would cut carbon emissions, not resources.

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Associated press writers Jim Kuhnhenn and Nancy Benac contributed to this report.

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