Policy on the Joe Rogan Experience
3 fact-checked claims across 2 episodes, Jan 2018 to Feb 2019. Each is a receipt: the exact quote, its timestamp, what published evidence says, and who benefits.
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- Andrew Yang (2)
- Dr. Neil Riordan (1)
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“we're spending about $1.5 trillion right now on 126 welfare programs”
Yang claims the US currently spends $1.5 trillion a year across 126 different welfare programs.
“if something devastating happens to you in any other form you can file for bankruptcy but you never escape your student loans no matter what happens to you”
Yang claims that unlike other debts, student loans can never be discharged in bankruptcy no matter what happens to the borrower.
“at last count, I think they spent, you know, two and three quarter billion dollars. They got $250 million left. And guess what they're studying now? Adult stem…”
Riordan claims California's embryonic stem cell program (CIRM, funded by the ~$3 billion Prop 71) spent nearly all its money and pivoted almost entirely to adult/umbilical cord stem cell research after embryonic approaches failed.