Fox News seems to have trouble with numbers, at least when they have to do with global warming or President Barack Obama.
Today, Fox & Friends falsely claimed that Obama proposed a 15 percent tax on banks in an effort to recoup taxpayer funds shelled out to prop up consumer lending giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG.
Trouble is, the actual Obama-backed fee would be assessed at .15 percent -- or 15 basis points -- for covered liabilities. It also wouldn't kick in until bank assets exceeded $50 billion.
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