Mitt Romney's recent speech in Des Moines, about a “prairie fire of debt” would have looked great in a Hollywood movie - and it had almost as much fiction too.

The thing is, it's easy to fact check something as simple as Mitt's lie about President Obama's policies - and that's exactly what the AP did HERE. Think Progress also did a quick check of Mitt's claim - and threw together a simple chart that quickly and easily blows away Mitt's midwest lie:

If you need more details on how Mitt's plan actually would make things worse, check out the details from the Tax Policy Center, HERE.