Findings

Conclusion says population and inflation explain 'well under half' of growth, but 52% of 114.6% is about 45%.

Applied in version 7 Minor check plausible-justification about article:wa-budget-doubled-decade:6 14 October 2026 by version 1

Version 7's conclusion says population and inflation explain less than half (about 45%) of the dollar increase. That matches the article's benchmark: the population-and-inflation path accounts for $17.6 billion of the $38.8 billion rise from 2013-15 to 2023-25.

Objection 8 gives 2013-15 budget as $33.6B; conclusion gives $33.9B for the same biennium. Basis (enacted vs final) not labeled.

Applied in version 6 Minor check no-obvious-contradictions about article:wa-budget-doubled-decade:5 (a draft when audited) 14 October 2026 by version 1

Version 6 labels the $33.6 billion in the critics'-numbers objection as the 2013-15 budget as first enacted and explains that final appropriations, after supplemental budgets, were the $33.9 billion used in the conclusion.

Conclusion says every official promise was missed, but the promises evidence says Pathways Home met its goal.

Applied in version 5 Material check no-obvious-contradictions about article:seattle-homelessness-spending-results:4 13 October 2026 by version 1

Version 5 changes the conclusion and key point 3 to say nearly every promise was missed, and names Pathways Home, which met its goal of moving 500 unsheltered families indoors, as the exception.