Liars (47 page)

“ ‘if we're going to have a vibrant middle class' ”
Greg Sargent, “Bernie Sanders Calls for Downward ‘Transfer' of Wealth of Top One Percent,”
The Washington Post
, May 26, 2015,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/05/26/bernie-sanders-calls-for-downward-transfer-of-wealth-of-top-one-percent/
.

“one of the ‘biggest issues we face' ”
Correct the Record editors, “Hillary Clinton: A Lifetime Champion of Income Opportunity,”
CorrectRecord.org
, accessed May 31, 2016,
http://correctrecord.org/the-points/hillary-clinton-a-lifetime-champion-of-income-opportunity/
.

“ ‘reshuffle the deck' to address the issue”
James Pethokoukis, “Hillary Clinton's Inequality Plan Has Big Problems,”
The Week
, January 7, 2016,
http://theweek.com/articles/597696/hillary-clintons-inequality-plan-big-probblems
.

“both ‘income inequality' and ‘wealth inequality' during his campaign”
Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign, “Issues: Income and Wealth Inequality,”
BernieSanders.com
, accessed May 31, 2016,
https://berniesanders.com/issues/income-and-wealth-inequality/
.

“Liberal outlets like the
New York Times
routinely publish columns”
Peter Georgescu, “Capitalists, Arise: We Need to Deal with Income Inequality,”
The New York Times
, August 7, 2015,
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/opinion/sunday/capitalists-arise-we-need-to-deal-with-income-inequality.html?_r=2
.

“Moore's worth at around $50 million”
Noel Sheppard, “OWS Supporter Michael Moore Lies on National Television About His Wealth: No, I'm Not Worth Millions,”
NewsBusters.org
, October 26, 2011,
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/10/26/ows-supporter-michael-moore-lies-national-television-about-his-wealth
.

“was a net worth of $20 million”
Peter Coy, “The Richest Are in a Class by Themselves: For a Lucky Few, It's a Return to the Roaring Twenties,” Bloomberg, April 3, 2014,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-03/top-tenth-of-1-percenters-reaps-all-the-riches
.

“Neil Young, with a net worth of $65 million
”
“Neil Young Net Worth,”
CelebrityNetWorth.com
, accessed May 31, 2016,
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/rock-stars/neil-young-net-worth/
.

“and let him use his music at rallies”
Tessa Berenson, “Here's What Neil Young Thinks About Donald Trump Using His Music,”
Time
, September 27, 2015,
http://time.com/4051260/neil-young-donald-trump-music/
.

“Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon . . . threw their weight separately”
Christie D'Zurilla, Kyle Kim, Armand Emadjomeh, “Celebrity Endorsement Tracker,”
Campaign 2016
(blog),
Los Angeles Times
, accessed May 31, 2016,
http://graphics.latimes.com/celebrity-presidential-endorsements/
.

“a combined net worth of more than $100 million”
“Tim Robbins Net Worth,”
CelebrityNetWorth.com
, accessed May 31, 2016,
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/tim-robbins-net-worth/
.
“Susan Sarandon Net Worth,”
CelebrityNetWorth.com
, accessed May 31, 2016,
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/susan-sarandon-net-worth/
.

“amassed a net worth of $30 million
”
“Dick Van Dyke Net Worth,”
CelebrityNetWorth.com
, accessed May 31, 2016,
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/richest-comedians/dick-van-dyke-net-worth/
.

“a ‘New Deal Democrat' from the Franklin Roosevelt era”
Christie D'Zurilla, Kyle Kim, Armand Emadjomeh, “Celebrity Endorsement Tracker,”
Campaign 2016
(blog),
Los Angeles Times
, accessed May 31, 2016,
http://graphics.latimes.com/celebrity-presidential-endorsements/
.

“made $3 million for giving three speeches in 2013”
Zaid Jilani, “Hillary Clinton Made More in Twelve Speeches to Big Banks Than Most of Us Earn in a Lifetime,”
TheIntercept.com
, January 8, 2016,
https://theintercept.com/2016/01/08/hillary-clinton-earned-more-from-12-speeches-to-big-banks-than-most-americans-earn-in-their-lifetime/
.

“an astounding $19 trillion in new taxes”
Philip Klein, “Here's a List of Bernie Sanders's $19.6 Trillion in Tax Hikes,”
Washington Examiner
, January 19, 2016,
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/heres-a-list-of-bernie-sanders-19.6-trillion-in-tax-hikes/article/2580846
.

“minimum wage has been increased nine times
”
US Department of Labor, “Wage and Hour Division: History of Federal Minimum Wage Rates Under the Fair Labor Standards Act 1938–2009,” dol.gov, accessed May 31, 2016,
https://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/chart.htm
.

“poverty level is now sixteen percent—a three percent
increase
”
United States Census Bureau, “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2013,” press release, Census.gov, September 16, 2014,
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2014/cb14-169.html
.

“cost the economy as many as two hundred thousand jobs”
David Neumark, “The Effects of Minimum Wages on Employment,” Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco,
frbsf.org
, December 21, 2015,
http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2015/december/effects-of-minimum-wage-on-employment/
.

“in Switzerland, they've proposed $2,700 a month”
Kathleen Caulderwood, “$2,700 a Month No Matter What? Some Swiss Ask Government to Assure Income,”
International Business Times
, November 12, 2013,
http://www.ibtimes.com/2700-month-no-matter-what-some-swiss-ask-government-assure-income-1466508
.

“even some conservatives have gotten on board”
Noah Gordon, “The Conservative Case for a Guaranteed Basic Income,”
The Atlantic
, August 6, 2014,
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/08/why-arent-reformicons-pushing-a-guaranteed-basic-income/375600/
.

“an astounding thirty percent of Switzerland's GDP”
“Basically Unaffordable”
The Economist
, May 23, 2015,
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21651897-replacing-welfare-payments-basic-income-all-alluring
.

“ ‘bringing their own toilet paper' ”
Dave Shiflett, “Laughing in the Face of Despair,”
The Wall Street Journal
, November 20, 2015,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/laughing-in-the-face-of-despair-1448044955
.

“ ‘the more they did for themselves, and became richer' ”
The Federalist Papers Project, “Benjamin Franklin on the Price of Corn and Management of the Poor, November 1766,”
TheFederalistPapers.org
, accessed May 31, 2016,
http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/founders/franklin/benjamin-franklin-on-the-price-of-corn-and-management-of-the-poor-november-1766
.

“and work is an important part of one's happiness”
Arthur C. Brooks, “A Formula for Happiness,”
The New York Times
, December 14, 2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/opinion/sunday/a-formula-for-happiness.html?_r=0
.

“ ‘to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind' ”
George H. W. Bush, “Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union” (speech, Washington, DC, January 29, 1991), The American Presidency Project at University of California, Santa Barbara,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=19253
.

“ ‘I'm a George W. Bush conservative' ”
“Transcript: Bret Baier Interviews President Bush,”
FoxNews.com
, December 17, 2008,
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/17/transcript-bret-baier-interviews-president-bush.html
.

“as a senile fool or a dangerous loose cannon”
Matt Latimer, “Nancy Reagan's Passing Marks the Death of the GOP Establishment,”
Politico Magazine
, March 6, 2016,
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/nancy-reagan-death-gop-establishment-213703
.

“ ‘limits one or more of the major life activities' ”
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Public Law 101-336. 108th Congress, 2nd Session (July 26, 1990).

“ ‘communicating and interacting with others' ”
James Bovard, “The Failure of the Americans with Disabilities Act,” The Future of Freedom Foundation,
fff.org
, October 1, 2015,
http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/failure-americans-disabilities-act/
.

“lawsuits against private industries”
James Bovard, “How Disability Law Went Nuts: Column,”
USA Today
, July 29, 2015,
http://www.usatoday.com/wlna/opinion/2015/07/27/ada-americans—disabilities-act-lawsuits/30702519/
.

“toilet stall was at an improper height”
James Bovard, “How Disability Law Went Nuts: Column,”
USA Today
, July 29, 2015,
http://www.usatoday.com/wlna/opinion/2015/07/27/ada-americans—disabilities-act-lawsuits/30702519/
.

“ ‘if an individual without a disability performed the job' ”
Kenneth Ofgang, “Ninth Circuit Rejects One-Eyed Drivers' Bias Claims Against UPS,”
Metropolitan News-Enterprise
, September 16, 2005,
http://www.metnews.com/articles/2005/eeoc091605.htm
.

“lawsuits against businesses under the ADA”
Joseph Perkins, “Abuse of ADA a Plague on California Small Businesses,”
The Orange County Register
, April 24, 2015,
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ada-659192-mccarthy-lawsuits.html
.

“deal McConnell had made to keep the Export-Import Bank open
”
Jordain Carney, “Cruz Accuses McConnell of Lying,”
Floor Action
(blog),
The Hill
,
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/249076-cruz-accuses-mcconnell-of-lying-to-him-on-ex-im-bank
.

“ ‘Capitol Hill humming along as it was designed to”
Politico Staff, “Senate Sends Transportation Infrastructure Bill to Obama,”
Politico
, December 3, 2015,
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/senate-transportation-package-ex-im-renewal-216420
.

“ ‘fighting for equality for all Americans' ”
Priorities USA, “What's at Stake: Fighting for Equal Rights,”
PrioritiesUSAAction.org
, accessed May 31, 2016,
http://prioritiesusaaction.org/whats-at-stake/
.

“ ‘and to reform our broken criminal justice system' ”
Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign, “Sanders in North Charleston Caps South Carolina Tour,” press release,
BernieSanders.com
, August 22, 2015,
https://berniesanders.com/press-release/sanders-in-charleston-caps-south-carolina-tour/?source=twitter08222015&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=twitter08222015
.

“ ‘struggle with racism remains far from finished' ”
Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign, “Racial Justice: America's Struggle with Race Is Far From Finished,”
HillaryClinton.com
, accessed May 31, 2016,
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/racial-justice/
.

“ ‘own them, and then change them' ”
Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign, “Racial Justice: America's Struggle with Race Is Far From Finished,”
HillaryClinton.com
, accessed May 31, 2016,
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/racial-justice/
.

“ ‘fight harder to end institutional racism' ”
Elizabeth Landers and Eugene Scott, “New Sanders Video Features Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Jackson,”
CNN.com
, February 13, 2016,
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/13/politics/bernie-sanders-martin-luther-king-jr-hillary-clinton-south-carolina/
.

“ ‘they like me. I like them' ”
Janell Ross, “Donald Trump's Intriguing Comments About Sandra Bland. Yes, Really,”
The Fix
(blog),
The Washington Post
, July 23, 2016,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/23/donald-trumps-intriguing-comments-about-sandra-bland-yes-really/
.

“declared in the photo's caption: ‘I love Hispanics!' ”
Donald J. Trump, Twitter post, May 5, 2016, 11:57 a.m.,
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/728297587418247168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
.

“ ‘the rights of Americans with disabilities' ”
Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign, “Disability Rights: We Must Continue to Expand Opportunities for All Americans,”
HillaryClinton.com
, accessed May 31, 2016,
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/disability-rights/
.

“ ‘and achieve a high quality of life' ”
Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign, “Issues: Fighting for Disability Rights,” Bernie
Sanders.com
, accessed May 31, 2016,
https://berniesanders.com/issues/fighting-for-disability-rights/
.