Chapter 7 Notes

[1] Ashford-Grooms, Meghan. “Ron Paul Says Federal Income Tax Rate Was 0 Percent until 1913.” PolitiFact, 31 Jan. 2012.

[2] Paul, Ron. “Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee.” RON PAUL “PLAN TO RESTORE AMERICA” | Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee, 18 Oct. 2012.

[3] Gorman, Sean. “Jim Webb Says U.S. Didn’t Have Income Taxes until 1913.” PolitiFact, 24 Aug. 2015.

[4] Gorman, Sean. “Webb Mainly Correct on Income Tax History.” Richmond Times-Dispatch, 23 Aug. 2015.

[5] Bandler, Aaron. “The 11 Worst Fact-Checks by Facebook’s New Fact-Checkers.” The Daily Wire, 17 Dec. 2016.

[6] Caldera, Camille. “Fact Check: Biden, like Trump, Received Multiple Draft Deferments from Vietnam.” USA Today, 17 Sept. 2020.

[7] Mitchell, Marietta. “Lifeguard/Football Player Joe Biden Got Five Draft Deferments for Asthma during Vietnam.” Facebook, 3 Sept. 2020.

[8] Ibrahim, Nur. “Did Biden Receive 5 Draft Deferments Because of Asthma?” Snopes, 26 Jan. 2022.

[9] Settles, Gabrielle. “Biden Didn’t Use Health Excuses to Dodge the Draft.” PolitiFact, 21 Sept. 2022.

[10] Tobak, Steve. “8 Reasons Why the ‘Gender Pay Gap’ Is a Total Sham.” Business Insider, 11 Mar. 2011.

[11] “Male to Female Ratio by State 2023.” Wisevoter. Accessed 8 Feb. 2024.

[12] “Search Results: Gender Pay Gap.” PolitiFact, 10 July 2023.

[13] Gorman, Sean. “McAuliffe Says Women Earn 77 Percent of Men’s Pay for Same Jobs.” PolitiFact, 15 July 2013.

[14] Hunt, April. “Stokes Right on Broad Gender Pay Claim, Missteps on Specifics.” PolitiFact, 15 Sept. 2014.

[15] Tims, Dana. “Do Oregon Women Earn 79 Cents for Every Dollar Men Earn for Doing the Same Job?” PolitiFact, The Poynter Institute, 19 Feb. 2014.

[16] Sanders, Katie. “Diana Degette Says Women Earn 77 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by a Man.” PolitiFact, 5 Sept. 2012.

[17] Davis, Janel. “Is There a Gender Wage Gap in Every State?” PolitiFact, 1 Oct. 2012.

[18] Fiske, Warren. “Bobby Scott Says Women Earn 80 Percent Pay of White Men for ‘similar’ Jobs.” PolitiFact, 13 Mar. 2019.

[19] CONSAD Research Corp. “An Analysis of Reasons for the Disparity in Wages Between Men and Women.” Consad.Com, 12 Jan. 2009.

[20] Graves, Allison. “Taking a Closer Look at Florida Democrat’s Claims about the Gender Pay Gap.” PolitiFact, 14 Mar. 2017.

[21] Jacobson, Louis. “Do Women Get Only 80 Percent of the Pay Men Do for the Same Job?” PolitiFact, 13 Apr. 2018.

[22] Smith, Senator Tina. “When I Wrote about Equal Pay Day Earlier This Week, I Said the 80 Cents/$1 Stat Applies to Men and Women Doing the Same Job. That Last Part-Comparing Particular Job Categories-Wasn’t Quite Right. and I’m Glad @politifact Reached out to Me for Clarification.” Twitter, 12 Apr. 2018.

[23] Fiske, Warren. “Kaine Correctly Describes Virginia’s Pay Gap between Women and Men.” PolitiFact, 18 Mar. 2022.

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