Bernie Sanders leads our High Five for July
For the first time in several months, the PolitiFact Wisconsin High Five wasn’t dominated by statements made by or about Gov. Scott Walker, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.
It’s not that Walker was absent from headlines -- he formally announced for president and began campaigning in earnest during the month -- but other candidates and groups were among those that drew the most clicks.
Here’s our High Five for July, our most-clicked items.
1) Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at a July 1, 2015 rally in Madison said "the top one-tenth of 1 percent" of Americans "own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."
We rated his claim Mostly True. It was based on a finding from a study by two internationally known economists, and other economists we contacted supported the figure. The study has been criticized for not including Social Security in the wealth calculations.
Wealth, of course, is different than income. And someone with a nice, steady income can have zero wealth, if -- for instance -- he or she has a major home loan, a car loan, credit card debt or a combination of the above.
More here: http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2015/aug/03/bernie-sanders-leads-politifact-high-five-july/
