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Imports from
China

Jill stated Half of our

imports coming from China
are actually based out of
U.S partnerships and
subsidiaries.

As for her claim that half of

imports from China are actually
from places based in the U.S., I
was only able to find lists (none
that covered every company) but
no specific numbers or
percentages, nor could I find
unbiased, reliable quotes that
talked about companies in
China. Though, one list claimed
to be only 1% of the full list of
American companies importing
from China, so there might be
truth to what she is saying. (a list:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Progra
ms/lou.dobbs.tonight/popups/expor
ting.america/frameset.exclude.html
)

Possibly true

Military

Jill will cut military

spending by 50%

We spent over 53% of our

discretionary budget on the
military in 2015. The total
discretionary budget was 1.1
trillion(we spent 583 billion on
the military) which accounted for
less than a third of our entire
budget. But, the US spends more
on its military than the next seven
countries combined.

Spending less on the

military and using
that money to invest
in domestic affairs
could potentially be
good however, it
shouldnt be done in
a short period of
time.

She doesnt exactly state what

shell cut back on. She does say
shell close all foreign bases(2013
report says that the cost for
maintaining all of these are
around 10 billion, its the salaries
of the people stationed there that
raises the price) and close all
nuclear research and testing sites.
Spend that 500 billion on our
economy.

Weve actually been making cuts

to the military under the Obama
Administration.
Defunding the military will have
enormous social and economic
repercussions. She does not state
how she will deal with that.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog
/fixgov/2014/04/30/the-real-wo
rld-consequences-of-cutting-milit
ary-spending/
However, in the future if you take
that money and invest in
education, that could open jobs in
the future if done over long period
of time.
http://www.pri.org/stories/2011
-11-21/how-military-cuts-could-i
mpact-economy
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/
04/u-s-foreign-military-support/
http://www.pgpf.org/chart-archi
ve/0053_defense-comparison
https://www.nationalpriorities.or
g/budget-basics/federal-budget-1
01/spending/
https://www.washingtonpost.co
m/opinions/robert-samuelson-de
funding-defense/2014/03/09/80
ee0dda-a7bc-11e3-b61e-8051b8b
52d06_story.html?utm_term=.58e
c97a00f56

Israeli-Palestinia
n conflict

Void support for Middle

eastern countries violating
international law and human
rights/ freedoms.
... the United States has
encouraged the worst
tendencies of the Israeli
government as it pursues
policies of occupation... and
defiance of international

The US government is in fact

sending roughly $8 million daily to
Israel in the form of military
finances, calculated from a
statement from president Barack
Obama about the proposed
spending budget to Israel in the
year 2013:
http://www.politifact.com/georgia/s
tatements/2013/mar/06/council-nati
onal-interest/billboards-question-ai

Mostly true:
All of her supporting
facts and statistics
check out as truth,
and US relations with
Israel is as lenient as
it is controversial, but
President Obama has
established his less
than pleased feelings

law

d-israel/

Instead of allying with the

courageous proponents of
peace and human rights
within Palestine and Israel,
our government has
rewarded consistent abusers
of human rights.

As for Israels offenses of human

rights/international law, there is a
heavy amount of evidence and
instances of Israel using tactics
deemed as war crimes, reported on
by Al Jazeera in response to
surfaced reports of an instance
where the Israeli military purposely
fired on densely civilian-populated
areas:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/20
15/07/evidence-israeli-war-crimesgaza-interactive-15072810-150728
133534137.html

We're spending $8 million

a day supplying the Israeli
military.

about the
Israeli-Palestinian
conflict and the
stories of Israels
behaviors during the
war.

Lastly, while the US still supports

and allies itself with Israel,
President has expressed his opinion
on the current Status-quo in
resolving its conflict with
Palestine. He has openly addressed
to the Israeli public that if there
policy on conflict continued, the
situation could turn worse, and that
the US would be forced to
reconsider their support/aid for
Israel:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-3
3181782

Wages in China

Theyre struggling to
raise their wages which
are now somewhere at
the unthinkable level of 30
or 50 cents an hour. on
wages in China

According the
thehigherlearning.com and several
other souces, the average hourly
wage in China for a factory worker
is about 50 cents an hour.

True

The Bureau of Labor Statistics

reports that wages in China are less
than a tenth of those in the U.S.

Military

Close our 700 plus foreign

bases

We do in fact have over 700

foreign bases. They range in size
and are there for a variety of
reasons. Many exist because of
past or current alliances and
treaties and others for security

Closing unneeded
ones would definitely
bring the cost down
and be beneficial but
closing the ones that
are needed to

purposes.
Bases can lead to better alliances
as well as a more hostile reaction.

maintain alliances
would have
undesirable
consequences.

Shut down of F-35 program

http://www.factcheck.org/2016/
04/u-s-foreign-military-support/
http://www.ontheissues.org/201
6/Jill_Stein_Homeland_Security.ht
m
http://www.politico.com/magazi
ne/story/2015/06/us-military-ba
ses-around-the-world-119321
http://www.newsweek.com/quor
a-question-why-do-other-countri
es-allow-us-have-so-many-militar
y-bases-343601

Weapons

End U.S. role as worlds

arm supplier

The US was the world's number

one weapons exporter with 33% of
exports in 2011-2015. Saudi
Arabia was our biggest buyer.

Mostly True, we
arent the only ones
exporting weapons.

How Jill? How?

http://www.independent.co.uk/n
ews/business/news/arms-tradeexporters-importers-weapons-tra
nsfers-sipri-a6891491.html

Defense

Restore the National Guard

as our primary means of
defense.

The national guard is a reserve

force of citizen soldiers. They are
supervised by their state or
territory. They are usually called
out for active duty for
emergency-relief when a natural
disaster occurs such as now
during Hurricane Matthew.
However, since 9/11 theyve had
more involvement in foreign
affairs.
The National Guard was

Shouldnt be done.
Jill Stein wants to get
out of other countries
military wise. So,
what do you use our
actual military for?

originally the militia of American

citizens that fought against the
British during the Revolutionary
War.
Defense is not their primary
purpose.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/A
bout-the-Guard/Army-National-G
uard/
http://www.ngaus.org/advocatin
g-national-guard/evolving-role-ci
tizen-soldier

Nuclear Weapons
Deals

Virtue of global agreements

that also include us.

She didnt specify which specific

agreements she was talking about
so I assumed she was talking
about nuclear disarmament deals
since thats what she talked about
immediately after.
-

Partial Test Ban Treaty banning nuclear testing in

atmosphere, space, and
underwater
Treaty of Tlatelolco - nuclear
weapons ban in Latin
America
Non-Proliferation Treaty non-nuclear states agree to
never get nukes
South Pacific Nuclear Free
Zone Treaty - no
manufacturing, testing, or
stationing allowed in that
area
Intermediate-Range Nuclear
Forces Treaty - USSR and US
agreed to get rid of
land-based missiles with
ranges from 300-3400 miles
Treaty of Pelindaba - Africa

Technically none of
them actually include
us, except for the
ones that we signed
not to continue
testing.

becomes nuclear free

Nukes

We possess more nukes

than the rest of the world

Estimations:
Russia and US have over 7,000,
then France is next with 300,
China with 260, UK with 215,
Pakistan with 120, India with 110,
Israel with 80, and North Korea
with 8

Mostly True. The US

and Russia have the
most by a ridiculous
amount because of
the Cold War

https://www.armscontrol.org/fac
tsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohas
what

Nuclear Proposal

Russias proposal to reduce

each countrys arsenal of
nukes to 1,000 each.

Russia has been increasing their

arsenal of nuclear weapons.
Obama was the one who called
for nuclear weapons reduction at
the nuclear summit.

Wrong Person

http://time.com/4280169/russia
-nuclear-security-summit/
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/1
9/politics/obama-nuclear-cuts

Nukes

Remove all our nukes from

other countries

The US currently stores some

nuclear weapons in Germany,
Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, and
Turkey

They exist.

The nukes there could be

launched at Russia or the Middle
East in accordance with NATO
strike plans
http://www.globalresearch.ca/eu
rope-s-five-undeclared-nuclear-w
eapons-states/17550

Nukes

End all nuclear research

Currently still do this at: Los

Fair opinion.

and testing

Alamos National Laboratories,

Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratories, Sandia National
Laboratory, Nevada National
Security Site, Pantex Plant, Kansas
City Plant, Savannah River Site,
Y-12 National Security Complex
But we do NOT test nukes
anymore. We are planning to
modernize our current arsenal
which is estimated to cost 1
trillion.
http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclearweapons/us-nuclear-weapons-pol
icy/us-nuclear-weapons-facilities.
html
https://www.brookings.edu/rese
arch/50-facts-about-u-s-nuclearweapons-today/

Nuclear Free
Zone

Create a nuclear free zone

in Middle East and require
all nations to join.

She wants to end to the

discriminatory apartheid policies
within the state of Israel, the
removal of the Separation Wall, a
ban on assassination, movement
toward denuclearization, the
release of all political prisoners
and journalists from Israeli and
Palestinian prisons, disarmament
of non-state militias, and
recognition of the right of
self-determination for both
Israelis and Palestinians. Shed
force them by threatening
removal of American aid and then
pressure then diplomatically.
However, she doesnt state how
shed require all nations in the
Middle East to join the nuclear
free zone.

HOW JILL HOW

https://thepeaceresource.wordpr
ess.com/2015/08/29/dr-jill-stein
-on-israel-palestine-and-the-midd
le-east/
https://ballotpedia.org/Jill_Stein_
presidential_campaign,_2016/Nat
ional_security
https://ballotpedia.org/Jill_Stein_
presidential_campaign,_2016/Ira
n

Terrorism

"After 9/11 the US told the

Saudis to clean up their act,
stop sanctioning terror, etc.,
but as recently as 2009,
Hillary Clinton wrote in a
State Department memo that
they were still the
overwhelming funders of
international terrorism. It's
crazy to spend $6 trillion on
fighting terrorism when we
turn blind eye to the Saudis."

The total cost of antiterrorism for

the US has a fluctuating number
among various reports, so
estimates are scattered, but a
report from Brown University
stats that out total spent so far on
terrorism has been $3.6 trillion.
Even if we count the total
including the proposed spending
for the next fiscal year, that
amount rises to about $4.79
trillion, which is still more than $2
trillion shy from her claim. As for
the Saudi involvement and
funding of Islamic Extremist
groups, a report from Politico
stated that during a meet with
Zalmay Khalilzad, former US
ambassador, admitted to funding
Ideological terrorism as a tactic in
conflicts with other nearby enemies
since the 60s. However, this
admittance of guilt was in favor of
recognizing the consequences of
their support for these terror groups
and phasing out the practice in an
effort for a modern take on
policies. It is unclear if the still
deliver funds to terror groups.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/
story/2016/09/saudi-arabia-terroris
m-funding-214241

Not exactly true

While $4.7 trillion
spent on terror since
2001 is a substantial
amount, it isnt her
claim of $6 trillion,
and actual tax dollars
spent on the war on
terror so far is only
$3.6 Trillion, which
is only a little under
half of her estimate.
And the Saudis have
plead guilty to
funding Islamic terror
groups as a tool of
conflict, but they
have remarked the
practice as a grave
mistake that has gone
out of control, and
pledge to modernize
their policies.

Middle East

We supply 80% of the

weapons
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=IXS_YAohttps://ww
w.youtube.com/watch?v=IX
S_YAoX61AX61A

the United States, with $8.4

billion worth of Middle Eastern
exports in 2014, compared to $6
billion in 2013, said the report.
Other countries that top the list of
arms suppliers to the Middle East
include the United Kingdom with
$1.9 billion, Russia with $1.5
billion, France with $1.3 billion
and Germany with $1 billion.

False.

The math comes out to more 60

percent in 2015.
http://www.defensenews.com/story
/defense/policy-budget/industry/20
16/02/22/us-dominates-arms-tradeasia-mid-east-boost-imports/80758
082/
https://www.rt.com/news/238881-s
audi-arabia-arms-import/

STEP 2: Start Collecting the Evidence/Stock Footage Library [Video, Image, Quote]

TYPE

CONTENT

Resource

Video

Jill answers question about our

relationship with China, rights in China,
and her thoughts on NAFTA and the
TPP

https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=YR2QvjYzfB8

Video

Jill Stein talks about wi-fi radiation

https://www.youtube.com/watch

lmao

?v=IGQjaSJP2Xg

Video

Jill Stein talks about international law https://www.youtube.com/wa

tch?v=vc0ZsO_Fwpw

Video

Jill Stein talks about ISIS and

terrorism and other candidates
stances on this

https://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=oHVFzEmT0tk

Video

Interview where Jill talks about why

she is the best option opposed to the
two popular parties??

https://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=hOt_MDtRIqY

Article

Report on $6 Billion worth of

Military equipment left in Afgan
after the war. The equipment is either
donated to allied countries or sold for
scrap on Afgan market. Who knows
where that armor plating and scrap is
going, and what exactly will happen
to the equipment on all our 700 bases
which Jill plans to close.

http://www.foxnews.com/poli
tics/2014/04/04/billions-in-eq
uipment-supplies-being-left-b
ehind-in-afghanistan.html

Quote about nuclear weapons

from outside source - Hugh
Gusterson

I would prefer to live in a

society that cared more about
the daily well-being of its
citizens and less about what we
call national security.

Nuclear Rites: A Weapons

Laboratory at the End of the
Cold War

And we cannot ask about the

future of nuclear weapons
scientists without calling into
question the nature of humanity
itselfwhether it is capable of
finding another way to organize
its international affairs than
around acts and symbols of
mass destruction.

Speech against Nukes by Carl

We make mistakes, we kill our

http://www.humbleisd.net/c

Sagan

own.

ms/lib2/TX01001414/Centri
city/Domain/3492/Rhet%20
Analysis%20-%20Speeches%
20-%20Sagan%20-%20On%
20Nuclear%20Disarmament.
pdf

Article on military bases by

TIME

Why we should close them

http://time.com/4511744/am
erican-military-bases-oversea
s/

Transcript of opening debates

Jill Stein debate 1

What have these regime change

wars accomplished? Theyve
cost us $5 to $6 trillion since
9/11, which comes out to about
$50,000 per American
household. Tens of thousands of
U.S. soldiers have been killed
and maimed, over a million
people killed in Iraq alone. And
what do we have for all of this?
What we have to show are failed
states, mass refugee migrations,
which are tearing apart the
Middle East and Europe, for that
matter, and worse terrorist
threats.

https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=Gmu2glcDqJ0

Since we, the United States, are

supplying the weapons directly
or indirectly to all parties, all
combatants on all sides, and we
are the major supplier of
weapons to the region, as well
as around the world, its clear
that we have enormous power
here to initiate this weapons
embargo and to work, in fact,
with the Russians to achieve it
also, because they, too, are
paying a price that they cannot
afford for these failed wars. In
addition, we need to put a freeze
on the bank accounts of those
countries, largely our allies, who
are continuing to fund terrorist
enterprises. Hillary Clintons

own leaked emails as secretary

of state identified the Saudis as
still the major funder, even
many years after 9/11, still the
major funder of terrorism Sunni
jihad enterprises.
Hillary Clinton has said she
would like to impose a no-fly
zone over Syria, which basically
means we are going to war with
Russia, because thats what you
do when you impose a no-fly
zone, is you shoot down people
that are in that airspace.
And instead of blaming the
Russians, we need to
acknowledge it was actually the
Russians who tried to engage us
in a nuclear disarmament
process, again, several decades
ago. We need to revive that
proposal, take them up on it and
move to nuclear
disarmamentexcuse meas
quickly as we possibly can,
because this is sitting on an
absolute catastrophe into which
we could stumble at any point,
particularly given the crazy
circular firing squad thats
taking place now around Syria,
where there are so many allies at
cross-purposes with each other
that any of us could be dragged
into a larger, full-scale, and even
nuclear, war at any moment.
In fact, the drone wars kill nine
unintended victims for every
intended target.
In our country, we have
something like 16 nuclear power
plants which are located at sea
level.

Voice Recording of
Campaign Manager
answering audience
questions at San Diego

Questions:

In the folder

Website

JIll says she wants to restore

the National Guard as our
primary means of defense,
but their website already
describes them as the first
line of defense in America.
They say the National Guard
has already been involved in
overseas operations and
foreign affairs, and though
many would not have the
training needed to be military,
more than 50% have combat
experience, they have
regular training, and can be
called into active service.

http://www.ngaus.org/advoca
ting-national-guard/evolving-r
ole-citizen-soldier

remember, there was a

ceasefire, which was very
hard-won, and that ceasefire
was destroyed by the action
of the Americans bombing,
apparently by mistake,
although some people say
not by mistake, but it was our
bombing of the Syrian troops
that destroyed that
ceasefire.

http://www.truth-out.org/news
/item/37935-expanding-the-d
ebate-jill-stein-debates-clinto
n-and-trump
http://www.democracynow.
org/2016/9/27/expanding_th
e_debate_jill_stein_spars

Second debate

They are not getting

better, whether you look
at the Taliban, who are
stronger, have more
territory now than they
did when we began
fighting them some 16
years ago, whether you
look at al-Qaeda, which

http://science.howstuffworks.
com/national-guard.htm

has become a global

miovement, or ISIS. This
doesn't work, yet it's
costing us half of our
discretionary budget and
almost half of your
income taxes.
Video

On others

https://www.c-span.org/video/
?c4617564/jill-stein-foreign-p
olicy

Video

Jill on how to stop ISIS

https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=IXS_YAoX61A
1:00 to 1:04 stop saudis
funding isis

Website

While closing 700 military

bases might seem like a
good idea, closing 700 bases
would be extremely costly
with little payoff financially,
based in the results of
closing bases in 2005.

http://www.thefiscaltimes.co
m/2015/12/18/Congress-Pent
agon-Don-t-Even-Think-Abou
t-Closing-Military-Bases

Tweet

Weapons embargo supplying

weapons

https://twitter.com/drjillstein/st
atus/788935201334321152

Tweet

Empire of military bases

https://twitter.com/DrJillStein/
status/790357281951145984

Interview transcript

nukes

http://www.truthdig.com/repor
t/item/jill_stein_democrats_g
overn_by_fearthat_should_c
ost_them_your_vote_201610
18