Dr. Phil

“the problem in America and I talk about it in a section in the book, is not income inequality but income equality. If you look at the bottom 20% and compare th…”

Dr. Phil claims that only 5% of the bottom income quintile in America works full-time compared to 95% of the middle income quintile, and that welfare benefits erase most of the income gap between them.

“I generally think it's a good thing because I think 58% of our rural markets today have no psychiatrist available and something like 50% or roughly have no men…”

Dr. Phil claims 58% of U.S. rural markets have no psychiatrist available and roughly 50% have no mental health professional of any kind available.

“I've seen estimates anywhere from 5.5 million to 10 million years of life lost by the fact that they won't have the achievement that they might have had otherw…”

Dr. Phil claims school closures during COVID will cost students 5.5 to 10 million years of life expectancy, and that around 30% of fifth and eighth graders and 19% of high school graduates cannot read at a basic level.

“She got sued for a couple billion dollars, and I represented her in that case, and that's how we met.”

Dr. Phil claims Oprah Winfrey was sued for 'a couple billion dollars' by Texas cattlemen in the 1998 mad cow disease case, which is how the two met.

“They did an experiment Back in I think it was the 60s They did something called teaching machines. Have you ever seen that?”

Dr. Phil describes a 1960s educational experiment called 'teaching machines' that removed failure experiences entirely, claiming the program was scrapped after students who mastered the material with 100% success rates fell apart when returned to normal classrooms.

“if you renew that prescription one time, one time, if you are taking those opioids at the seven-day mark, your chance of being addicted at one year is one in 1…”

Dr. Phil claims that renewing an opioid prescription once at the 7-day mark gives a 1-in-12 chance of addiction at one year, and still using at 30 days gives a 1-in-3 chance.

“Opioids are so readily prescribed right now that there are enough opioid prescriptions for every man, woman, and child in America to have their own bottle.”

Dr. Phil claims the volume of U.S. opioid prescriptions is high enough that every American man, woman, and child could have their own bottle.

“as soon as she reported the science, and actually she didn't do the science, she did a meta-analysis of like 50 studies and said, overall here's what it says. …”

Dr. Phil claims a researcher who published a meta-analysis of about 50 studies on transgender athletes and sports performance was labeled transphobic and forced out of her position for reporting the science.

“And then they spent $5.5 trillion counting stimulus checks, unemployment, extended unemployment benefits, $4.4 trillion of which went into savings and checking…”

Dr. Phil claims the government spent $5.5 trillion on COVID stimulus and unemployment benefits, and that $4.4 trillion of that ended up in Americans' savings and checking accounts, proving it wasn't needed.

“Well, listen to this since 2010 and 2011 There was a 62% increase for older teens 189% increase in depression for preteens 70% increase in suicide for older te…”

Dr. Phil claims that since 2010-2011 there were sharp percentage increases in depression and suicide among teens and preteens, implicitly attributing this to social media and influencer culture.

“she says 130 million Americans can't read at the most basic level and I said define basic level for me and she said basic level is they can't read a prescripti…”

Dr. Phil repeats a claim from a guest that 130 million Americans cannot read at a basic level, defined as being unable to read a prescription label.

“That poisoning, fentanyl poisoning, is the number one cause of death for people 18 to 49 in this country.”

Dr. Phil claims fentanyl poisoning is the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 49.

“all these pills you're buying on Snapchat, 100% of them are counterfeit.”

Dr. Phil claims that 100% of pills purchased through Snapchat are counterfeit.

“Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin, 100 times stronger than morphine.”

Dr. Phil states fentanyl is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.

“130 million adults are unable to read a simple story to their children. 21% of adults are illiterate in 2022. 45 million are functionally illiterate and read b…”

Dr. Phil claims 130 million U.S. adults cannot read a simple story to their children and 21% of adults are illiterate as of 2022, citing a literacy expert guest.