The news media and commentary often leaves us with the impression that Obama is the least popular president since Herbert Hoover took the full blame for the Great Depression. Here’s a look at the polls that tells a different story. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/30/obama-overblown-connectin_n_802775.html(For you conservatives, don’t...
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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Politicians, bloggers, the news media and ordinary people frequently use the term poverty level without defining it. It is frequently used to imply that if your income is above poverty level you are financially secure. For the record here are the 2010...
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Many of us are under the impression that any time now the Chinese will cut off US access to cheap loans and just like that the US will slide into the black hole of high interest rates and bankruptcy. It would surprise many Americans...
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http://www.usdebtclock.org/...
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Sadly, this survey by World Public Opinion points out how misinformed we actually are. Follow the link to this Christian Science Monitor article and take the poll yourself. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/1221/Are-you-smarter-than-a-Fox-News-viewer-How-about-a-CNN-viewer-Take-our-quiz-to-find-out/Obama-US-citizen/(result)/1 I got 11 out of 11 questions correct. Let me know how you did....
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The United States spends more than any other country on its military. Worldwide spending on military items totaled $1.5 trillion in 2009. The US spent 46.5% or over $6611 billion of this total. China comes in a distant second at $100 billion. ...
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The US Congress is gearing up for a fight over spending. Yesterday, the US Senate pulled the plug on the massive 1.1 trillion dollar spending bill and forced the discussion into 2011. Ideally, the American people will give informed input to their...
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Many conservatives, including those at the Heritage Foundation, have been calling for an end to unemployment benefit extensions. The concern is that the extensions reduce an unemployed individuals desire to find a job and as a result the unemployment rate is increased. ...
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