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The Evolution of a National Burden – Part 2/7

Can you survive on $132.96 a month? Many of Wal-Mart workers can’t so they turn to food stamps. Read more

December 3, 2012
Each President’s share of the US National Debt

Former President G. W. Bush is responsible for more than $6 Trillion of the National Debt. That is almost 38%. Read more

December 2, 2012
The Evolution of a National Burden – Part 1/7

The US was born in debt and every war added to the debt until the Reagan era when deficits exploded. Read more

December 2, 2012
Nate Silver, Winning Elections and Planned Obsolescence – Part 2/2

It’s great to love your country, but what about honesty? Read more

November 11, 2012
Nate Silver, Winning Elections and Planned Obsolescence – Part 1/2

I didn’t ask for China but that’s what I got. Any site that mentioned America only bragged about how great Made in the USA was. Read more

November 10, 2012
Originally posted on InsideTimsHead: As the election drew near, many political and stats junkies (like me) became fans of Nate Silver, aka @fivethirtyeight, the shrewd political number-cruncher and blogger for the New York Times. His way of aggregating the most reliable presidential polls into megapolls, and factoring in those polls’ historical accuracies, was considered by… Read more

November 10, 2012