Reality-Based Statistics vs. Intuition-Based Conventional Wisdom
Governments Spend $1.8 Trillion Murdering Us and Destroying Our Property Annually
World governments are spending $1.8 TRILLION each year finding ways to murder us and destroy our property.
NEWS FLASH: US Government Wastes $1.5 Trillion on Devastating Drug War
Dear President Obama,
I know you’re very busy, so I’m very sorry to bother you with this. However, I think what I have to say too important for you to ignore. I appreciate that you are trying to make the world a better place. I respect you as a person. Against all adversity you have achieved some [...]
GDP and You!
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of all final goods and services produced within a country.
The reason GDP matters is that it is directly correlated to a reduction in human suffering. Economic growth is the primary differentiating factor between a life lived in the US and a life lived in [...]
Anti-Terrorism Spending 50,000 Times More Than on Any Other Cause of Death
The US spends more than $500 million per victim on anti-terrorism efforts. However, cancer research spending is only $10,000 per victim. Evolutionary psychology may offer an explanation for this irrational threat amplification.
But first a message from NATIONAL REPUBLICAN campaign [...]
Financial Sector Costs Us More than Any Other Sector In Economy
The financial sector receives more of the average paycheck than any other sector of the economy. Its share of the economy totals $2 trillion dollars.
From 1973 to 1985, the financial sector earned less than 16 percent of domestic corporate profits. In the 1990s, it oscillated between 21 percent [...]
Get Society Rich Quick: The Ideal Level of Government Spending
It is commonly claimed that government spending is good for the economy, but the statistics show the opposite. Most recent studies find a negative correlation between total government size and economic growth. Why is economic growth important? Because wealthier societies are generally happier [...]
What Really Causes Terrorism? It’s Not Your Freedom.
FACT 1: 95% of suicide terrorist attacks are targeted at occupying foreign militaries.
FACT 2: 0% of suicide terrorist attacks have been directed at countries not militarily involved in geopolitical disputes.
Robert Pape at the University of Chicago, with funding from the Department of Defense, has [...]
US Financial Crisis: Who Killed the Economy?
The cause of the US financial crisis is simple. It’s debt. This is a very simple and graphical evidence-based explanation of what caused the collapse.
The massive increase in the level of consumer debt prior to the recent financial crisis bears a striking resemblance to another period in economic [...]
Iran US Foreign Relations: A History of Violence
Many Americans consider Iran to be a psychopathically violent nation that would be willing to commit suicide in order to kill as many Americans as possible. The statistics behind historical Iranian US relations do not support this view.
Juggalo’s Corner
By George “Ghost F**ker” Will
A [...]
From the Bankers Who Brought You President Obama Comes NEW PRESIDENT™!
2013 Budget Plans
New Look! Same Great Waste!
Obama’s 2013 budget is $3.80 Trillion. Romney’s will be $3.79 trillion.
Budget Changes Specified by Candidate Romney™:
Eliminate Obamacare (which is ironically very similar to Romneycare aside from the fact that Romneycare also covered abortions) - [...]
