Reality-Based Statistics vs. Intuition-Based Conventional Wisdom
Debt Will Swell Under Top GOP Hopefuls’ Tax Plans
The national debt would balloon under tax policies championed by three of the four major Republican candidates for president, according to an independent analysis of tax and spending proposals so far offered by the campaigns.
The lone exception is Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who would pair a big [...]
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 [...]
GOP Presidential Candidates’ Budget Plans EXPOSED!!!
Ron Paul has produced a detailed budget containing over $1 trillion in first-year reductions. Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich have only indicated that they would attempt to repeal Obamacare saving an average of $20 billion a year.
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Are You Reading this of Your Own Free Will?
Patterns of brain activity predict people’s decisions up to 10 seconds before the people are aware of them, according to new research that casts fresh doubt on whether we have free will.
The ancient debate over free will centers on whether it’s an illusion to believe our thoughts [...]
Unrepresentative Democracy – Government by the Millionaires and for the Millionaires
Our representative government is not socioeconomically representative of the governed. These bitches be gettin’ paid! This begs the question, why so little bling on capitol hill.
Please share your thoughts in the comments section!
Fraudulent Defense Contractors Paid $1 Trillion
Bernie Sanders – U.S. Senator for Vermont
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 – Hundreds of defense contractors that defrauded the U.S. military received more than $1.1 trillion in Pentagon contracts during the past decade, according to a Department of Defense report prepared for Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Sanders [...]
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 [...]
How the US Monetary System Steals from the Poor and Gives to the Rich
Required viewing for anyone who does not yet understand the complicated mechanism by which the banking system transfers wealth from those at the bottom to those at the top.
Anti-Terrorism Spending 50,000 Times More Than Spending on Any Other Threat
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 [...]
Housing Bubble Wastes $2 Trillion on 14 Million Empty Houses
Empty houses in the US = 14 million.
Median Home Price = $160,000.
Money Wasted on Building Unneeded Homes = $2 trillion.
Why would Americans be so dumb as to build 14 million houses they didn’t need? The two primary reasons we built too many houses are:
1. The United States spends more than $100 [...]
