Reality-Based Statistics vs. Intuition-Based Conventional Wisdom
Government Spending
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) - [...]
Government Spends More on Corporate Welfare Subsidies than Social Welfare Programs
By Mike P. Sinn
About $59 billion is spent on traditional social welfare programs. $92 billion is spent on corporate subsidies. So, the government spent 50% more on corporate welfare than it did on food stamps and housing assistance in 2006.
Before we look at the details, a heartfelt plea from the [...]
GOP Presidential Candidates’ Budget Plans EXPOSED!!!
GOP Candidate 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.
Why Do the Candidates’ Budget Plans [...]
$2.3 Trillion Missing from Pentagon
On Sept. 10, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld declared war. Not on foreign terrorists, “the adversary’s closer to home. It’s the Pentagon bureaucracy,” he said.
He said money wasted by the military poses a serious threat.
“In fact, it could be said it’s a matter of life and death,” he [...]
Bailout Costs $16,000 per Worker
This is the only clear examination of the true costs of the bailouts that I’ve seen.
These ideas are so simple, yet so rarely ever expressed in the mainstream media.
