95% of suicide terrorism targets occupying militaries. We invaded to stop terrorism, making terrorism increase 89% instead.
Think by Numbers runs cost-benefit analyses for a species that spends $604 on weapons for every $1 on clinical trials. We suspect a math error.
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Princeton study shows 90% of Americans have zero impact on legislation. 0% or 100% support both equal 30% passage chance. Democracy is flat line.
IRS already has your data; automating returns could save $191 billion. Instead, they make you spend 13 hours transcribing what they know and threaten prison if you miscalculate.
FDA regulations killed medical progress by 70% in 1962. Lifespan growth immediately cut in half. Drug development now costs 13 times more.
US suicide rate jumped 40% as vegetable oil went up and actual vegetables dropped 10%. Inflammation steals tryptophan needed to make serotonin.
Before 1971 productivity and wages grew together. After 1971 they suddenly split. Productivity kept rising, wages flatlined. Federal Reserve counterfeiting is Robin Hood in reverse.
Roatan residents spend $740/year on bottled water. Building a water plant costs 40x less over 25 years. The math is third-grade arithmetic. Like using a helicopter to commute one block.
Opioid deaths increased 1,000% while meth deaths rose 5,105% and cocaine 670%. Government blames drugs, ignores untreated mental illness epidemic.
50,000 organizations solve poverty using different definitions. Database maps how fixing one problem creates three new ones. It's free.
Federal Reserve creates money electronically, buys bonds from investors. Bondholders get free money first. By the time it reaches you, inflation already ate it. Money printer go brr.