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http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2004/05/stats_01_300x280.gif The U.S. government is going into the red at the rate of $991,000 per minute.
The IRS website is maintained by a company incorporated in Bermuda.
Since 2001, corporate tax collections have fallen by $11 billion.
Halliburton has 15,000 workers in Iraq and Kuwait, 4,000 more than the number of British soldiers deployed there.
Less than 10% of the SUVs sold in America today will meet China's proposed fuel-economy standards.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2004/05/stats_02_300x280.gif If global-warming trends continue, 15% to 37% of the world's species will be extinct by 2050.
61% of Americans think the biblical story of the world being created in six days is "literally true".
75,000 The Passion of the Christ "nail pendants" were sold the week Mel Gibson's film opened.
61% of American workers say they received "no meaningful rewards or recognition" for their work last year.
Still Glass, Getting Lower
Working women make 79.7¢ on the male dollar, down from 80.4¢ in 1983. That's already adjusting for maternity leave and other child-rearing factors. If such choices are not factored in, women make only 44¢ on the male dollar. Female professionals average $10,000 less than their male counterparts. Over a 40-year career, that difference (compounded 10% annually) costs each of them $4 million.
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif 71% consider themselves "disengaged" clock-watchers.
The cost of the Bush tax cuts this year alone is enough to give $9,793 to each of the 2.9 million people who've lost their jobs since he took office.
Revenue loss from the Bush tax cuts over the next decade equals Social Security's baby-boomer reserve.
Without Social Security, 48% of senior citizens would live in poverty.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2004/05/stats_03_444x572.gif In 2001, 476 more Americans died of malnutrition than from terrorism.
American adults have gained an estimated total of 150,000,000 pounds in the last year.
Suburbanites weigh an average of 6 pounds more than city dwellers.
One in every 115 Americans works for Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart offers workers $1,000 in catastrophic health coverage, but they must pay at least $500 a year for it.
What Did Bush Give to You?
We all know that the bush income-tax cuts were a boon to the richest Americans. But did you know that an executive making $1 million gets an annual tax savings of $63,211 -- more than the pretax salaries of three Wal-Mart associates combined? Here, the Bush income-tax cuts represented as an hourly take-home raise, across the income spectrum:
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif ANNUAL INCOME
TAKE-HOME RAISE FROM BUSH TAX CUTS
THAT'S LIKE _____ EVERY MONTH
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $10,000
5¢/hr
($8) medium Domino's pizza
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $20,000
21¢/hr
($36) basic cable bill
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $35,000
43¢/hr
($71) two Pampers Baby-Dry value packs
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $55,000
74¢/hr
($123) car insurance on '99 Accord
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $100,000
$1.73/hr
($289) iPod mini + 40 iTunes
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $200,000
$3.72/hr
($620) pair of Manolo Blahnik Sedara d'Orsay pumps
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $1,000,000
$31.61/hr
($5,268) 12-day cruise for two on the Queen Mary 2
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif More than half of all Salvadorans would like to move to the U.S.
Alabama became the last state to repeal a ban against interracial marriage -- in 2000.
41% of Alabamans voted against lifting that ban.
Paperless voting machines were named the worst technology of 2003 by Fortune magazine.
The odds that two members of Yale's Skull and Bones could face each other in a presidential election are 1 in 26 billion.
Sources U.S. debt rate: calculation based on Office of Management and Budget’s estimate of 2004 deficit
IRS website: Internal Revenue Service; Accenture Ltd.
Corporate tax collections: “The Corporate Tax Burden: Nation’s Dependence on Corporate Tax Collections Continues to Fall But Recent Collections Stronger than During Earlier Recessions,” Tax Foundation, November 2003
Halliburton workers in Iraq: Halliburton; U.K. Prime Minister’s Office
Chinese fuel-economy standards: China Sustainable Energy Program/The Energy Foundation; “China Set to Act on Fuel Economy,” New York Times, 11/18/03
Global warming trends: “Feeling the Heat: Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss,” Nature, 1/8/04
Americans’ attitudes towards Bible: ABC News/Primetime poll, 2/16/04
The Passion of the Christ pendants: “Rising ‘Passion’ for Merchandise,” Chicago Sun-Times, 2/26/04; “Film Boosts Christian Merchandise,” Associated Press, 3/1/04
Americans’ attitudes toward job: Gallup Organization poll, January 2004
Cost of Bush tax cuts: calculation based on Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’s estimate of size of tax cuts and Bureau of Labor Statistics’s estimate of jobs lost
Revenue loss from tax cuts: Congressional Budget Office; Senate Budget Committee; House Joint Committee on Taxation
Senior citizens and Social Security: “Fast Facts & Figures About Social Security, 2001,” Social Security Administration
Malnutrition deaths in 2001: New York City medical examiner’s office and published reports of number of deaths on 9/11; “Deaths: Final Data for 2001,” National Vital Statistics Reports/Centers for Disease Control, 9/18/03
Pounds gained in last year: calculation of U.S. Census Bureau population data and estimated average number of pounds gained annually by adult Americans
Suburbanites’ weight: “Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Physical Activity, Obesity, and Morbidity,” American Journal of Health Promotion, September/October 2003
Wal-Mart employment: Wal-Mart Corporation; “2003 Employment Situation Summary,” U.S. Department of Labor
Wal-Mart health insurance: “Fast-Growing Health Plan Has a Catch: $1,000-a-Year Cap,” Wall Street Journal, 5/14/03; “Wal-Mart Cost-Cutting Finds Big Target in Health Benefits,” Wall Street Journal, 9/30/03
Salvadorans’ desire to go to U.S.: La Prensa Grafica (San Salvador) poll, March 2004
Alabama interracial marriage ban: “Alabama Repeals Century-Old Ban on Interracial Marriages,” Associated Press, 11/8/00
Paperless voting machines: “Winners and Losers of 2003,” Fortune, 12/22/03
Skull & Bones members running for president: calculation based on U.S. Census Bureau’s estimate of number of American-born citizens over 35 and estimated number of living Skull & Bones members
Red Takers, Blue Givers (map): “Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures by State,” Tax Foundation, 8/1/03; Daniel Pink, “Givers and Takers,“ New York Times, 1/30/04
If the EPA Won’t, We Will (map): Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Still Glass, Getting Lower: “2003 Salary Survey,” National Association for Female Executives, December 2003
What Did Bush Give to You?: “Average Tax Cuts under the 2001-03 Bush Tax Cuts by Calendar Year,” Citizens for Tax Justice; “Tax Model,” Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, June 2003
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http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2004/05/stats_01_300x280.gif The U.S. government is going into the red at the rate of $991,000 per minute.
The IRS website is maintained by a company incorporated in Bermuda.
Since 2001, corporate tax collections have fallen by $11 billion.
Halliburton has 15,000 workers in Iraq and Kuwait, 4,000 more than the number of British soldiers deployed there.
Less than 10% of the SUVs sold in America today will meet China's proposed fuel-economy standards.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2004/05/stats_02_300x280.gif If global-warming trends continue, 15% to 37% of the world's species will be extinct by 2050.
61% of Americans think the biblical story of the world being created in six days is "literally true".
75,000 The Passion of the Christ "nail pendants" were sold the week Mel Gibson's film opened.
61% of American workers say they received "no meaningful rewards or recognition" for their work last year.
Still Glass, Getting Lower
Working women make 79.7¢ on the male dollar, down from 80.4¢ in 1983. That's already adjusting for maternity leave and other child-rearing factors. If such choices are not factored in, women make only 44¢ on the male dollar. Female professionals average $10,000 less than their male counterparts. Over a 40-year career, that difference (compounded 10% annually) costs each of them $4 million.
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif 71% consider themselves "disengaged" clock-watchers.
The cost of the Bush tax cuts this year alone is enough to give $9,793 to each of the 2.9 million people who've lost their jobs since he took office.
Revenue loss from the Bush tax cuts over the next decade equals Social Security's baby-boomer reserve.
Without Social Security, 48% of senior citizens would live in poverty.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2004/05/stats_03_444x572.gif In 2001, 476 more Americans died of malnutrition than from terrorism.
American adults have gained an estimated total of 150,000,000 pounds in the last year.
Suburbanites weigh an average of 6 pounds more than city dwellers.
One in every 115 Americans works for Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart offers workers $1,000 in catastrophic health coverage, but they must pay at least $500 a year for it.
What Did Bush Give to You?
We all know that the bush income-tax cuts were a boon to the richest Americans. But did you know that an executive making $1 million gets an annual tax savings of $63,211 -- more than the pretax salaries of three Wal-Mart associates combined? Here, the Bush income-tax cuts represented as an hourly take-home raise, across the income spectrum:
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif ANNUAL INCOME
TAKE-HOME RAISE FROM BUSH TAX CUTS
THAT'S LIKE _____ EVERY MONTH
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $10,000
5¢/hr
($8) medium Domino's pizza
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $20,000
21¢/hr
($36) basic cable bill
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $35,000
43¢/hr
($71) two Pampers Baby-Dry value packs
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $55,000
74¢/hr
($123) car insurance on '99 Accord
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $100,000
$1.73/hr
($289) iPod mini + 40 iTunes
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $200,000
$3.72/hr
($620) pair of Manolo Blahnik Sedara d'Orsay pumps
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif $1,000,000
$31.61/hr
($5,268) 12-day cruise for two on the Queen Mary 2
http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.motherjones.com/images/spacer.gif More than half of all Salvadorans would like to move to the U.S.
Alabama became the last state to repeal a ban against interracial marriage -- in 2000.
41% of Alabamans voted against lifting that ban.
Paperless voting machines were named the worst technology of 2003 by Fortune magazine.
The odds that two members of Yale's Skull and Bones could face each other in a presidential election are 1 in 26 billion.
Sources U.S. debt rate: calculation based on Office of Management and Budget’s estimate of 2004 deficit
IRS website: Internal Revenue Service; Accenture Ltd.
Corporate tax collections: “The Corporate Tax Burden: Nation’s Dependence on Corporate Tax Collections Continues to Fall But Recent Collections Stronger than During Earlier Recessions,” Tax Foundation, November 2003
Halliburton workers in Iraq: Halliburton; U.K. Prime Minister’s Office
Chinese fuel-economy standards: China Sustainable Energy Program/The Energy Foundation; “China Set to Act on Fuel Economy,” New York Times, 11/18/03
Global warming trends: “Feeling the Heat: Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss,” Nature, 1/8/04
Americans’ attitudes towards Bible: ABC News/Primetime poll, 2/16/04
The Passion of the Christ pendants: “Rising ‘Passion’ for Merchandise,” Chicago Sun-Times, 2/26/04; “Film Boosts Christian Merchandise,” Associated Press, 3/1/04
Americans’ attitudes toward job: Gallup Organization poll, January 2004
Cost of Bush tax cuts: calculation based on Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’s estimate of size of tax cuts and Bureau of Labor Statistics’s estimate of jobs lost
Revenue loss from tax cuts: Congressional Budget Office; Senate Budget Committee; House Joint Committee on Taxation
Senior citizens and Social Security: “Fast Facts & Figures About Social Security, 2001,” Social Security Administration
Malnutrition deaths in 2001: New York City medical examiner’s office and published reports of number of deaths on 9/11; “Deaths: Final Data for 2001,” National Vital Statistics Reports/Centers for Disease Control, 9/18/03
Pounds gained in last year: calculation of U.S. Census Bureau population data and estimated average number of pounds gained annually by adult Americans
Suburbanites’ weight: “Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Physical Activity, Obesity, and Morbidity,” American Journal of Health Promotion, September/October 2003
Wal-Mart employment: Wal-Mart Corporation; “2003 Employment Situation Summary,” U.S. Department of Labor
Wal-Mart health insurance: “Fast-Growing Health Plan Has a Catch: $1,000-a-Year Cap,” Wall Street Journal, 5/14/03; “Wal-Mart Cost-Cutting Finds Big Target in Health Benefits,” Wall Street Journal, 9/30/03
Salvadorans’ desire to go to U.S.: La Prensa Grafica (San Salvador) poll, March 2004
Alabama interracial marriage ban: “Alabama Repeals Century-Old Ban on Interracial Marriages,” Associated Press, 11/8/00
Paperless voting machines: “Winners and Losers of 2003,” Fortune, 12/22/03
Skull & Bones members running for president: calculation based on U.S. Census Bureau’s estimate of number of American-born citizens over 35 and estimated number of living Skull & Bones members
Red Takers, Blue Givers (map): “Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures by State,” Tax Foundation, 8/1/03; Daniel Pink, “Givers and Takers,“ New York Times, 1/30/04
If the EPA Won’t, We Will (map): Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Still Glass, Getting Lower: “2003 Salary Survey,” National Association for Female Executives, December 2003
What Did Bush Give to You?: “Average Tax Cuts under the 2001-03 Bush Tax Cuts by Calendar Year,” Citizens for Tax Justice; “Tax Model,” Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, June 2003
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