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Data Point – Richest Countries in the World Per Capita
Mapped: Which Are the World’s Richest Countries? Measuring GDP per capita is a common measure of the economic wealth on a per person basis. This article sorts countries according to the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections on GDP per capita for 2023. Currently this metric is at $13,920 globally in 2023, up from $13,400 in 2022 and $11,160 in 2020, all nominal … Read more
Proving Once Again That a Minimum Wage Costs Jobs
The minimum wage costs jobs, especially entry-level positions that help teach the young and unskilled about working for a living, having pocket money, an income, basic personal budgets, spending, and even paying taxes.
Our National Self-Sorting is Having a Serious Financial Impact on Blue States
It’s clear from both U-Haul rentals and IRS data that high-income folks, having their selfish self-interest tickled by Blue State taxes, are moving to low-tax (that would be Republican) states – and taking their money with them—big Time.
“This Is the Chart That Ought To Terrify Democrats” – Real Average Weekly Earnings 2007-2023
Even as Joe Biden proclaims, a la 1984 and Animal House, “Keep calm! All is well!” most of us need only look at the difference between what goes into the grocery bag and what comes out of our wallets and know that things are not well.
The Size of the US Welfare State Has Exploded!
There’s still a problem here that isn’t going to clear itself out anytime soon. “The New York Times practically wet itself the other day noting that during COVID, the United States “built a European-style welfare state,” and isn’t it a tragedy that we gave it all up.”
Energy Propaganda v. Energy Reality and the EPAs War on Mobility
What the Greenies and their supporters in the mainstream media want you to see – and believe:
Are Our Problems REALLY About the Lawyers?
One could reliably ask when did our country start to become the lentiginous juggernaut that it is today because there was a lot going on just before and after 1970. And one could ask if our society would be better know if they had, you know, become engineers instead?
Eco-Socialists, Urbanization Myths, and High-Density Housing
Suburbia? Rural? You ARE the problem. You are preventing “Nature” from returning to its “natural” state (no mention that people are part of Nature as well as flora and fauna).
The Eco-Socialists That Are Trying to Horn Us Into Unaffordable EVs … Won’t Tell You This
“New cars compared to 1970 vehicle models: 99% cleaner for common pollutants. New trucks compared to 1970 vehicle models: 99% cleaner for common pollutants. So why are the climate change fanatics trying to force us to buy EVs?”
Data Point – The Hidden Federal Tax On Us: Regulatory Orgy
Taxation by Regulation by unaccountable, unelected, and unassailable bureaucrats. America leads on innovation, and Europe on regulation, or so the conventional wisdom goes. But recently, the US seems to have taken the lead in the latter. . . Regulators seem to know and are now comfortable to be the Administrative State that will rule us … Read more
Data Point – National Debt and Biden’s Budget Proposal
As of March 8 of this year, which is the latest date currently reported by the U.S. Treasury, the total federal debt was $31.459 trillion. In his budget—which proposes increasing the debt to $50.712 trillion over the next ten years—Biden emphasizes his commitment to fiscal responsibility. (H/T: CNSNews)
Data Point – So HOW Much Bigger Are the US Stock Markets vs Rest of the World?
42% big. From Visual Capitalist: (click to embiggen) It seems paradoxical that only 4% of the world’s population is so productive that it is still responsible for a plurality of the world’s Gross National Product. Note, too, that while Japan may have more companies listed on the Nikki, each of the US markets, NY Stock … Read more
Data Point – The Next Time Your Enviro-“Friend” Tells You That the US Is Biggest “Ocean Plastic” Polluter…
…tell’em “Up Yours” like I used to tell the Treehugger denizens that were always screaming how badly we Americans were polluting the oceans and killing all the fish, whales, and corals.
Data Point – So When Will The News Media “Get It” That Americans Hate Them?
Perhaps not hate but certainly don’t Trust them. Chart is over the period of 1993 to 2022: The post is concentrating on 2022 and neither can rise to the level of being unacceptable in providing platforms that shine in the light of the First Amendment. However, look at the 1993 numbers – both sets are … Read more
Data Point – Credit Card Usage Soaring.
Emphasis mine: The first three quarters of 2022 have seen a rapid increase in credit card balances, after they contracted sharply during the early part of the COVID pandemic. The chart below depicts the year-over-year percent change in credit card balances—the 15 percent increase seen in the third quarter of 2022 towers over the last … Read more
Data Point – Fertility, Land Use, and Car Seats
Like almost all developed nations, America’s fertility rate has gone below “replacement” which is 2.1 births/woman (and NO, it’s not “birthing people” or “people who give birth” or “people with uteruses”). Lots of theories have been put forward with one example being all of the manmade chemicals interfering with hormonal processes. Another is that as … Read more
Data Point – When Citizens Believe that GOVERNMENT Is Their Largest Problem…
The thought that immediately came to mind was “When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.” Yet, here we are where The People are starting to believe that Government is the largest problem in their lives. In a new survey conducted in January, Americans said … Read more
And US Journalists Wonder Why the Public Is Ignoring Them?
Instapundit had these tweets from Michael Shellenberger (not in his Twitter feed anymore) on information from Pew Research on how US Journalists see their jobs vs. how the Public see how they SHOULD be doing it.
Data Point – IQs of Graduates Is Dropping
So, what’s in the water? The failure of academic rigor in the early grades? Social dismissal of “merit” or “achievement” as a social good? Work ethic dropping? Peer pressure not to stand out (you know – EQUITY!!! in which everyone has to be exactly the same?)? (click to embiggen) This is a striking series—the IQ … Read more