Welfare (via Heritage):
- Over half of the US thinks we spend too much for welfare
- Over half thinks Govt spends too much on poverty programs
- Only 22% believe that poverty programs reduce poverty
- 84% believe work should be mandatory to receive welfare
Jobs according to ADP:
- Revised last month’s job advance – from 162, 000 to 88,200
Other tidbits:
- Household average share of Federal spending: $29,691. That is 2/3rds of their income.
- Last year deficit spending was 7.3% of GDP. Historically has been 2.1%
- We are now looking at 5 years in a row of $1 trillion annual Federal deficits
- Installing overhead “pole mounted” power lines: $194,000 / mile
- Installing underground power lines in new developments: $571,000 / mile
- Refitting present developments with underground power lines: $724000 / mile
- 40.7% of all babies in the US are now born to unmarried women
