MicroGroks
News like this makes it hard for the Democratic Presidential Wannabees, doesn’t it? Median incomes are rising faster under Donald Trump than under Bush or Obama.
“It is not clear whether Trump is aware he has had a Real Clear Politics higher average approval rating than Obama for the past three days.” September 18: Trump 44.3 percent vs. Obama 43.9 percent September 17: Trump 44 percent vs. Obama 43.8 percent September 16: Trump 44.1 percent vs. Obama 43.9 percent September 15: …
Data Point – Trump now ahead of Obama (first term polling)? Read More »
The best form of welfare is a job (reformatted, emphasis mine): Over 5.8 million individuals have discontinued their participation in America’s food stamp program since President Donald Trump’s first full month in office, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data. The most recent USDA data shows that 5,829,890 people discontinued their participation in food …
Data Point – 5.8 million off the Government SNAP welfare program Read More »
Most of Europe Is a Lot Poorer than Most of the United States: “Most European countries (including Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium) if they joined the US, would rank among the poorest one-third of US states on a per-capita GDP basis, and the UK, France, Japan and New Zealand would all rank among America’s very …
Data Point – Europe is a lot poorer than most of US States Read More »
Emphasis mine: For the fourth consecutive year, Hispanics increased their rate of home ownership, reaching a rate of 47.1%. In 2018, Latinos added 362,000 homeowners which is the highest number of owner households added for Latinos since 2005. In 2017, Hispanics saw the third consecutive year of income growth and the highest of any demographic. …
That’s according to the Tax Foundation’s annual “Tax Freedom Day” report for 2019. In total, the report estimates, Americans will work for 105 days of the year to pay their collective $5.42 trillion tax bill—a figure equal to about 29% of Americans’ incomes. On a per-worker basis, that $5.42 trillion works out to an average tax bill of $34,578, …
At $67,625 per year (after taxes) for an average salary, that’s not too shabby. The problem is that when Democrats see this, they immediately say “WE are a rich State; we should spend it”. And there the fallacy lies – they immediately see only the collective, as if all that wealth belongs to said collective, State …
“U.S. crude oil production hit 12 million barrels per day in mid-February, according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest report. EIA’s weekly petroleum report, for the week ending Feb. 15, showed crude output jump more than 1.7 million barrels per day compared to the same time in 2018 — from roughly 10.3 million barrels per day …
Just like Jimmy Carter after Obama’s Presidency; telemarketers are SO happy to have Congress around: (H/T: Gallup)
