Lies,
Damn Lies and Statistics
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Average US wage increase
since 2001: 0%
Increase in household expenses since 2001: 11.2% |
Washington Post 5/11/2006 |
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% of US born families with
children under 3 whose mothers work outside home: 62%
% of foreign born families with children under 3 whose
mothers work outside home: 44% |
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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| # of Car Loan balances
greater than value of car in 2005: 33.5% |
boston.com 5/7/2006 |
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Foreign Investment in US:
1.53 Trillion
Arab Investment in US: 9.3 Billion |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
3/26/06 |
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| Average US Family:
Savings: $3,800 Retire Accnt: $0
Home Equity: $65,000 Credit Card Debt: $2,200 |
Houston Chronicle 3/20/06 |
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% Swedish energy use from
oil 1970: 77%
% Swedish energy use from oil 2003: 32% |
Houston Chronicle 2/12/06 |
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US Savings Rate 2005:
-0.5%
Last Year rate was negative: 1933 |
AP 1/30/2006 |
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Percentage of purchases
with debit card age 25: 28%
Percentage of purchases with debit card age 45: 7% |
Houston Chronicle
1/16/2006 |
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US China Trade Deficit
2001: 28 Billion
US China Trade Deficit 2005: 115 Billion |
NYTimes 1/11/2006 |
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Total US Budget: 2.2
Trillion
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid portion: 1.1 Trillion |
Boston Globe 12/27/2005 |
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% of income to charity for
household income of $12,000: 11.6%
% of income to charity fo rhousehold income of $300,000:
2.5% |
Boston Globe 12/25/2005 |
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United States Gross
Domestic Product: 12.6 Trillion
Chinese Gross Domestic Product: 2.0 Trillion |
NYTimes 12/20/2005 |
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Frank Sinatra Total Album
Sales: 26 million
Mannheim Steamroller Total Album Sales: 27 million |
www.riaa.com |
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New Jersey State Retiree
Health Premiums: $311 Million
New Jersey PROMISED future Retiree Health Benefits:
20.4 Billion |
NYTimes 12/13/05 |
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US Health Care
Expenditures 2003: 1.7 Trillion
US Gross Domestic Product 2003: 11.11 Trillion |
Chicago Tribune 12/9/05 |
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# Families subject to
Alternative Minimum Tax 2005: 3.5 million
Estimated # subject to Alternative Minimum Tax 2006: 18.9
million |
NYTimes 12/6/2005 |
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Chances of winning Power
Ball Lottery: 1 in 146,000,000
Odds of dying by snake bite this year: 1 in 96,000,000 |
Chicago Tribune 12/4/05 |
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World recoverable Coal
Reserves: 2 Trillion tons
US Percentage of world coal reserves: 25% |
11/27/05 Peoria Journal
Star |
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# Pounds of turkeys in US:
2,560,000,000
# Pounds of Americans in US: 47,520,000,000 |
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# of Turkeys raised in US
2005: 256,000,000
# of Americans 2005: 297,000,000 |
www.census.gov |
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US cost of Afghanistan
poppy eradication 2004: $780,000,000
Retail value of Afghanistan poppy crop: $600,000,000 |
www.harpers.org |
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Electrolux Pay Rate in
Greenville, MI: $15/hr
Electrolux Pay Rate in Juarez, Mexico: $1.57/hr |
Chicago Tribune 11/6/05 |
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% of Chinese college age
students in college 1978: 1.4%
% of Chinese college age students in college 2004: 20% |
New York Times 10/28/05 |
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% US babies sleeping on
back 1994: 70%
% US babies sleeping on back 2002: 11% |
New York Times 10/20/05 |
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1999 health care cost per
employee: $4,144
2005 health care cost per employee: $7,999 |
Brandeis University Study |
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Per Capita Coffee
consumption 1990: 10.3 pounds
Per Capita Coffee consumption 2003: 9.5 pounds |
www.infoplease.com |
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Flu vaccine symptom
reduction: 0%
Flu vaccine death reduction: 42% |
Science News 10/1/2005 |
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Total US Gross Income
1999: 6.6 Trillion
Total US Gross Income 2003: 6.3 Trillion |
New York Times 9/28/05 |
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US Firms offering
employees health insurance 2000: 69%
US Firms offering employees health insurance 2005: 60% |
www.kff.org |
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# school age children
California 1970: 19.9 million
# school age children California 1996: 31.8 million |
http://nces.ed.gov |
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Daily Gulf of Mexico Oil
Production: 1.5 million barrels
Daily US Oil Consumption: 22 million barrels |
http://www.gravmag.com/oil.html |
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Daily US Oil consumption
from domestic wells: 40%
Daily US Oil consumption from imported sources: 60% |
http://www.gravmag.com/oil.html |
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Annual rate of pay/benefit
increase this year: 2.8%
Annual Cost of Living increase this year: 3.3% |
Washington Post 7/30/05 |
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BTU's in one gallon of
ethanol: 76,000
BTU's required to make one gallon of ethanol: 98,000 |
www.slate.com
7/19/05 |
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% of Costco employees with
health insurance: 85%
% of Wal-mart employees with health insurance: <50% |
nytimes 7/17/05 |
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% of household energy use
for audio/video 1980: 5%
% of household energy use for audio/video 2004: 13% |
Denver Post 7/10/05 |
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Total US Wealth 2005:
11.67 Trillion
Total Japan Wealth 2005: 4.6 Trillion |
AP newswire 7/2/5 |
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