Discurso politico, descripcion muy grafica.
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How much television do you watch each week?
I’ll let this recent news article answer that question.
The Australian Government is to market Australian Network Television as the favoured torture method for extracting information from international terrorists.
Recent clinical trials…
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Why is it important for religion to remain separate from politics?
I regard religion as a wider range than spiritualism that adds commands that ascribed to God and should be executed by us.
Basically the main purpose of religion that has imposed upon us, namely: the continuing expansion of awareness and carry out the commands of God with sincerity to reach long lasting happiness in harmony.
For beginners:
50 Years of Government Spending, In 1 Graph
A few notes:
Everything else is everything not listed separately on the graphic.That includes education, science, NASA, energy, natural resources, justice, and agriculture, among other things.
Defense spending has shrunk significantly as a percentage of total government spending. But it remains the largest single category of federal spending. The figures in the graph include veterans’ benefits as well as funding for current operations.
Medicaid, Medicare and other health services are the huge gainers here. Together, they make up a quarter of government spending. Fifty years ago Medicare and Medicaiddidn’t even exist, and federal spending on other health-related services made up a tiny sliver of the whole.
Safety net programs include unemployment compensation, food stamps and housing assistance. Spending on these programs surged during and after the most recent recession, as unemployment rose sharply.
Interest refers to interest the government pays on the national debt. In 1987, the interest rate on 10-year Treasury bonds was around 9 percent, driving up the share of government spending that went to interest. Today, the rate on 10-year Treasuries is roughly 2 percent.
Bonus Numbers! Federal spending has grown roughly as fast as the overall economy over the past 50 years. In 1962, federal spending was $707 billion and accounted for 18 percent of U.S. GDP. In 2011, federal spending was $3.1 trillion and accounted for 24 percent of GDP. (The dollar figures are adjusted for inflation.)
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There are many TED videos that are more provocative and controversial than the recent talk by Nick Hannauer on taxing the rich. The folks behind TED claimed that they decided to not release the talk due to its “controversial” nature:
You may agree or disagree with Hannauer’s position,…
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