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The Sequester Explained In 60 Seconds
The upcoming U.S. budget cuts scheduled to begin March 1st will have meaningful economic impact should the sequestration occur. The outcome of the spending cuts will be felt unevenly across...
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The US Minimum Wage History In Real Dollars
The minimum wage was first created by president Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938 at a modest 25 cents. Inflation adjusted, that would only be worth $4.07 today. In the below...
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Obama’s Minimum Wage Proposal Would Be Higher Than Every State But Washington
In his State of the Union address, U.S. President Obama has just proposed raising the federal minimum wage to $9.00 an hour. This map form TAG shows just what an...
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People Fabricate False Memories To Conform With Their Political Views
In an interesting new study by Steven Frenda, Eric Knowles, William Saletan, and Elizabeth Loftus, researchers discovered that respondents were inclined to lie about remembering a certain false event if...
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Questioning The US Drone War
President Obama’s nominee to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency will appear before the Select Senate Committee on Intelligence tomorrow. John Brennan, currently Obama’s chief counterterrorism advisor,...
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Fox News Turns On The NRA
Following the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre, the NRA proposed that the government place a police officer in every single school in the U.S., among other things. In a TV spot, the NRA...
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Gay Marriage And Marijuana Laws In Each State
With 10 states now allowing gay marriage, and Obama indicating that he’ll be taking measures at the federal level, it seems inevitable and only a matter of time before gay...
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The Public Responds To Obama’s 2nd Inauguration…A Day Early
The folks at Jimmy Kimmel Live are at it again. This time, they ask passersby what they thought of Obama’s second inauguration ceremony. They did this yesterday though, before the...
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The U.S. Employment Situation, December 2012
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has just released its employment situation report for December 2012. A total of 155k nonfarm payrolls were added in December, a relatively weak reading. October’s payrolls...
