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Total deaths by all causes per year per CDC:2013: 2,596,9932014: 2,626,418 = 29, 425 more than 2013 (up 1%)2015: 2,712,630 = 86,212 more than 2014 (up 3.2%)2016: 2,744,248 = 31,618 more than 2015 (up 1.2%)2017: 2,813,503 = 69,255 more than 2016 (up 3.6%)2018: 2,839,205 = 25,702 more than 2017 (up .9%)2019: 2,855,000 = 15,795 more […]
Continue ReadingThe Fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper…the PC Version TRADITIONAL VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm […]
Continue ReadingSocialism You have two cows. The government takes one and give one to your neighbor. Communism You have two cows. The government takes them both and promises you milk but you starve. Fascism You have two cows. The government takes them and sells you the milk. Bureaucracy You have two cows. The government takes them […]
Continue ReadingThis is a VERY simple way to understand the tax laws. Read on — it does make you think!!Let’s put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand. Suppose that every day ten men go out for dinner. The bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, […]
Continue ReadingThe text below was not prepared by this web site’s author. An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one […]
Continue ReadingCopied from somewhere. If you know the source please let me know so they get the credit. A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth. […]
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