It’s not uncommon to hear that “we are losing the America we used to be,” and that we are evolving into this socialist nanny state […]
Year: 2013
Income Disparity and the Middle Class: A few Myths and Misconceptions
As noted countless times in this blog, the shift to a more supply-side (aka Reaganomics/trickle down economics) economy has not led to a stringer middle […]
Myth: George Zimmerman couldn’t have pulled a gun from his pocket with Trayvon Martin on top of him
Fact: It’s entirely possible to draw a gun while being full mounted. One of the recent argument regarding the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman trial is the […]
California Minimum Wage vs Community College Unit Cost
Community colleges have traditionally offered an excellent opportunity for students from lower income households and have served as a bridge to 4-year Universities. So it’s interesting […]
FDR, Stalin and the Yalta Conference
Some time ago I read a book called Patriots and I ran into a glaring historical inaccuracy which I’ve since come across in other places: […]
States: Gun Laws and Crime across the United States
As stated in a previous blog post (Bad Pro-Gun arguments) gun stats allow for a lot of convenient cherry picking. In reality, the stats are […]
Mitt Romney’s: Obama Voters are the 47% that pay no income taxes
In a private fundraiser a few months ago, Mitt Romney ‘explained’ to his crowd of wealthy donors that Obama firmly had 47% of the vote […]
The Medicare Crisis Myth and Paul Ryan
Myth: Medicare costs are going through the roof! We need to “reform” Medicare by transitioning it to a voucher program so senior citizens can have […]
Half of Americans Pay no Taxes – A Myth that refuses to go away
The facts regarding the percentage of Americans are as follows: Roughly half of all Americans pay no federal income taxes specifically About 86% of Americans […]
Google Searches: Occupy Wall Street > Tea Party
According to Google Politics & Elections Blog, Google searches for Occupy Wall Street resoundingly topple the amount of Google searches for Tea Party. The blog […]