"The average increase for health plans between 2013 and 2014 surpassed the average increase of the previous eight years combined" ("Obamacare premium increases eclipse previous eight years combined" Jason Pye, 03/17/2014)
Wherefore, honest men and wise men should be sought for diligently, and good men and wise men ye should observe to uphold; (D&C 98:10)
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Obamacare premium increases eclipse previous eight years combined
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Income Inequality
"Are the rich getting richer? Yes. Are the poor getting poorer? No. In fact, over the past 35 years most Americans got richer." ("Obama: Wrong About Income Inequality The problem is joblessness, not rich people" Ronald Bailey April 2014)
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3/18/2014 05:17:00 AM
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
How Good is My Internet Service?
Here are some graphs from Jun 2013 - Feb 2015 showing how good my connection is to the Internet. A program will log if it cannot ping the website you specify. Occasionally I will need to reboot my router and/or my Cable modem.
I use Cox for my Internet Service Provider. I think it is a pretty good service. As of Mar 2015 it costs me $69.99 a month for their "Internet Preferred, 50 Mbps downloads" service level. I use it for work, VOIP home phone with Ooma, for our hybrid cell phones with republic wireless and for Netflix, etc. I think I get my money's worth.
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2/26/2014 12:26:00 AM
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Monday, February 17, 2014
A Collection of Starlings is Called a Murmuration
Murmuration from Islands & Rivers on Vimeo.
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2/17/2014 03:02:00 AM
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Percent of People Employed
From a post of John Stossel "President Obama touts, "The lowest unemployment rate in over five years," but it's only because many gave up work. The percent of people employed is flat"
I tried to find another source for this. I found this.
There must be a total people who are employable statistic somewhere. That should be able to get you the Stossel graph.
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
Series Id: LNS11300000
Seasonally Adjusted
Series title: (Seas) Labor Force Participation Rate
Labor force status: Civilian labor force participation rate
Type of data: Percent or rate
Age: 16 years and over
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