Economy: Australia proposes to put tax on empty rooms in homes
Have an unused bedroom in your home? You might have to pay a new tax on having empty bedrooms.
Business: US companies intentionally seeking immigrant workers versus US born
“Americans are not aware that major companies are routinely discriminating against them for the simple fact of being Americans in their own country,” the team behind Jobs.Now, a website seeking…
Nutrition: Childhood anemia rate in India
A majority of young children in India are anemic.
Economy: Tariffs will not bring jobs back to the U.S.
Instead they will bring robots and automated factories - duh.
Good news: Collapse in global poverty
Global extreme poverty rate has collapsed.
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Economy: The most important 40 minutes of your life
The most important video you can watch today. Or tomorrow or any day this year. If we do not act on our budget deficit problem, the U.S. will eventually collapse…
How many people donated to a charity in the past month?
Donations from Americans are the highest in the world – not withstanding the U.N.’s Jan England, back after the Boxing Day tsunami, calling America “stingy”.
Federal Deficit: Things that cannot go on forever, won’t go on forever
As long as the economy grows faster than the deficit the deficit can continue to grow. The problem is the deficit is growing faster than the economy.
Personal finance, immigration: We need more immigrants to fund social security
Social Security's financial problems are due to not enough legal immigrants, some say.
Economy, International: U.S. launches trade war
Starts high tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico; both countries retaliate with tariffs of their own.