Public health: Start measuring cholesterol levels at age 10
Cardiologists want far more people on cholesterol medication, at even younger ages. Plus my not good experience on these meds ...
How much of Federal taxes do the rich pay?
The rich pay most of the Federal income tax dollars collected.
Federal government land ownership/control
The western half of the US is dominated by BLM and USFS.
Demographics
Doomerism
Economy
Gen Z/Generational issues
Nation of Idiots
Personal finance
Policy/Government
Demographics: We must confiscate elder’s savings and kill them off
So says an actual Yale professor, Samuel Moyn
Government: Combined State+Federal tax burden by state
Oregon has the highest combined tax rate of all states.
Government: How a $105M solution became a $2.6B boondoggle
Incompetence runs amok in Portland's new water plant project as a $105M solution grows into a $2.6B boondoggle.
Policy: Does the US government spend 6x more on those 65+ than on ages 0-17?
True, by leaving out all the local and state spending. In the real world, spending is almost equal.
Policy, Demographics: Newsom wants mandatory “national service”
This will surely work well in a world of shrinking youth cohorts and low fertility rates.
Government: Transfer of funds between states and the Federal government
Pundits often point to states that send money to the Federal government versus those that receive money from the Federal government. But the data does not mean what they think…