Uncle Sam Needs You (Part ONE of THREE)
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50 Random Facts
_That Make You
.Wonder What In
___World Has
__Happened To
–America
By Michael Snyder
____July 2nd, 2010
_PRAVDA.RU
_Part ONE of THREE
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Our world is changing at a pace
that is so staggering these days that
it can be really hard to fully grasp
the significance of what we
are witnessing.
Hopefully the collection of
random facts below will help you
to “connect the dots” just a little bit.
On one level,
the facts below may
not seem related.
However,
what they all do have in common
is that they show just how much
the United States has
fundamentally changed.
Do you ever just sit back
and wonder what in the world
has happened to America?
The truth is that the America
that so many of us once loved
so much has been shattered
into a thousand pieces.
The “land of the free
and the home of the brave”
has been transformed into a
socialized Big Brother nanny
state that is oozing with corruption
and has accumulated the biggest
mountain of debt in the history
of the world.
The greatest economic machine
that the world has ever seen is
falling apart before our very eyes,
and even when our politicians
actually try to do something right
(which is quite rare)
the end result is still a bunch
of garbage.
For those who still love this land
(and there are a lot of us)
it is heartbreaking to watch
America slowly die.
The following are 50
random facts that show
just how dramatically
America has changed….
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#50)
A new report released by the United Nations is publicly calling for the establishment of a world currency and none of the major news networks are even covering it.
#49)
Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered California State Controller John Chiang to reduce state worker pay for July to the federal minimum allowed by law — $7.25 an hour for most state workers.
#48)
A police officer in Oklahoma recently tasered an 86-year-old disabled grandma in her bed and stepped on her oxygen hose until she couldn’t breathe because they considered her to be a “threat”.
#47)
In early 2009, U.S. net national savings as a percentage of GDP went negative for the first time since 1952, and it has continued its downward trend since then.
#46)
Corexit 9500 is so incredibly toxic that the UK’s Marine Management Organization has completely banned it, so if there was a major oil spill in the North Sea, BP would not be able to use it.
And yet BP has dumped over a million gallons of dispersants such as Corexit 9500 into the Gulf of Mexico.
#45)
For the first time in U.S. history, more than 40 million Americans are on food stamps, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that number will go up to 43 million Americans in 2011.
#44)
It has come out that one employee used a Federal Emergency Management Agency credit card to buy $4,318 in “Happy Birthday” gift cards.
Two other FEMA officials charged the cost of 360 golf umbrellas ($9,000) to the taxpayers.
#43)
Researchers at the State University of New York at Buffalo received $389,000 from the U.S. government to pay 100 residents of Buffalo $45 each to record how much malt liquor they drink and how much pot they smoke each day.
#42)
The average duration of unemployment in the United States has risen to an all-time high.
#41)
The bottom 40 percent of all income earners in the United States now collectively own less than 1 percent of the nation’s wealth.
#40)
In the U.S., the average federal worker now earns about twice as much as the average worker in the private sector.
#39)
Back in 1950 each retiree’s Social Security benefit was paid for by 16 workers. Today, each retiree’s Social Security benefit is paid for by approximately 3.3 workers.
By 2025 it is projected that there will be approximately two workers for each retiree.
#38)
According to a U.S. Treasury Department report to Congress, the U.S. national debt will top $13.6 trillion this year and climb to an estimated $19.6 trillion by 2015.
#37)
The federal government actually has the gall to ask for online donations that will supposedly go towards paying off the national debt.
#36)
The Cactus Bug Project at the University Of Florida was allocated $325,394 in economic stimulus funds to study the mating decisions of cactus bugs.
#35)
A dinner cruise company in Chicago got nearly $1 million in economic stimulus funds to combat terrorism.
#34)
It is being reported that a 6-year-old girl from Ohio is on the “no fly” list maintained by U.S. Homeland Security.
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