Percentage decrease in the median U.S. household income during the “Great Recession”: 3.2
During the subsequent “recovery”: 6.7
Portion of income growth since the end of the recession that has gone to corporate profits: 9/10
Number of the 100 highest-paid American CEOs who earned more than their employers paid in taxes last year: 25
On government spending and waste:
Minimum amount the U.S. government overpaid for federal services in 2010: $26,000,000,000
Percentage by which the average contracted project costs the government more than the equivalent government-run project: 83
Percentage of Americans who disapprove of a deficit-reduction plan with no tax increases: 60
Amount of the 2009 stimulus package that the federal government has yet to spend: $127,000,000,000
Portion of unemployed people in the United States who are covered by primary unemployment insurance: 1/4
Percentage change since 2001 in applications for Social Security disability benefits: +50
Number of Americans currently receiving them: 13,600,000
Year by which the program will be unable to pay benefits, according to congressional estimates: 2018
Chances that a U.S. corporation is considering ending health benefits when federal insurance exchanges begin: 3 in 10
Welfare is only bad when it goes to people who actually need it:
Date on which Florida began requiring potential welfare recipients to pass a drug test before receiving benefits: 7/1/2011
Percentage who have failed the test: 2.5
Estimated amount this will save the state over the next year in denied benefits: $98,000
Amount that Rick Perry has received in federal farm subsidies: $72,687
Number of the top 50 donors to Perry’s gubernatorial campaigns who received an appointment to a state post: 22
