Archive for the ‘statistics’ Category
December 5th, 2011 | 
Author: Top political books of 2011 – The Arena | POLITICO.COM
www.politico.com11/24/11
… of obesity, incarceration, homicide, mental illness, drug addiction, infant mortality, teenage pregnancy, illiteracy, and low rates of social mobility, trust and life expectancy. The U.S., tragically, has some of the highest rates of …
Obesity, Drug Abuse Biggest Problems in US Youth
www.inquisitr.com8/16/11
“The perception of drug abuse as a big problem matches recent national data showing increasing use of marijuana and other drugs by US teens. Meanwhile, although obesity remains atop the list of child health concerns for …
I just came across the following map and stats, and whilst I found the whole thing interesting, I wondered if it was really accurate.
So I just spent a couple of hours checking out the sources, and as far as I could see, everything is 100% accurate.
The majority of the stats were taken from either:
America’s Health Rankings
or The US Census Bureau
And if they weren’t, then an alternative source is quoted.
So Here They Are
1. Alabama: highest rate of stroke (3.8 percent) (tied with Oklahoma).
2. Alaska: highest suicide rate (23.6 suicides per 100,000 people in 2004).
3. Arizona: highest rate of alcoholism.
4. Arkansas: worst average credit score (636) – TalkBusiness
5. California: most air pollution (15.2 micrograms per cubic meter).
6. Colorado: highest rate of cocaine use per capita (3.9 percent total population).
7. Connecticut: highest rate of breast cancer – State Health Facts
8. Delaware: highest abortion rate (27 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44).
9. Florida: highest rate of identity theft (122.3 reports per 100,000 people).
10. Georgia: sickly based on highest rate of influenza.
11. Hawaii –highest cost of living (tied with California) CNBC States With The Highest Cost Of Living
12. Idaho – lowest level of Congressional clout – NewWest
13. Illinois: highest rate of robbery (284.7 incidences per 100,000 people).
14. Indiana: rated the most environmentally unfriendly by NMI solutions – Environmental Leader
15. Iowa: highest percentage of people age 85 and older (1.8 percent) (tied with three other states) StateMaster
16. Kansas: poorest health based on highest average number of limited activity days per month (3.5 days) StateMaster
17. Kentucky: most cancer deaths (227 per 100,000 people), and Kentucky also has the highest rate of tobacco smokers – 25.6 percent).
18. Louisiana: highest rate of gonorrhea (264.4 reported cases per 100,000 people) StateMaster
19. Maine: dumbest state claim based on lowest average SAT score (1389) Commonwealth Foundation
20. Maryland: highest rate of AIDS diagnosis (27.6 people per 100,000 people) Avert.org
21. Massachusetts: worst drivers claim based on highest rate of auto accidents The Auto Channel
22. Michigan: highest unemployment rate (13.6 percent).
23. Minnesota: highest number of reported tornadoes (123 in 2010) Woodbury kstp
24. Mississippi: highest rate of obesity (35.3 percent of total population).
* Mississippi ranks last in the most number of categories.
Including the highest rate of child poverty (31.9 percent), highest rate of infant mortality (10.3 percent).
Lowest median household income ($35,078).
Highest teen birth rate (71.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19).
And highest overall rate of STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases).
25. Missouri: highest rate of bankruptcy (700 out of every 100,000 people) BSC Alliance
26. Montana: highest rate of drunk driving deaths (1.12 deaths per 100 million miles driven) HelenAir
27. Nebraska: highest rate of women murdered annually.
28. Nevada: highest rate violent crime (702.2 offenses per 100,000 people)and Nevada also has the highest rate of foreclosure (one in 99 houses).
29. New Hampshire: highest rate of corporate taxes New Hampshire Watchdog
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30. New Jersey: highest rate of citizen taxation (11.8 percent) The Retirement Living Information Center
31. New Mexico: antisocial claim based on lowest ranking in social heath policies Los Alimos Study Group
32. New York: longest average daily commute (30.6 minutes) StateMaster
33. North Carolina: lowest average teacher salary Facing South
34. North Dakota: ranked last in ugliest residents report as chosen by The Daily Beast
35. Ohio: nerdiest state claim based on highest number of library visits per capita (6.9) StateMaster
36. Oklahoma: highest rate of female incarceration.
37. Oregon: highest rate of long-term homeless people.
38. Pennsylvania: highest rate of arson deaths (55.56 annually) StateMaster
39. Rhode Island: highest rate of illicit drug use (12.5 percent of population) EconomicMix
40. South Carolina: highest percentage of mobile homes (18.8 percent) StateMaster
41. South Dakota: highest rate of forcible rape 76.5 per 100,000.
42. Tennessee: chosen most corrupt state by The Daily Beast
43. Texas: lowest high school graduation rate (78.3 percent) Statemaster
44. Utah: highest rate of of on-line porn subscriptions Desert News
45. Vermont: infertility claim based on lowest birth rate of any state (10.6 births per 1,000) (tied with Maine) StateMaster
46. Virginia: highest number of alcohol-related motorcycle deaths The Virginia Biker
47. Washington: most cases of bestiality (4 reported in 2010) Pet-Abuse
48. West Virginia: highest rate of heart attack (6.5 percent of population).
49. Wisconsin: highest rate of binge drinking (23.2 percent of population).
50. Wyoming: highest rate of deadly car crashes (24.6 deaths per 100,000) AutoInsuranceQuotealer
The bottom line is, if you do find any errors then please let me know and I’ll make the updates.
Herman Cain's 999 Plan Draws Praise, Skepticism – Finance – CBN …
Cain's 999 plan is part of what's propelled him to the front of the GOP field. Although the plan is resonating with voters, it's drawing criticism from economists.
Publish Date: 10/15/2011 2:00
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/finance/2011/October/Herman-Cains-999-Plan-Draws-Praise-Skepticism/
Herman Cain's 999 plan sounds catchy, but where does healthcare …
medcitynews.com10/14/11
Herman Cain wants to allow health insurance premiums to be tax deductible; he also wants a 9 percent tax for individuals. Read more on healthcare in politics.
Herman Cain is the only GOP presidential candidate that wants to do it, and he’s rising super fast in the opinion polls!
The 999 Plan Isn’t Perfect
But like they say,
"Good should never be the enemy of the perfect" – Voltaire
and Rep. Paul Ryan just gave the plan a thumbs-up!
Art Laffer agrees and says,
"It would be far, far better than the current system".
*Arthur Betz Laffer is an American economist who first gained prominence during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan’s Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981–1989).
And Chris Chocola, the president of the free-market Club for Growth, calls it,
"A truly revolutionary tax reform that would amount to a massive job-creating tax cut on investments, savings and income".
What Is Cain’s 999 Plan?
A 9% income-tax rate.
A 9% value-added net sales tax rate on business.
And a 9% national sales tax overall.
The sales tax part has come under attack from both sides of the political spectrum with many conservatives worrying that it will start at 9% and gradually get raised, whilst a good number of Liberals oppose it because they say its regressivity will hurt middle- and low-income people.
* A regressive tax imposes a greater burden, relative to resources, on the poor than on the rich because there is an inverse relationship between the tax rate and the taxpayer’s ability to pay as measured by assets, consumption, or income.
Cain’s Rebuttal Of Sales Tax Criticism
Everybody below the poverty line will be exempt from the sales-tax and the sales of existing goods will be exempt.
The sales tax will pick up revenue and help to lower the rate for everybody, especially the middle class.
And Cain’s economic adviser, Rich Lowrie says that.
"The sales tax is a replacement tax, not an add-on tax like you’d find at the state level. This is a key point. All we are doing is pulling out taxes that are invisible. We’re cutting the rates. We’re putting them back in at lower rates".
Lowrie is referring to the payroll tax, which in the Cain plan will go from 15% to 9% which constitutes a net tax cut and a good deal more transparency regarding costs and prices that are embedded in the current code.
"The 9-9-9 plan will add $2 trillion to U.S. gross domestic product, create 6 million jobs, increase business investment by a third and lift wages by 10%. And if you fold all that growth together, federal revenues go up by 15%", said Lowrie,
Would It Work?
Such a gigantic drop in marginal tax rates for individuals, 35 to 9%, or to 18% including the sales tax, and for businesses also from 35 to 9% would supply an incredibly strong economy-wide growth incentive, and if you’re looking for proof, then you need go no further than the Harding-Coolidge-Mellon tax cuts of the 1920s, the John F. Kennedy tax cuts of the 1960s and the Ronald Reagan tax cuts of the 1980s.
Remember, too, that the Cain tax plan would eliminate the double-tax on saving and investment by removing capital gains, estates and dividends from the tax code.
Given the current economic malaise, which in large part can be traced to the weakened balance sheets and net worths of families suffering from the multi-year slump in stock prices and home values, increasing returns to saving and investment through a much lower marginal tax rate should boost asset values, and might be just what the doctor ordered.
As for businesses, not only would they get a globally super-competitive 9% tax rate, but they’d receive 100% expenses for new purchases of capital equipment.
Gary and Aldona Robbins who once worked at the treasury priced out the Cain plan on a static basis and discovered it to be revenue neutral.
And the models suggests a $26 trillion tax base yielding $2.3 trillion in revenue for a 9.1% overall rate.
No Federal Or State Tax But Just A Sales Tax
I’ve personally yet to have anybody to explain to me why simply having a sales tax instead of ALL the other taxes wouldn’t be fairer.
The rich would spend more than the poor and therefore pay more tax, and what could be simpler than that?!
Tax preparers understandably hate the idea of course because simply having just a sales tax would put around 100,000 out of work.
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