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HUMAN EVENTS: brings me the straight facts
Each time I open HUMAN EVENTS, I am thankful for a news source that brings me the straight facts and keeps me one-up and a step ahead. From recent issues:
FACT: During a study on the competency of teachers, half the teachers failed a qualifying verbal and math test
FACT: The recently approved Highway Bill includes $255 million for bike paths
FACT: The top 50% of income earners pay 96.5% of the federal income taxes, while the lowest 44% pay no federal income taxes.
FACT: The federal government -- with your tax dollars -- subsidizes programs for kids to play golf at posh resorts
FACT: Federal employees spent $16.4 billion in 2003 on government charge cards. Some of those charges included: country club fees, personal clothing, movie gift certificates and beer
FACT: A recent national survey found that Democratic professors outnumber Republican professors 3 to 1 in economics, 28 to 1 in sociology, and 30 to 1 in anthropology
FACT: At least 1,074,000 illegal aliens were arrested along the Mexican border in 2004, more than in 2003 or 2002
FACT: The federal government is subsidizing yoga research
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