“Working-class Americans have waited too long, close to a decade in fact, for an increase in the minimum wage. This has been the second longest period without a pay raise since the Federal minimum wage law was first enacted in 1938.” FirstsLongHas BeensFactsLawPayClassPeriodsIncreaseRaisesDecadesMinimumWorking ClassMinimum Wage Author:Bill Pascrell
“Most of the major increases in the debt ceiling have been accompanied by structural changes in the way we raise and spend money.” WayHas BeensMajorsIncreaseRaisesDebtCeilingsDebt Ceiling Author:Charles Bass
“The models that have been constructed agree that when, as has been predicted, the level of carbon dioxide or its equivalent in other greenhouse gases doubles from pre-Industrial Revolution concentrations, the global average temperature will increase, and that the increase will be 1.5 to 4.5 degrees Celsius or 3 to 8 degrees Fahrenheit... In Dallas, for instance, a doubled level of carbon dioxide and other gases like methane, would increase the number of days a year with temperatures above 100 degrees from 19 to 78 each year.” YearsHas BeensLevelsNumbersRevolutionDegreesModelsIncreaseAgreeAverageInstanceGlobal WarmingConcentrationCarbonTemperatureGreenhousesDallasCarbon DioxideIndustrial RevolutionGreenhouse GasesMethane Author:Bill McKibben
“For 40 years, the American middle class has been disappearing. Millions of people are working longer hours for lower wages despite a huge increase in technology and productivity. And what we have seen during that period is a massive transfer of trillions of dollars from the middle class to the top one-tenth of 1 percent of America” PeopleYearsHas BeensAmericaHoursClassMillionsTechnologyMiddleHugePeriodsPercentIncreaseDollarsDisappearProductivityDespiteMiddle ClassMassiveWagesTransfers Author:Lindsey Graham
“The continued increase in many crime indicators and the fact that the overall crime rate has not seen a marked decrease while the Liberals have been in power is a clear indication that the Liberal approach to combating crime, as on so many other issues, has failed.” Has BeensFactsIssuesClearCrimeApproachIncreaseRateIndicationDecreaseIndicatorsCrime Rates Author:Stephen Harper
“I take two walks up hills each day, and bike ride each morning. I also have an exercise bike to increase my heart rate. My wife and I have been going to a personal trainer for weights and balance twice a week for 10 years. My balance has improved tremendously and the weights decrease my age. I only feel 52, not 82.” FeelsYearsHeartHas BeensTwoAgeWalksMorningWifeWeekBalanceMy HeartExerciseWeightIncreaseAgingRateMy WifeHillsEach DayBikeDecreaseTrainersHeart Rate Author:Robert Bateman
“Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against change...[T]he progress of humanity, far from being the result of government, has been made entirely without its aid and in the face if its constant and bitter opposition.” IfsHas BeensMadeGovernmentFacesHumanityResultsProgressEssenceIncreaseConstantAidsTendenciesBitterOppositionPermanence Author:H. L. Mencken