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“If there were an election today, Netanyahu would win. Yet, his standing in the polls is also a reflection of the weakness of Ehud Olmert, the current prime minister - who stands at 2 percent in a recent poll - and the enduring weaknesses of the Labor Party.”

Ifs Today Winning Party Reflection Percent Weakness Standing Labor Election Endure Currents Ministers Prime Prime Minister Polls

Author:Dennis A. Ross

“First, the oil and gas business pays its fair share of taxes. Despite the current debate on energy taxes, few businesses pay more in taxes than oil and gas companies. The worldwide effective tax rate for our industry in 2010 was 40 percent. That's higher than the U.S. statutory rate of 35 percent and the rate for manufacturers of 26.5 percent.”

Firsts Energy Pay Company Share Industry Higher Taxes Percent Fairs Rate Currents Oil Debate Despite Gas Fair Share Oil And Gas

Author:John S. Watson

“Fewer than 40 percent of the alternative therapies are discussed with one's physician, In my personal view, the current status quo which could easily be described as 'Don't ask and don't tell,' needs to be abandoned -- that is not in anyone's best interest.”

Needs Asks Interest Views Percent Currents Alternatives Therapy Abandoned Fewer Physicians Status Quo Personal Views

Author:David Eisenberg

“Under current law, on January 1, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases.”

Important Law Cutting Taxes Percent Increase Currents Spending Massive Cliffs January Tax Increases Gangnam Style Spending Cuts January 1st Fiscal Cliff

Author:Ben Bernanke

“Although population and consumption are societal issues, technology is the business of business. If economic activity must increase tenfold over what it is today to support a population nearly double its current size, then technology will have to reduce its impact twenty-fold merely to keep the planet at its current levels of environmental impact. For example, to stabilize the climate we may have to reduce real carbon emissions by as much as 80 percent, while simultaneously growing the world economy by an order of magnitude.”

Source: Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World

“The Hispanic population grew by 4.7 percent last year, while blacks expanded by 1.5 percent and whites by a paltry 0.3 percent. Hispanics cast 6 percent of the vote in 1990 and 12 percent in 2000. If their numbers expand at the current pace, they will be up to 18 percent in 2010 and 24 percent in 2020. With one-third of Hispanics voting Republican, they are the jump ball in American politics. As this vote goes, so goes the future.”

Ifs Years Lasts Numbers Grew Republican Percent Vote Thirds Balls Casts Population Currents Voting Pace Last Year American Politics Hispanic Voting Republican

Author:Dick Morris

“The specific question was visa overstays.Current federal law requires a biometric exit-entry system when you come in on a visa. And the [Barack] Obama administration is just ignoring federal law. Forty percent of illegal immigration is not people who cross the borders illegally. It's people who come legally on a visa and never leave.”

People Law Percent Crosses Currents Immigration Administration Barack Borders Forty Illegal Exit Entry Illegal Immigration Visa Biometrics

Author:Ted Cruz

“Social mobility decreased under Labour and under the current government it is reversing. The differences between the poorest and richest are returning to Victorian levels. We don't have open sewers and infant mortality rates at fifty percent but in economic terms we're getting to a level of disparity we haven't seen for a couple of hundred years. And we're getting there very quickly.”

“A Prius is not a true hybrid, really. The current Prius is, like, 2 percent electric. It's a gasoline car with slightly better mileage.”

Car Percent Currents Electric Hybrid Gasoline Mileage Prius

Author:Elon Musk

“According to current research, in the determination of a person's level of happiness, genetics accounts for about 50 percent; life circumstances, such as age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, income, health, occupation, and religious affiliation, account for about 10 to 20 percent; and the remainder is a product of how a person thinks and acts.”

Thinking Persons Age Religious Levels Products Circumstances Research Percent Determination Accounts Currents Gender Income Occupation Genetics Ethnicity Affiliation

Book:The Happiness Project (Revised Edition): Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

Source: The Happiness Project (Revised Edition): Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun