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Increased Corporate Taxes Decreases Unemployment

November 27, 2012 Buck Banks

10%

Increase in the corporate tax rate is associated with a drop of 2.1 percentage points in the unemployment rate, according to a study by Horst Feldmann of the University of Bath in the UK of data on 19 industrial countries. Although raising corporate taxes has been shown to reduce economic growth, it unexpectedly prompts companies to substitute labor for capital and spurs unions to reduce their wage demands to avoid job losses.

Christie’s Popularity Soars in Wake of Hurricane Sandy

November 27, 2012 Buck Banks

95%

Of New Jersey voters think Gov. Chris Christie (R) did an “excellent” or “good” job responding to Hurricane Sandy, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. Christie now holds a sky-high 72% to 21% approval rating.

Public Does Not Perceive White House Cover Up of Benghazi

November 27, 2012 Buck Banks

54%

As Ambassador Susan Rice prepares to meet with GOP senators today to discuss the administration’s handling of the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, a new CNN/ORC poll finds 54% disapprove of the White House’s actions. However, 54% also do not believe that the administration purposefully misled the public.

Majority of Americans Have Unfavorable View of Republican Party

November 26, 2012 Buck Banks

53%

Of the country has an unfavorable view of the Republican Party and only 42% want to see congressional Republicans have more influence than the president over the direction the nation takes in the next two years, a new CNN/ORC poll finds.

Feinstein Sets Record for Number of Votes for a Senate Seat

November 26, 2012 Buck Banks

7.1 million

Number of votes Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) received in the Nov. 6 election, setting the record of most votes won in a Senate election, Bloomberg reports.

Feminism is So Last Century

November 21, 2012 Trish

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The amount Millennial women are paid in their first year out of college, compared to each full dollar for their male peers, according to the American Association of University Women. Millennials are more likely than Baby Boomers or Gen-Xers to say there is no need for women to be feminists, with 22-year-old Taylor Swift recently explaining, “I don’t really think about things as guys versus girls.”

Majority of Americans Believe Obama Will Seek Bipartisan Solution to Debt Crisis

November 20, 2012 Buck Banks

65%

Of Americans believe President Obama will earnestly try to work with the Republicans in Congress to solve the nation’s problems, though this is down from 2008, according to Gallup. Less than half, 48%, believe Republicans will respond in kind.

Obama’s Popularity Highest in Three Years

November 19, 2012 Buck Banks

58%

President Obama’s favorable rating, his best in over three years, according to a new Gallup poll. He was more popular after his first election than now, with a 68% favorable rating in November 2008. His all-time high of 78% was measured shortly before his inauguration in January 2009.

Most Independents Elected Since 1942

November 19, 2012 Buck Banks

25

Minor party and independent candidates were elected to state legislatures this month, Ballot Access News reports.”Checking records of past elections reveals that this is the highest such number since 1942, when there were 31 such candidates elected. In 1944, there were 22 such candidates elected, and at no time since 1944 (until 2012) had there been any election with more than 17.”

Think of the Savings If These States Secede

November 17, 2012November 17, 2012 Trish

23%

Amount of total federal revenue alloted to the states in 2010 that was taken by six of the seven states with the most signatures on petitions to secede following Pres. Obama’s re-election. The states are Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. Alabama also gathered among the most signatures but did not receive as much funding.

10%

95%

Of New Jersey voters think Gov. Chris Christie (R) did an “excellent” or “good” job responding to Hurricane Sandy, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. Christie now holds a sky-high 72% to 21% approval rating.

54%

53%

Of the country has an unfavorable view of the Republican Party and only 42% want to see congressional Republicans have more influence than the president over the direction the nation takes in the next two years, a new CNN/ORC poll finds.

7.1 million

Number of votes Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) received in the Nov. 6 election, setting the record of most votes won in a Senate election, Bloomberg reports.

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65%

Of Americans believe President Obama will earnestly try to work with the Republicans in Congress to solve the nation’s problems, though this is down from 2008, according to Gallup. Less than half, 48%, believe Republicans will respond in kind.

58%

President Obama’s favorable rating, his best in over three years, according to a new Gallup poll. He was more popular after his first election than now, with a 68% favorable rating in November 2008. His all-time high of 78% was measured shortly before his inauguration in January 2009.

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23%

Poetic Justice

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— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the “resign or be fired” ultimatum from the GOP’s Freedom Caucus just 174 days into his tenure as sp[eaker, reported by Punchbowl News.

“Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head droops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.”

— Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial.

— Jonathan Last

“He’s f**king crazy! The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And I’ll say it this way: I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution. But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!”

— New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), quoted by the Associated Press two years ago. Sununu is now backing Trump for president.

— North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) described his loving approach to disciplining misbehaving children, WUNC reports.

Numerati

50 of 96

New York Times: “Of the 96 possible jurors brought into the room, more than 50 raised their hands to say they couldn’t be fair. They were immediately excused.”

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$3.5 billion

39%

$71 million