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Petroleum imports numbers all sources

U.S. Crude Oil Imports from All Countries (Thousand Barrels) Decade /Year 1967 411,649 1977 1,935,012 1987 1,705,922 1997 3,002,299 2007 3,656,170 The chart indicates a doubling of imported oil in…

More than numbers and sanctity of bonus contracts

rdan Middle aged men and pensions in the industries. Much wealth has vanished…I notice a lot of apathy among employees such as teachers whose state plans have not declared losses…

Underemploment numbers

OMB Watch carries: Notes from the Economy: Underemployment While the monthly number is an important component in summarizing the state of economy, but it’s an incomplete indicator. For example, at…

Webb on SS

…the actual numbers underlying Social Security ‘crisis’ I have to call bullshit. Note that the corresponding numbers for fully funded Low Cost are 2.8% Real GDP and 1.7% Productivity. Are…

Politics and specific policies

…to show something false with numbers. The high respect of ‘numbers’ is for their power as tools for convincing people. Golonkin doesn’t need to look at any numbers to be…

Soc Sec XXXVIII: Financing Shortfall

…intervals after that. Coincidentally Shortfall is projected for year ten or 2017, meaning that all these numbers represent transfers from the General Fund. Numbers are in billions. Year:::::Current:::::Constant 2017:::$24:::::::::::$19 2020:::$107:::::::::$77…