National Debt by President
maddowblog: Rick Seaman of Portland, Oregon, made this chart from data he found on TreasuryDirect.gov. “If voters don’t understand this, the media has failed them,” Seaman writes. Voters do not...
View ArticleElites vs. unions: mapping the demise of the American middle-class
Josh Marshall created a map of collective bargaining rights by state: Dennis G. at Balloon Juice offers a map of Right to Work States (in red) and Right to Unionize States (in blue), and adds something...
View ArticleChart of the day: spending vs. revenue
motherjones: Here’s your chart of the day. Print it out. The next time someone says “We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem,” show them this chart.
View ArticleThe Teaparty vs. America: the teaparty effect on employment
Is there nothing they don’t ruin? via Kevin Drum at Mother Jones
View ArticleAttn Obama opponents: WHERE ARE THE JOBS? BLS Chart 2008 – 2011
Note for the Grand Ol’ Teaparty: Red = bad. Green = better. Click for larger image: Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics “Republicans, aided and abetted by many conservative policy intellectuals, are...
View ArticleThe (nonpartisan) chart that should accompany all discussions of the debt...
James Fallows says this is The Chart That Should Accompany All Discussions of the Debt Ceiling (via: JoeWo): …from yesterday’s New York Times. Click for a more detailed view, though it’s pretty clear...
View ArticleChart: what Republicans got out of the government shutdown
Washington Post – Back in September, Republicans released a list of their demands for raising the debt ceiling. Today, the Rachel Maddow show went back to see how they did. And this chart doesn’t even...
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