The United States is going broke

From Jim Rickards, Editor, The Daily Reckoning: Those who focus on the U.S. national debt (and I’m one of them) keep wondering how long this debt levitation act can go on. The U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio is at the highest level in …

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LIST: Fattest States In USA…

via ksat: The study also identified the most popular comfort food for each state. Texas’ comfort food? Brisket. See the top 10 list of fattest states in America: 1. Mississippi 2. West Virginia 3. Arkansas 4. Kentucky 5. Tennessee 6. Louisiana …

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U.S. states sending the most and least on welfare, 2018; total and per capita

https://public.tableau.com/views/StatesThatSpendtheMostandLeastonWelfare/WelfareDash?:embed=y&:display_count=yes&:showVizHome=no#2 Sources: (1) U.S. Census Bureau 2016 State and Local Government Data: U.S. Summary & Alabama-Mississippi & Missouri-Wyoming; (2) Governing.com; (3) U.S. Census Bureau population estimates as of July 1, 2017; and (4) U.S. Census Bureau population survey, 2015-18. Tools: …

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United States Household Equity Holdings

by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpPfBzeWsAYAwaJ.jpg US Households have been holding a very high proportion of their wealth in equities — a level only once seen in 1968 and for several quarters in the late 1990s. Such a high exposure …

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