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update: Highway crashes kill more than 41,000 in 2007…
Alcohol related car deaths in the US since 1982. Alcohol deaths fall, but total deaths remain about the same.

Total fatalities

Alcohol related fatalities

Year

Number

Number

Percent

1982

43,945

26,173

60

1983

42,589

24,635

58

1984

44,257

24,762

56

1985

43,825

23,167

53

1986

46,087

25,017

54

1987

46,390

24,094

52

1988

47,087

23,833

51

1989

45,582

22,424

49

1990

44,599

22,587

51

1991

41,508

20,159

49

1992

39,250

18,290

47

1993

40,150

17,908

45

1994

40,716

17,308

43

1995

41,817

17,732

42

1996

42,065

17,749

42

1997

42,013

16,711

40

1998

41,501

16,673

40

1999

41,717

16,572

40

2000

41,945

17,380

41

2001

42,196

17,400

41

2002

43,005

17,524

41

2003

42,643

17,013

40

2004

42,518

16,919

39

2005

43,443

16,885

39

Posted on August 6th, 2008 under facts and charts. Comments: None

“In 2005, total federal, state and local government expenditures on 85 welfare programs were $620 billion. That’s larger than national defense ($495 billion) or public education ($472 billion).
The 2005 official poverty count was 37 million persons. That means welfare expenditures per poor person were $16,750, or $67,000 for a poor family of four.”

Posted on August 6th, 2008 under facts and charts. Comments: None

Available from Despair.com as a lithograph or desktopper.

Posted on August 6th, 2008 under facts and charts. Comments: None

How’s your State doing with Taxes?
MN is here.
For those of you who like spreadsheets, here’s a breakdown of the latest federal individual income tax data.
Thoughts on the “Global Tax”

Posted on July 30th, 2008 under Taxes, facts and charts. Comments: None

more graph humor and song chart memes

Posted on July 30th, 2008 under facts and charts. Comments: None

July was designated “National Ice Cream Month” back in 1984 by President Reagan (a self-proclaimed ice cream fanatic!)

The most popular topping for ice cream is chocolate syrup and the most popular flavor is Vanilla.
The world’s top 5 consumers of ice cream, in order are: USA, New Zealand, Denmark, Australia and Belgium/Luxembourg.
George Washington liked [...]

Posted on July 30th, 2008 under facts and charts. Comments: None

These are great fun!

Posted on July 30th, 2008 under facts and charts. Comments: 1

So many charts, so little time….
Cost of Government Day falls four days later in 2008 than last year’s revised date of July 12. In 2008, the average American will have to work an additional 17 days out of the year to pay off his or her cost of government compared to 2000, when the COGD [...]

Posted on July 23rd, 2008 under facts and charts. Comments: None

The income tax share of the top half of wage-earners is 97.01%
The share of the bottom half of tax filers is 2.99%.

Posted on July 23rd, 2008 under Taxes, facts and charts. Comments: None