Negative Data Observations: Part Two
(4) Two huge costs. *Healthcare insurance more than four times what it cost in 2000. A brutally expensive category that cries out for systemic policy changes. *Apartment rents in the past 20 years up 135% compared with personal income up 77%. *Number of rental units under $600/month: 7.2 million compared with 9.4 million in 2022. […]
Negative Data Observations: Part One
(1) It starts with the family. *1980: 77% of children lived with married parents; today, it is less than 60%. Some 25% of children live in a one-parent home; this is a higher percentage than any country with relevant data. It is difficult to detect anything positive from these data. *62% of white children living […]
Negative Data Observations: Introduction
In the January to June 2024 timeframe, I collected a series of data points from articles and op ed pieces published in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Facts. Being in somewhat of a negative frame of mind these days, it is not surprising that the resulting observations matched my mood. The […]
Green and Orange
For a really long period, Green has looked down on Orange, kicking it out of town whenever it needed somebody to blame for whatever was troubling Green. Orange would move to wherever, only to find the seemingly nice Green neighbor down the road required little provocation, none actually, to become un-nice. But time passed and […]