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From the USA TODAY front page this morning. Get the full story here.
![theatlantic:
The Astonishing Growth of Government Spending on the Poor
Market wages have declined for the poorest 40 percent of the country and more than 33% for the bottom fifth. Without means-tested government transfers, income inequality would be much, much worse. With means-tested government transfers (particularly for health care) income inequality is at least somewhat mitigated.
Read more. [Image: Rorschach]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/d6621b0ad6c9f2919d7dd8a7408c1407/tumblr_mihbdqZgaW1qcokc4o1_400.png)
![theatlantic:
The Astonishing Growth of Government Spending on the Poor
Market wages have declined for the poorest 40 percent of the country and more than 33% for the bottom fifth. Without means-tested government transfers, income inequality would be much, much worse. With means-tested government transfers (particularly for health care) income inequality is at least somewhat mitigated.
Read more. [Image: Rorschach]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/e124be7f8584cd30e36d29da8347a058/tumblr_mihbdqZgaW1qcokc4o2_1280.png)
The Astonishing Growth of Government Spending on the Poor
Market wages have declined for the poorest 40 percent of the country and more than 33% for the bottom fifth. Without means-tested government transfers, income inequality would be much, much worse. With means-tested government transfers (particularly for health care) income inequality is at least somewhat mitigated.
Read more. [Image: Rorschach]
Google Trends search for Poland Springs — the bottled water brand that Marco Rubio awkwardly lunged at in his speech.
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![Myself and a couple of mates made a checklist for the State of the Union address, and these were the tallies we came up with.
(N.B: The criteria for a clapping interruption was that it stopped the President mid-sentence or mid-paragraph, or that it lasted longer than 3 seconds. The criteria for a John Boehner refusal was if Joe Biden did it [clap or stand] and John Boehner didn’t.)
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Myself and a couple of mates made a checklist for the State of the Union address, and these were the tallies we came up with.
(N.B: The criteria for a clapping interruption was that it stopped the President mid-sentence or mid-paragraph, or that it lasted longer than 3 seconds. The criteria for a John Boehner refusal was if Joe Biden did it [clap or stand] and John Boehner didn’t.)
Pretty interesting discussion on Reddit, if you can get over how Reddity it is.
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