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...uses these rallies to claim as yet unaccomplished feats, and misquotes figures to beat the band. He will tell you that during his administration Mississippi's per capita income has risen to third in the nation--when only the rate of increase has done so. (This trend had been set before Finch was elected, and in a state as poor as Mississippi, a large increase is very easy to achieve, but almost meaningless. In fact, the dollar gap between Mississippi and the nation has increased...
...deregulation would result in unchanged or even lower prices--be warned. From 1972 to 1977 the cost of gas per 1000 cubic feet (mcf) for LoVaca's 400 clients, including both industries and cities, soared from 36 cents to $2.05. In Crystal City where the average annual per capita income is $1600, the cost of a hot shower, a warm house, and gas-cooked food was just too high...
...WORLD BANK has estimated that at least 650 million people in the world today--over three times the total number of U.S. citizens--live on an annual income of less than $50 each. Another 2 billion people live in countries with an annual per capita income of less than $200 per year. While "the vast majority" of humankind worries about its daily survival, Americans worry about overeating...
With a per capita G.N.P. of $7,420, Norway has one of the world's highest living standards. Whether such bounty results mostly from the drive of 4 million people inured to hard work in a cold, rugged land or primarily from the social-democratic policies pursued by the ruling Labor Party of Premier Odvar Nordli is unclear even to Norwegians. Confesses Sverre Badendyck, a retired sea captain now employed as a shipping inspector: "We think we live in a capitalist country. Or at least in one with a mixed economy, with a socialist government trying to make...
...basis of this study, the Corporation met with Dean Rosovsky in November for an extended discussion of general guidelines that reflect our desire to keep increases in the total cost of attending the College from exceeding over a period of years the increases in per capita disposable personal income...