Ezra Klein's wonkblog has a good page with graphs helping to clarify 2012 issues. For example, note the graph that shows the maligned 47% is largely comprised of workers (61%), the elderly (22%), the disabled (7%), and students (3%). "Other" is also 3%. Perhaps they are the dreaded slackers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/won ... in-graphs/
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Re: 2012 in graphs
Thanks, beastie. Good stuff. Worth a bookmark.
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"Of what meaning is the world without mind? The question cannot exist."
- Edwin Land