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50 Numbers From 2014 That Reflect On The Times

By Michael Snyder at End Of The American Dream blog

2014 was quite a bizarre year, wasnt it? The past 12 months brought us MH370, Ebola, civil war in Ukraine, civilunrest in Ferguson, the rise of ISIS and the fall of the Democrats in the midterm elections. Our world is becomingcrazier and more unstable with each passing day, and I have a feeling that things are going to accelerate greatly in2015. But for the moment things are relatively quiet as much of the world stops to celebrate the holiday season, sonow is a good time to look back and see where we have been over the past year. The facts that I am about to sharewith you sound false, but they are all quite true. If you doubt any of these facts, just click the link on the number tofind the source. It has been said that truth is stranger than fiction, and that was definitely the case during the past 12months. In no particular order, the following are 50 numbers from 2014 that sound fake but that are actually real

2.5 Researchers have discovered that characters in cartoons for children are 2.5 times more likely to die thancharacters in adult dramas. But as long as those characters look cute and make funny noises it must be okay.

$4.20 The price of ground beef just hit a brand new record high of $4.20 a pound. Exactly 10 years ago, it was just$2.21 a pound. What do you think Clara Peller would say about this?

19.8 percent This holiday season, nearly 20 percent of all American families are on food stamps. But since thestock market is soaring, most of the rest of the country doesnt seem to care.

$20 If you want to lock down that new man for Christmas, you can buy a positive pregnancy test on Craigslist forjust 20 dollars.

29.0 years The average age when a man in America first gets married has reached an all-time high of 29.0 years. Thus the need for the fake pregnancy tests.

31.1 percent An astounding 31.1 percent of all U.S. young adults in the 18 to 34-year-old age bracket are currentlyliving with their parents. But the good news is that demand for tacky basement decor is at an all-time high.

33 percent According to the Wall Street Journal, close to one-third of all Americans have a file in the FBIs mastercriminal database.

34.6 percent According to the CDC, 34.6 percent of all men in America officially meet the criteria for being obese.

36 At this point only 36 percent of the U.S. population can name all three branches of government.

43 The new EPA regulations issued while Barack Obama has been president are 43 times as long as the entireBible.

45 percent One survey discovered that 45 percent of all Americans dread the Christmas season.

48 percent Only 48 percent of Americans can immediately come up with $400 in emergency cash withoutborrowing it or selling something.

50 An MIT research scientist is warning that if current trends continue 50 percent of all children in America will beautistic by the year 2025.

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50 percent Half of all college graduates in America are still financially dependent on their parents when they aretwo years out of college.

52 percent According to a survey that was conducted earlier this year, 52 percent of all Americans cannot evenafford the house that they are currently living in right now.

54 percent For the first time ever, more than half of all U.S. doctors support the legalization of assisted suicide.

57 percent A recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that 57 percent of all Americans consider racerelations in America to be bad. That is the worst number in 20 years.

59 percent One very disturbing recent poll discovered that 59 percent of Americans are in favor of torturing ourprisoners.

60 percent In the United States today, 60 percent of all bachelors degrees are earned by women.

64 percent It would be a great understatement to say that pornography is popular with men in America. This is trueeven among men that are supposed to be religious. For example, one survey discovered that 64 percent of allChristian men ages 31 to 49 look at porn at least monthly.

65 percent One shocking new poll found that 65 percent of Americans believe that the government is broken. The shocking part of the survey was that it was only 65 percent.

65 percent According to a Census Bureau report that was released in December, 65 percent of all children inAmerica are living in a home that receives some form of aid from the federal government.

70 percent Right now, about 70 percent of all government spending goes toward dependence-creating programs.

78 percent According to a Pew Research Center study that was released earlier this year, 78 percent of U.S.women want a spouse with a steady job. Apparently the other 22 percent want an unemployed bum that stayshome all day playing video games.

85 percent 85 percent of all artificial Christmas trees are now made in China, and there is a rumor that Santa andhis elves are considering a permanent move to the Chinese city of Shenzhen.

1979 The United States has become the nation of the permanent emergency. In fact, there has been at least onestate of emergency in effect in this country since 1979.

7,500 The worldwide Ebola death toll has surpassed 7,500 for the first time, but most Americans seem to believethat the crisis is over. The truth is that it may just be beginning.

20,000 Right now McDonalds has 14,267 locations in the United States, but payday lenders have more than20,000.

$30,000 According to the Social Security Administration, 52 percent of all American workers made less than$30,000 last year.

80,000 Back in 1980, there were only about 3,000 SWAT raids conducted in the United States. But today, there aremore than 80,000 SWAT raids per year in this country.

100,000 It is estimated that there are at least 100,000 underage sex workers in the United States. In case you werewondering, yes that means that we are a very sick nation.

$1,000,000 We are supposed to be a government of the people, by the people and for the people, but at this pointmore than half the members of Congress are millionaires.

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1,400,000 Thanks in large part to unchecked illegal immigration, there are now 1.4 million members of criminalgangs living in our cities.

2,400,000 There are currently more than 2.4 million people behind bars in America, and since 1980 the number ofpeople incarcerated in our prisons has quadrupled.

2,500,000 According to the National Center on Family Homelessness, there are now 2.5 million homeless childrenin the United States.

4,000,000 Right now there are more than 4 million adult websites on the Internet, and they get more traffic thanNetflix, Amazon and Twitter combined.

9,700,000 Almost 10 million more Americans have enrolled in Medicaid since Obamacare first launched.

15,000,000 More than 15 million Americans have cosmetic procedures done each year, and Christmas is thebusiest season of the year for plastic surgeons.

30,000,000 In America today, more than 30 million Americans are taking antidepressants. And keep in mind thatantidepressants are only one class of pharmaceutical drug. Overall, nearly 70 percent of all Americans are currentlyon at least one prescription drug according to the Mayo Clinic.

$40,000,000 More than 40 million dollars has been spent just on vacations for Barack Obama and his family sincehe has been in the White House.

49,000,000 An astounding 49 million Americans are considered to be facing food insecurity at this point.

110,000,000 Approximately one-third of the entire population of the United States (110 million people) currently hasa sexually transmitted disease according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

156,600,000 The population of Bangladesh (156,600,000) is actually larger than the population of Russia(143,500,00). But nobody is scared of Bangladesh.

3,000,000,000 For the first time ever, there are now more than 3 billion people on the Internet around the globe. Idont know if that is a good thing or a bad thing.

$600,000,000,000 Americans will spend more than 600 billion dollars this Christmas season. That is an amount ofmoney greater than the entire GDP of Sweden.

$1,200,000,000,000 Student loan debt has hit a grand total of 1.2 trillion dollars in the United States. That numberhas grown by about 84 percent just since 2008.

$2,000,000,000,000 The war in Iraq cost U.S. taxpayers more than 2 trillion dollars, but now a radical jihadist terrororganization known as ISIS controls nearly a third of the entire country.

5,000,000,000,000 There are now 5 trillion little pieces of plastic floating around in the oceans of the world, and lotsmore plastic is being dumped into our oceans every single day.

$18,031,021,541,347.52 The current size of the U.S. national debt. It increased by more than a trillion dollarsduring the fiscal year that ended a few months ago, and it is on pace to approximately double during Obamas eightyears in the White House.

$40,000,000,000,000 There are five too big to fail banks in the United States that each have more than 40TRILLION dollars worth of exposure to derivatives. This is a sword of Damocles that could destroy our financialsystem and our entire economy at any time. Lets just hope that it does not happen in 2015.

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So what numbers would you add to this list?

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50 Numbers From 2014 That Reflect On The Times