I just did my census form online. I got the short form and it was quick and easy and disappointing, since it omits a citizenship question. This is important since illegal aliens, when counted, get representatives in the Congress. However, the second part of the census has just been passed unanimously in the Senate and […]
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Seattle Urban Model
At a recent small gathering to commemmorate the death of another homeless woman in the downtown, Starbucks was praised for donating a single, miserable container of hot coffee to the gathering. Very Seattle. Appearance and pretense over substance. Table: “Homeless Deaths Rise Once More In King County (including Seattle): 2012-2018”, in Seattle Times, January 9, […]
Continue readingFBI Crime Statistics: Reported Total vs. Estimated Total
Long ago I worked in a state government’s econometrics group. One of the senior economists would say, the only data that is any good is birth numbers and death numbers… and they are always wrong. In that spirit, it turns out that some part (but which part??) of FBI crime statistics is just made up, […]
Continue readingHow Many Illegal Aliens In the United States
The number of illegal aliens has been a matter of debate for a long time. I have always suspected that the number was much higher than the official number of 10-11 million. Here is a Center for Immigration Studies critique of a new study that suggests there are 22 million illegal aliens. The very credible […]
Continue readingWas Deindustrialization an Election Strategy
Manufacturing countries vote Republican. Was one fringe benefit of destroying American industry the expectation that there would be less manufacturing countries to vote Republican? And note the decline in manufacturing counties (at least 25% of jobs are in manufacturing) from 862 in 1992 to 323 in 2016. Table: “Counties Where Manufacturing is At Least 25% […]
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