MacIver Institute » mi fast facts http://maciverinstitute.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:26:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Federal Spending Projections Increase from 2 Years Ago http://maciverinstitute.com/2012/02/federal-spending-projections-over-the-next-2-years/ http://maciverinstitute.com/2012/02/federal-spending-projections-over-the-next-2-years/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:50:55 +0000 MacIver Institute http://maciverinstitute.com/?p=9010 Click here for the full article from the Mercatus Center

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]]> http://maciverinstitute.com/2012/02/federal-spending-projections-over-the-next-2-years/feed/ 0 Top 10 Percent Paid 70 Percent of Federal Income Tax http://maciverinstitute.com/2012/01/top-10-percent-paid-70-percent-of-federal-income-tax/ http://maciverinstitute.com/2012/01/top-10-percent-paid-70-percent-of-federal-income-tax/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:06:14 +0000 MacIver Institute http://maciverinstitute.com/?p=8973 Click here for the full article from the Heritage Foundation

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]]> http://maciverinstitute.com/2012/01/top-10-percent-paid-70-percent-of-federal-income-tax/feed/ 0 More and More State Funds Come From the Federal Government http://maciverinstitute.com/2012/01/more-and-more-state-funds-come-from-the-federal-government/ http://maciverinstitute.com/2012/01/more-and-more-state-funds-come-from-the-federal-government/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:29:41 +0000 MacIver Institute http://maciverinstitute.com/?p=8965 Click here for the full article from the CATO Institute

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]]> http://maciverinstitute.com/2012/01/more-and-more-state-funds-come-from-the-federal-government/feed/ 0 Unemployment Projections Continue to Lag http://maciverinstitute.com/2012/01/unemployment-projections-continue-to-lag/ http://maciverinstitute.com/2012/01/unemployment-projections-continue-to-lag/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:34:45 +0000 MacIver Institute http://maciverinstitute.com/?p=8920 Click here for the full article

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]]> http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/12/medicare-drives-future-deficits/feed/ 0 Fear of Big Government Continues to Rise http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/12/fear-of-big-government-continues-to-rise/ http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/12/fear-of-big-government-continues-to-rise/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:46:47 +0000 MacIver Institute http://maciverinstitute.com/?p=8562 Click here for the full polling results from Gallup

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]]> http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/12/fear-of-big-government-continues-to-rise/feed/ 0 Richest Nations Also Give Away the Most During Christmas Season http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/12/richest-nations-also-give-away-the-most-during-christmas-season/ http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/12/richest-nations-also-give-away-the-most-during-christmas-season/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:36:05 +0000 MacIver Institute http://maciverinstitute.com/?p=8530 Click here for the full article from The Economist

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]]> http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/12/richest-nations-also-give-away-the-most-during-christmas-season/feed/ 0 Effective Income Tax Rates in the United States http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/12/effective-income-tax-rates-in-the-united-states/ http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/12/effective-income-tax-rates-in-the-united-states/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:46:48 +0000 MacIver Institute http://maciverinstitute.com/?p=8482 Click here for the full article from the Tax Foundation

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]]> http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/12/effective-income-tax-rates-in-the-united-states/feed/ 0 mi fast facts: Poverty v. Minimum Wage in Wisconsin http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/11/macivergraphic-poverty-v-minimum-wage-in-wisconsin/ http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/11/macivergraphic-poverty-v-minimum-wage-in-wisconsin/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:01:10 +0000 MacIver Institute http://maciverinstitute.com/?p=8391 This recent news article tells of a series of policy proposals put forward by David Riemer that aim to cut Wisconsin’s poverty rate in half.  Riemer directs the Community Advocates Public Policy Institute in Milwaukee and one of the positions he advocates is to increase the state’s minimum wage to $8 per hour.

As this graphic indicates, increases in the state’s minimum wage have not historically altered the numbers of Wisconsinites in poverty. In fact, the argument can be made that such increases often lead to fewer low wage workers being employed, thus leading to the corresponding overall increase in people in poverty.

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