Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Opinion

U.S. Population, 2009: 305 Million and Counting

Recession or no, the country is growing

Posted December 31, 2008
  • 305,529,237: U.S. population estimate for Jan. 1, 2009
  • 2,743,429: Population added since Jan. 1, 2008
  • 8: Estimated number of seconds between births in January 2009
  • 12: Estimated number of seconds between deaths in January 2009
  • 1: Estimated number of immigrants added to the population every 36 seconds in January 2009

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau

Reader Comments

So Pelosi thinks we can provide health care for the low cost of $295 per person? ($90Bil per year/305Mil Americans = $295).

So who thinks we can provide health care for the cost of $295 per person? ($90Bil per year/305Mil Americans = $295).

Why Don't

I don't understand, a lot of money is going towards our military right, and obviously it's not helping with our economy, why doesn't government adopt Britains idea, and put more money into helping the people, that can easily create more jobs because we will need people to help others, thus putting money in our pockets and helping low-income families, not with giving them money but by providing better education, medical care, etc. that way our future won't look as bleak because we would be a healthier, more educated society, so we don't have to worry about turning to the politicians that just blindly spend our money HOPING things are going to work out with such and such plan I'm just sayin

Insurance and Banking

Between the two, WE DON’T STAND A CHANCE.

900 billion for health care in the USA. What is the population of the entire world, and how does that dived out?

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