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Not since 1966 has the federal government’s workforce been so small

November 23, 2014

The shrinking government workforce doesn’t mean that government spending is at record lows.

It’s hard to believe the federal government now employs the fewest people since the mid-1960s. Yet according to jobs report earlier this month, the federal government now employs 2,711,000 people (excluding non-civilian military). Among the economy’s largest job sectors, it was the only one to shrink over the past year.

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Analysis, Energy, government, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

India to boost demand-side energy efficiency by selling $6 LED lamp for $0.16

October 29, 2014

India plans to offer subsidized LED lamps to households to reduce power demand and improve energy efficiency.

Measures have been initiated by the ministry of power in India to keep the promise of Prime Minister Modi to provide electricity supply and lamps to all households in the country by the end of the decade. The latest measure is aimed at households and energy efficiency.

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Analysis, Business, Globalism, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

25 signs that the global economy is broken and obsolete

October 24, 2014

By Adam Riva: The global economy and any form of government that utilizes it are inherently obsolete and structurally unsound. They cannot be “fixed” because their very underpinning is a mishmash of competition, hierarchy, fractional reserve banking, and fiat currency – all operating under scarcity, coercion, inequality, and varying forms and degrees of economic slavery. We must stop trying to patch the tire and replace it altogether. We are long overdue for a true revolution in the monetary sector of society.

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Apprenticeship programs could close the skills gap, but have been slow to gain traction

September 20, 2014

Governors from Michigan to North Carolina and the Obama administration have a solution for some of the U.S. manufacturing sector’s woes: German-style apprenticeship programs.

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Analysis, government, Latest Trend, Money Talk

Is it time for a Guaranteed Basic Income?

September 9, 2014

Poverty and homelessness on the rise.

Is it time for Basic Income? The idea of Basic Income has been endorsed by economists from a variety of political camps, but has always seemed more of a distant dream than a reality. Productivity and standard of living increases made Basic Income practical and logical.

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Analysis, Big Problems, government, Science & Technology News

Who is on America’s secret terrorist tracking-system?

August 13, 2014

More than 40% of the people on United States government’s shared database of terrorist suspects are not connected to any known terrorist group, according to classified government documents obtained by The Intercept.

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Analysis, government, Great Videos, Health & Fitness, Latest Trend

New York Times has called federal government to repeal marijuana ban

July 30, 2014

The Times said marijuana should only be available to people over 21 years old.

The New York Times has called for the federal government to repeal its ban on marijuana. They likened the federal law outlawing the drug to the failed prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s and ’30s. (Video)

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The U.S. government’s secret rulebook for labeling you a terrorist

July 25, 2014

The guidelines state that “the general policy of the U.S. Government is to neither confirm nor deny an individual’s watchlist status.

There has been a substantial expansion of the terrorist watchlist system and it has been quietly approved by the Obama administration. It authorizes a secret process that requires neither “concrete facts” nor “irrefutable evidence” to designate an American or foreigner as a terrorist, according to a key government document obtained by The Intercept.

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Alternative Transportation, government, Science & Technology News

Helsinki’s ambitious ride-share project wants to end the need for car ownership

July 16, 2014

Streets of Helsinki

The government of Helsinki, Finland will pilot an ambitious project to end the need for car ownership through a combination of taxis, ride-sharing apps, carpooling, and traditional public transit.

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Analysis, government, Internet, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Online storage isn’t protected by the Fourth Amendment

July 15, 2014

Content stored online simply do not have the same Fourth Amendment protections as physical data.

A judge in New York, a couple months ago, ruled that US search warrants applied to digital information even if they were stored overseas. The decision came about as part of an effort to dig up a Microsoft user’s account information stored on a server in Dublin, Ireland.

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Disrupting Government – Why Countries Will Soon Have to Compete for their Citizens

June 27, 2014

Futurist Thomas Frey: In 2002, Roger Ver was honing his entrepreneurial skills by selling products on eBay. It was in the aftermath of the Twin Towers disaster when one of his products called “Pest Control Report 2000” hit the radar of Homeland Security and he was charged and convicted of selling 14 pounds of explosives without a license.

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Swiss government to pay every adult basic income of $2,800 a month

May 16, 2014

The 2,500 francs would work out to be an income of 30,000 Swiss francs per year.

Every Swiss adult may start getting a salary of over $2,800 (2,500 francs) per month whether they work or not. Switzerland has based this on the idea that their citizens will have more time to devote to things they are intrinsically interested in, instead of spending the majority of their time worrying about how they are going to survive, as many individuals with entry level positions find it hard to meet their needs. The income initiative promises every Swiss citizen a living wage , so they can always survive without basic financial worry.

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