Thursday, July 15, 2004

Answers

Ready? Here we go:

What is the percentage of US population that is black?
Answer: about 12%. Most people (of any race) answer 30%.

What is the percentage of US budget allocated to foreign aid?
Answer: less than 1%. Most people answer 25%.

How much does the average taxpayer pays in income taxes?
Answer: about 25%. Most people answer 50%.

How much of the US budget goes to Social Security?
Answer: about 22%

How much of the US budget goes to the Department of Defense?
Answer: about 18%

How much of the US budget goes to the Department of Education?
Answer: less than 3%

What percentage of the world's population is Christian? Muslim? Jewish? Non-religious?
Answer: Christians = 33%, Islam = 22%, Jewish = less than 1%, non-religious = 14%. I didn't ask about Hindus, but they're about 15%.

Interesting, eh?

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