1. Simple Fixes for Government Spending

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    Pennies Cost Too Much

    Pennies cost more than they’re worth, and the tax payers are the ones shelling out for them. Canada and Australia have already discontinued the one-cent coin. In America, the annual losses after value are more than a hundred million. It is the easiest math in the nation. Discontinue them.


    Dollar Coins

    The switch from dollar bills to dollar coins would save approximately 4.4 billion over the next 30 years. This is because bills are so easily torn and otherwise destroyed and require so much upkeep from circulation.


    Change the Font, Save Money

    The government could save $136 million every year by simply changing their legal printed font from Times New Roman to Garamond. At merely 14 years of age, Suvir Mirchandani studied the differences between fonts and the costs in toner, submitting his findings that were later published in “Journal for Emerging Investigators” and then spread like wildfire in one article after another. The government has yet to implement the change.


    What’s a Billion?

    Nine zeros behind a one is easy to write, but a billion is a difficult number to comprehend. What is one billion in 2012?

    • A billion seconds ago, it was 1981.
    • A billion minutes ago, the “current era” had barely celebrated its first century (111 C.E.).
    • A billion hours ago, our ancestors were still living in the Stone Age.
    • A billion days ago, no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
    • A billion dollars ago was spent in less than one and a half hours at the current rate of government spending in the United States.

    This article is dedicated to the late Michael Mahon Hastings, a true freedom fighter and journalist for BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone.

    (via soundbytepsychology)

  2. Don’t talk to the police

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

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  3. Pennies Cost Too Much

    Pennies cost more than they’re worth, and the tax payers are the ones shelling out for them. Canada and Australia have already discontinued the one-cent coin. In America, the annual losses after value are more than a hundred million. It is the easiest math in the nation. Discontinue them.

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  5. If your faith can be shaken by a drawing, then you have none.
Je Suis Charlie. Anyone who loves freedom, freedom of speech and artistry, freedom to be crazy, and who loves freedom – all – have felt how personal this attack was. Only those who support...
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  7. did-you-kno:
“ Flu shots are more important than you think. The CDC recommends that all children from 6 mos to 18 yrs should have an annual shot, but only about half do. During the 2012-2013, influenza killed 149 children. 90% of them weren’t...
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  8. Illegal to give food to the homeless in 33 cities

    Level of fucked-upedness at 100% and rising.

    Not only has feeding the homeless been made illegal in 33 cities, but people have already been ticketed for trying to give them food. It’s a quick-sign petition and it’s important.

    Take a moment and sign.

  9. Crime Scene lip art by Chuchy5
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  10. did-you-kno:
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Idiots. A level of savings with such a switch should not even be up for vote; it should already be implemented.
This change is right up there with “changing fonts to save millions”. It needs to happen and now.
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  11. Just the latest in government attacks versus off-the-grid living. I love Robin’s stance on that it is the government that needs to justify their actions, not the individual.

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  12. shananaomi:

    Honey Maid received ten times more notes of support than the hate messages they got from your cohort. Your hate is no longer socially acceptable. Their message to you is that you can boycott and scream all you want. They’re going with love.

    (via Honey Maid Responds Beautifully To Anti-Gay Haters Upset About Their ‘Wholesome’ Campaign | Truth Wins Out)

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