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What portion of all healthcare spending in the U.S. is directly paid by consumers to healthcare providers (i.e., not indirectly paid through middlemen like insurance companies or governments)?

Seven months before the 9/11 attacks, what did the CIA director say was the “most immediate and serious threat” to the USA?

What portion of federal, state and local government spending in the U.S. is for public order and safety (including law enforcement, courts, prisons, immigration enforcement, and fire protection)?

Which of the following initiatives recently led to a 50% reduction in felony arrests for participating high-risk male youth in one of the nation’s largest school districts?

Which federal program has the highest rate of improper payments?

Why did the Obama admin shut down the only long-term nuclear energy waste storage facility planned for the U.S.?

In 2011, the Social Security Administration projected that the program’s Trust Fund would begin to decline in inflation-adjusted value in 2019. What is the projection now?

What portion of federal student loans that were due to begin repayment in 2010 are currently in default?

At what age are females in the U.S. at the greatest risk for forcible rape?

Is the portion of homicides that result in an arrest greater now than in the 1960s?