Comment Re:Adjust using the PCI index. (Score 2) 374
actually adjusting average income from 1950 ($3300) to present day based on CPI yields around $34k
actually adjusting average income from 1950 ($3300) to present day based on CPI yields around $34k
Most of our taxes are based on income, not assets. The highest 1% income group pays 37% of the taxes on 17% of the income:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.heritage.org/federalbudget/charts/2012/top10-percent-income-earners-680.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.heritage.org/federalbudget/top10-percent-income-earners&h=483&w=680&sz=91&tbnid=jdfoY4P4QYOmzM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=124&zoom=1&usg=__2IhbUPh1aQAG2MD19HsQuDZUChc=&docid=koaHxadwdYjGuM&sa=X&ei=4EAAUf6LGM-B0QGFmYG4Ag&ved=0CIcBEPUBMAk&dur=2890
Fundamental human rights should be limited to the basics. If we expand the definition of fundamental human right to include ownership of a high-tech device that did not even exist 20 years ago, we really miss the point.
I have heard that sudden stressful events can delay or prevent ovulation. Pregnancy can occur either from sex when a woman has recently ovulated (and still carries a viable egg) or from sex a few days prior to ovulation (sperm can live inside the vagina for several days). It seems logical (though I am not aware of a study about it) that the stress of rape could prevent a woman from ovulating (if she would normally have ovulated within the next few days) and therefore make pregnancy (that otherwise would have occurred a few days after sex) less likely. Pregnancy from rape is certainly possible, but may be statistically less likely than pregnancy from consensual sex.
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