recorded at the same time the number of people unaffiliated secular or ignostic is shooting up sharply. in the sense of trends well, it looks like christianity is on the decline in the u.s. particularly something called the religious middle. joining me now to discuss this reverend dr. jackie lewis here in new york city michael hout professor of sociology at new york university who studies the changing perceptions of religion in this country. great to have you both here. so fascinating stuff here. between 2000 and 2014 a decline in catholics and main line protestants, right? we see a significant increase from 16.1 to 22.8% unaffiliated. this is a fairly seismic shift when you re talking about a period of just seven years in terms of the religious composition of the left.
what are medicaid? i don t know. how do you do the computer and figure it out? i can t get a computer to figure it out. the website crashes. instead of saying the numbers are lies, why don t you prove it? i m going to wrap it up. can i say one more thing? i have to make a point before we go. if they have a death spiral where no young people sign up, premium s sky rocket before the midterms. originally when the bill was passed, remember the number the democrats were touting was not 7.1 million. it was 19 million uninsured to get covered. this chart from the apothecary shows this is what cbo wanted, projections for people to be on previously uninsured to be insured, excuse me. this is how many they got. it was supposed to be 22.8. it s now 12.5. this is my graphic. also, i m going to answer a question that you asked. how do you prove it? if i were jay carney today or
22.8%. we re not that far off, and taxing isn t the problem either because we actually have gone down as a percentage of our gdp. so yeah, many years ago when i was a kid, movies cost $5 and now they cost $10. that record isn t really meaning anything. tracy, take her on. it s so crazy on so many levels. first of all we re benefiting from low interest rates right now, that might be part of the reason why the number is down. watch when interest rates go down how our monthly interest rate goes through the roof. that is going to cripple the country. second of all you find me one person that does a happy dance come tax time that doesn t owe more and more every year. sit down and do your tax return you can t believe how much money we get to the government and don t get any of it back in the benefits we re supposed to see from it. raising taxes is not the issue here. she s a tax accountant so she knows about the numbers. gary, is this proof we have to cut spending, not raise taxes? b
their tax rate was 22.8%. fishermen on a burning boat. fortunately two other men came by in time to rescue them. it had been a gift from god because he came out of nowhere. the boat, i can replace one day. i couldn t bear the thought of my wife having to tell my son i wouldn t be there. alisyn: the fishermen believe a hydraulic fuel leak sparked this fire. oregon students one step closer to reciting the pledge of allegiance at school every day. the statehouse education committee passing a new bill requiring the pledge be said every day in every classroom display an american flag. right now students are only given the chance to say it once a week. if this bill passes, students who do not want to say the pledge can remain
they donated about $7200 to charity including donated pots and pans. the bananas effective rate was 22.8%. meanwhile, the irs firing back that it is speirg on your emails. i hope you saw our segment last hour. it denies claims that agents are looking at your emails and facebook page without a warranty. they say respecting taxpayer rights and privacy are the cornerstone principles for the irs. the irs does not use emails to target taxpayers. the suggestions to the contrary is wrong but they can look at your emails according to the aclu. a high school forcing students to take a breath test before they go inside. high school principal came up with the idea after six kids showed up drink after homecoming. one student was so drunk they