Just Facts Daily

Just Facts is thrilled to announce the launch of a new interactive website dedicated to providing crisp, factual analyses of recent news and current events. Here on our main website at justfacts.com, we focus on producing comprehensive pure-fact research on major policy issues, but at justfactsdaily.com, we sort fact from fiction among the constant torrent of news reports, commentaries, and political pronouncements.

For factual insights about the latest news, go to Just Facts Daily.

 Healthcare - NEW!

Healthcare is a deeply personal matter, but it increasingly has become the public's business through numerous laws and regulations that have been enacted. Furthermore, most healthcare services are shaped by a diverse variety of market forces. So if you truly want to understand the healthcare policy problems of today and solutions for tomorrow, you will need a firm foundation of facts that legitimately enlighten reality.

For comprehensive details, go to Healthcare Facts. For basic facts, go to Healthcare Basics.

 Global Warming

Although the issue of climate change has become a contentious minefield of claims and counterclaims, Just Facts has diligently researched and sorted through this muddle to bring you the concrete facts of the matter. Find reliable information that transcends the half-truths that dominate this highly contested topic.

For comprehensive details, go to Global Warming Facts. For basic facts, go to Global Warming Basics.

 National Debt

Slice through the partisan rhetoric that clouds the heated debate about the national debt. Just Facts has completed research that illuminates this issue with clear, precise, and encompassing facts. Documented with primary sources such as the U.S. Treasury Department and Financial Accounting Standards Board, this research provides voters, lawmakers, and policy analysts with data that is critical to genuinely understanding this important matter.

For comprehensive details, go to National Debt Facts. For basic facts, go to National Debt Basics. For a two-minute video overview of the national debt (current as of 2009), click here.

 Social Security

Learn how Social Security operates, the state of its fiscal health, the history of its tax increases, and much more through Just Facts' latest research on this topic. As always, our hard-hitting data is accompanied by the comprehensive documentation that separates Just Facts from typical news coverage.

For comprehensive details, go to Social Security. For basic facts, go to Social Security Basics.

 Gun Control

Does increased government control of firearms lead to a more civilized, less violent society; or does it leave law abiding citizens at the mercy of violent criminals? Is the Second Amendment applicable to individual citizens or only to the National Guard? Do we need stricter gun control laws? Are the existing laws being enforced? Examine this large collection of substantive facts and figures that speak to these important questions.

 
For details, go to Gun Control Facts.

 Abortion

Abortion—the mere mention of this word stirs passions and brings to mind political controversy. There is a great deal of rhetoric surrounding this issue, but what are the concrete facts? What do the scientific disciplines tell us? Where exactly do prominent politicians and organizations stand on this matter? More importantly, what are their records? Just Facts is your source for meticulously documented facts that help to answer these questions and many more.

 
For comprehensive details, go to Abortion Facts. For basic facts, go to Abortion Basics.

 Social Spending    

In 2010, the federal government spent 61% of its finances on housing and community services, welfare and social services, recreation and culture, health, education, retirement benefits, disability benefits and unemployment benefits. This amounts to $19,316/household. Yet, the father of the Constitution and the primary author of the Declaration of Independence considered such expenditures to be outside the bounds of federal power. Explore striking and meticulously documented facts that bring to light what has occurred between then and now.

For comprehensive details, go to Social Spending. For basic facts, go to Social Spending Basics.

 Racial Issues

On this emotionally charged subject where so many people have based their opinions on notions and prejudices, we have sorted through and challenged thousands of reported facts to separate fiction from reality. The end result is a list of more than 200 facts that have been tested and verified for accuracy and credibility.

 
For comprehensive details, go to Racial Issues. For basic facts, go to Racial Issues Basics.

 Constitution of the United States

Read the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and all amendments along with basic facts about the scope and purpose of the Constitution. These primary source documents are formatted for easy navigation and contain links to Just Facts' research on matters of Constitutional import.

For details, go to Constitution of the United States.

 Talking Down the Economy

The economy is dominating the news, but recent history reveals how the news plays a massive role in dominating the economy. Public perception, shaped by the media, is a major economic force, but one that can be twisted by the political biases of journalists. Research by Just Facts shows exactly how this takes place. Read the thoroughly documented details at

 
Talking Down the Economy

 The Impact of Social Security on the National Debt

If you think that Social Security owes you money because you have been paying into it, think again. You may in fact owe money to the Social Security program. The financial workings of Social Security are frequently misconstrued, and as such, Just Facts has sliced through the myths that surround this issue by using primary source documents from the Social Security Administration, United States Treasury, Congressional Budget Committee, U.S. Department of Commerce, the Social Security Act of 1935 and other applicable federal laws.

 
For details go to Exclusive News