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-0.4% U.S. personal-savings rate in 2005, the first time since 1933 that the average American’s spending has exceeded disposable income$9,312 Estimated average credit-card debt per U.S. card-holding household in 2005
726 Number of gay and lesbian members of the military discharged in 2005 for breaching the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy
$200 million Estimated amount the U.S. [...]

25% Drop in the number of prosecutions in which the FBI was the lead investigator, from 2001 to ‘05
300% Increase in the number of FBI-led prosecutions regarding national security or terrorism in the same period.
3 ft. Height that homes in New Orleans will have to be raised to qualify for flood insurance and federal rebuilding [...]