FREE FACTS

% of children nationwide who go hungry
18

National rank of Washington state's tax on liquor
1

% of Americans who would rather spend a week in jail than be president for four years
52

$ in new state taxes the average Washingtonian will pay this year
200

% of deaths of Seattle men between 25 and 44 in 1990 caused by AIDS
39

# of U.S. cities where AIDS is the top killer of young men
64

Amount of rock at Okanogan County's Buckhorn Mountain needed to be blasted to extract a pickup-load of gold
97 million tons

$ spent on toy water guns last year in the U.S.
300 million

# of African-American-owned banks in Washington state
0

% of King County business owners with little or no understanding of the state Growth Management Act
45

$ that the state's 20 largest companies gave Mike Lowry during last year's campaign
$15,850

$ that the state's 20 largest companies gave Ken Eikenberry during the campaign
$144,450

The pay gap between men and women corporate executives in the U.S. in 1982
21%

The pay gap between men and women corporate executives in the U.S. in 1992
35%