FREE FACTS

# of homeless families the same organization must turn away each year:
2,300

Out of seven children in Washington, the number that live below the poverty line:
1

$ per year needed for a federal food program that would eliminate hunger in the US:
10 billion

$ value of deals President Clinton made in order to secure congressional passage of NAFTA:
50 billion

Estimated future loss in yearly income for 70 percent of U.S. workers because of NAFTA, according to a free-trade advocate:
$1,000

In the entire year of 1989, minutes of network news reportage (on NBC, CBS and ABC combined) spent on reporting workplace safety issues:
13

% of newspaper editors saying they generally side with management in labor disputes:
53

% of newspaper editors saying they generally side with labor in labor disputes:
8

For each "citizen activist" that appears on a public affairs TV shows, the number of corporate experts that appear:
3

# of personal letters the average US home receives each week:
1.5

# of catalogs and bulk mail pieces the average US home receives each week:
12.6

Amount of bulk mail sent to US homes in 1990:
3.8 million tons

% of that bulk mail that was recycled in 1990:
5.2

Proportion of Americans not interested in having "interactive media" in their homes:
2/3