Is McDonalds A Recession Winner?

"Now that the recession is most likely over, it's time to start looking at which companies, institutions, and individuals thrived during this grim period," writes Daniel Gross at Newsweek. "Chief among the Great Recession's winners is McDonald's, he writes, with sales growing faster in 2008 than 2006 and 2007.

Here are a few ways of using Kapitall to analyze McDonald's.

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How Are My Tax Dollars Spent?

I'm not sure where the author gets the data for this info-graphic on US government tax spending but it is still an interesting way to breakdown U.S. government spending.   And as you know, I'm a statistics nerd.  So of course, I have a favorite statistic.  For the average tax bill of $4,597, $21.52 goes to pay for federal prisons - that's 8 hours 28 minutes of inmate time.  At $60.76 per day, it sounds like a pretty good deal - that's less than a night at Motel 6 and three meals at McDonalds.