Many people still believe that Bigfoot, a huge ape-man that supposedly lives in the Pacific Northwest, is real. Yet, the scientific community has generally dismissed its existence due to a lack of evidence. All of the alleged Bigfoot samples—such as hair and skin—have been revealed as fakes or could not be confirmed through lab analyses, and the available photos and video footage of the elusive ape-man are blurry or obviously staged. Most importantly, Bigfoot sightings continue to be reported, but no bones or bodies of dead specimens have ever been found. This is another reason to doubt the creature’s existence, as a large ___________ is needed for long-term survival.

For decades, many government policies were built around the “trickle-down theory.” This is the idea that tax breaks and other financial benefits for the wealthy gradually trickle down to working-class citizens. The resulting economic growth was supposed to provide the working class with more job opportunities, and thus help society as a whole. But this “theory” is not so much an economic principle as it is a political assumption. The International Monetary Fund recently released a report in which they calculated that a 1% increase in the earnings of the wealthiest 20% of society would actually lead to a decline in economic growth. If, on the other hand, the bottom 20% of society received the same benefits, growth would increase slightly. The authors of the report explain that when the gap between the rich and the poor gets wider, economic growth stagnates since the poor have difficulty paying for their basic needs.