Myths- What is true?

Low fat is better than regular. Surprised? Low fat is basically saying that the product has less fat than the original high fat product. If you actually look at the label, the low fat has more calories than the regular. With regular diets, you’re probably getting just a little less fat from the lower fat food, but not much.

The rich don’t pay fewer taxes. The average family with a $300,000 income will actually pay 34% income tax; over one third of their income goes to taxes.

Ethanol is better than regular gas. The new green gas ethanol is seen as the future fuel for your cars, since regular gas is not only expensive, but harming the earth. Ethanol would be more expensive than the gas we use today. Ethanol costs a lot more to make than gasoline does. Not only that, ethanol creates smoke like gas. It would still cause the harmful effects like gasoline, but not as fast.

We are running low on trees. The demand for lumber has slightly risen and has led to the belief that the world is running low on trees. We actually have the highest number of trees since the 1800s. We plant more trees than we cut down.

America is exceptionally ungenerous in its aid to developing nations

Fact: The United States government consistently contributes more towards overseas aid that the government of any other country, although in cash terms its contribution is smaller as a proportion of gross domestic product than that of most Western countries.[12] Most impressive, however, is the amount individual Americans choose to give in voluntary donations.

Hybrids are better than electric Cars. Really?. The largest single thing that makes hybrids better though is that you can buy one now. Electrics are still concepts.

Chemicals used in products sold to consumers have been tested and found safe from health effects. Most chemicals in modern use have simply not been tested for their impacts on human health, even very basic effects. If tests have been carried out, they usually are far too simplistic to anticipate many important health effects