Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 29, 2023
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August 29, 2023: 125 years ago, in 1898, the first Goodyear Tire factory opened in Akron, Ohio. Eighteen (18) years later, a 36,000 acre plot near Phoenix, AZ, was purchased for growing cotton, which was used in the tires.[1]
Today, Goodyear is one of the top five manufacturers of tires in the world, wth 1,240 service centers and 57 facilities. As of 2021, they employed more than 72,000 people, and bring in gross revenue of $12.32 billion annually.[1]
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- August 28, 2023-60 years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his I Have a Dream speech
- August 25, 2023-24% of voters say that the economy is the greatest threat to America’s future
- August 24, 2023-1.5% of mail-in ballots were rejected in 2022
- August 23, 2023-72% of voters favor a constitutional amendment legally obligating the government to pay promised social security benefits
- August 22, 2023-77% of voters say that America was founded on freedom, equality, and self-governance
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