It's The Economy, Stupid: What Bush Has Done For America

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While Bush has been President:

- Unemployment has risen from 3.9% to 6.0%;

- 42 States will or expect to make Medicaid Cuts;

- 41.2 Million People in America Have NO Health Insurance;

- Number of Americans living in Poverty rises for first time in eight years;

- Overall economic growth at 1 percent, the lowest for any administration in 50 years;

- The value of Americans' stock holdings down $4.5 trillion and a 30 percent drop in the value of IRAs and 401(k) plans;

- A projected budget surplus of $5.6 trillion converted into a deficit of $400 billion;

- Bush Budget Will Spend the Entire Social Security Trust Fund Over Next Two Years;

- "Consumer Comfort" has dropped from +20 to -20 in one year;

- 49% of Americans Are "Dissatisfied With The Way Things Are Going in the United States at this time," up from 29%;

- Bush Budget Posted First Deficit Since 1997, Predicted Deficits Until 2005;

- 98% of Pension Funds expected to be Under-Funded;

- "Consumer Confidence" continues to drop;

- U.S. debt will have "Major International Consequences."

How much more proof do we need?

The U.S. Needs A "Regime Change."

Tell Bush: "It's the Economy, Stupid."

Sources for these numbers are available at BuzzFlash.com:

http://www.buzzflash.com/perspectives/2002/Economy.html

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