From: Scotty1958@nyc.rr.com 
  
 Unemployment 
 When President Bush took office, unemployment had reached a 40-year low 
 of 3.9%. America can do better. Under George W. Bush's Unemployment 
 Plan, more than 9 million Americans are actively looking for work but 
 unable to find it € more than the combined total population of 10 
 states. The President has produced the worst job creation record of any 
 administration in the last 58 years. 
 Poverty 
 Under President Bush, millions of Americans slipped below the official 
 poverty line, marking the first increase in poverty since 1993. George 
 W. Bush plans to do even more for poverty in the future. 
  
 Bankruptcies 
 In two years, the U.S. had the highest rate of bankruptcy cases in 
 history, increasing 23% since 2000. That's good, but there's still more 
 work to do. President Bush's Corporate Scandal Plan should make the rate 
 go even higher. 
  
 Homeland Insecurity 
 President Bush is doing more to make our country less secure. In August 
 2002, George W. Bush vetoed a bipartisan homeland security package for 
 port security, cockpit doors, border patrol, customs information 
 systems, local first responder equipment, chemical weapons safety and 
 other security shortfalls. President Bush has his priorities straight -- 
 just four months before he was to propose another tax giveaway for the 
 rich, Bush rejected the Homeland Security funds on the grounds that the 
 nation could not afford it. 
  
 Hatred of America 
 When there were high levels of worldwide sympathy after the 9/11 attack, 
 President Bush didn't sit back and do nothing -- he worked harder to 
 make America more hated. U.S. prestige has plummeted to new lows in 
 Europe, the Middle East and Asia due to perceived arrogance and 
 belligerence. 
  
 Budget Deficit 
 George W. Bush inherited a horrible budget surplus of $236 billion in 
 2000, yet the President thankfully found a way to make it evaporate into 
 a more than $150 billion deficit for 2002. There's more to be done, and 
 President Bush is taking action. Private sector budget forecasters now 
 predict the Bush 2004 deficit to be in the $300 to $350 billion range, 
 meaning a half-trillion-dollar negative change in the government's 
 fiscal picture since George W. Bush took office. 
  
 Education Cuts 
 Weeks after the President's promise to "write a healthy check" for 
 education when signing the "No Child Left Behind Act", he submitted a 
 2003 budget that actually cut education the programs within the No Child 
 Left Behind Act by $90 million. The White House 2004 budget proposal for 
 Title I (the main program targeting aid to disadvantaged children) is 
 expected to fall more than $6 billion short of what is promised in the 
 new education law. 
  
 Tax Breaks for the Rich 
 Almost 40% of Bush's first tax cut went to the richest 1% of the country 
 € those making more than $373,000 per year and the ones who need it the 
 most. The average tax cut for that sliver of the population was $53,123. 
 Similarly, with Bush's second tax cut proposal, the same sliver of the 
 population would receive an average tax cut of $30,127, while the 
 average working family would receive about $289. 
  
 More Americans Without Health Insurance 
 The number of Americans without health insurance rose by 1.4 million in 
 2001, after dropping in 1999 and 2000, all thanks to the leadership of 
 George W. Bush. 
  
 More Serious Crime 
 Serious crime is up 2.1% for 2001 - the first increase in 10 years, 
 reversing the downward trend started in 1991; between 2000 and 2001, 
 robberies up 3.7%, murders up 2.5%. More crime means more guns, and we 
 all love our guns, right? 
  
 Copyright € 2004 MINITRUE 
  
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