Bush Economic ploicies Fall Short of Claims.Report Shows

[Monkeyman]

Washington-The House Budget Committee and Joint Economic Committee Democratic staffs today released a report about the state of the enconomy.The report focuses on how the economy is faring under current policies,as opposed to the Bush Administration's claims.Congressman John Spratt,Ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee,and Senator Jack Reed,Ranking Democrat on the Joint Economic,relesed the following statement:

"In recent months,Administration officials have repeatedly touted the success of their econimic policies. But this Administration's record falls short of its rhetoric.The experience of many Americans fails to match the picture of success painted by the Administration"

Todays report is noteworthy partly because it finds that the Administration's own data are at odds with the rosy claims asserted by Administration officails on a host of enonomic issues.Its finding include:

1-Jobs-Employment growth during the Bush Administration has averaged 42,000 jobs per month.This is the lowest monthly rate for any administration since Eisenhower,and less than one-fifth of 237.000 jobs achieved during the Clinton Administration.

2- Wages-Inflation-adjusted hourly wages have Decreased by 1.3 percent since August 2003,when the economy stopped losing jobs. Evan though "average hours worked" has increased since August 2003,the increase has not been sufficient to keep inflation- adjusted weekly wages from dropping.

3- Income-Median annual household income has decreased by $1.700 ,or by 3.6 percent, after accounting for inflation over the course of the Bush Administration.

4- Dept-Since President Bush took office Six long years ago,Republicans have added $1.4 trillion to the public dept} an increase of 42 percent. The level of Foreign-owned U.S. Treasury dept has more than Tripled during this Admistration. On his watch,President Bush has incurred more foreign dept in six years than the previous 42 presidents combined.

So guys and girls dubba is fringing you all. With his rubber stamp Congress we have been outsource to death. TIME FOR CHANGE

[marmar]

1. If their economic policy is to structurally screw up the economy...

He's doing a bang-up job. :scared:

[AndyA]

2. Just as so many of us have suspected all along. And by lying to the

American people, The Bush Administration has proven they cannot be trusted.

We need leaders, not liars. For a change.

[Frustratedlady]

3. Well, we all knew they were wrong, because we're living with it.

I have someone I'd like to send that report to. Do you have a link to the report?

[Monkeyman]

4. Yep even harder now that they cut my Veterans benefits

We are living pay check to pay check. A hell of alot of vets are going homeless. Now the latest 33 percent of all the homeless are veterans. So much for them saying we care about the troops and veterans. The veterans issue should be put out all over the country there are 38 million veterans if they know the facts like we do vote in 2006 would smell like VICTORY

[Frustratedlady]

5. That's criminal.

Didn't the same thing happen after Vietnam? Out of sight, out of mind. I'm sorry you are struggling so. I worry that those of us that aren't in the upper tax bracket will not be able to survive 2 1/2 more years of this crap. Good luck to you.

[calimary]

6. Criminal is a good word for it.

Veterans are the ONE group, of any group, whose needs should NOT be denied, excused, cut, or sneaky-ass'ed away. There is NO excuse. NONE. Our veterans' needs should not be where we try to cut corners to save a buck.

[Monkeyman]

7. Thanks guys vets are important to me

No matter how little money we have I fight for veterans and the returning troops everyday. There is a clinic here that see 6000 veterans a month but the Budget cuts has hurt them so bad that 3 nurses and two doc's. do the work. Now the hand picked Bush's Veterans Commission is closing 18 VA hospitals and 3500 rural clinics forcing vets to travel miles for care. We need to put Dem's in office they show how much they care while replugs just talk and cut

[calimary]

8. UTTERLY true. Especially when far too many republi-CONS in power

are chickenhawks and armchair warriors who never wore their country's uniform, never faced combat, never had to deal with what you did - never saw, up close 'n' personal, what war REALLY IS. They couldn't possibly know or sympathize, or offer more than lip service. It's like most of them will not support stem cell research until, like Nancy Reagan, they're forced off their holier-than-thou pedestals because there's suddenly a serious case of Alzheimers or Parkinson's disease in their own families. They. Just. Don't. Get. It. And they WON'T EVER get it. Because they CAN'T get it. It's not possible. Not only are they unable to understand the idea of walking in someone else's mocassins, they're too self-centered and arrogant and complacent and smug to think there's even any reason to.

I say OUT WITH 'EM! TO HELL with them!!!! YES. We DO need to put more Dems in office. Especially since more of them have actually seen combat and know what it's like to have gone through that, and what it means to be a veteran (or at least it sure seems that way). The pantywaists should STAY HOME and play with their Xboxes or something, where they aren't in any position to hurt anybody else. Either that, or a whole bunch of these worthless shits should be issued uniforms, weapons, MREs, and a seat on a troop transport - and sent over there to participate personally in the wars they love and lust after, so much.

[Monkeyman]

9. Yep

Thats why I support two vets one a Merine Gulf War One the second is Navy his brother is in Iraq right now for the third time and his family is living with the inlaws.

www.Enger4rep.org

www.john06.com

[Monkeyman]

10. Good Night DU

THANKS FOR THE POST AND READS