DNC: Bush on the Economy: Long on Rhetoric, Short on Results

For Immediate Release
December 5, 2005
Contact: Karen Finney - 202-863-8148

Bush on the Economy: Long on Rhetoric, Short on Results

Washington, DC - Today President Bush spoke in North Carolina and tout economic
"successes" while ignoring the reality that millions of hard-working Americans
can see for themselves: that the Bush economy is not working for them.

"Millions of Americans already know what the President refuses to admit, that
the Bush economy isn't working for them. President Bush refuses to tell the
truth: wages are flat, health care costs are skyrocketing and Americans are
paying more for basic necessities like heating oil," said Democratic National
Committee Communications Director Karen Finney.

"While President Bush praises his own economic record, he fails to mention that
he squandered a huge surplus and has presided over the worst deficits in our
nation's history. And Bush's budgets don't honestly address the ongoing costs
of the Iraq War or the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

"The President travelled to North Carolina today to sell his failed economic
agenda. He neglected to explain to the people of that state, who have seen more
than a hundred thousand of their friends and neighbors lose their manufacturing
jobs, why his White House has stood aside and offered little help. We simply
cannot trust Republicans in Washington to put the economy back to work for the
American people.

"America can do better than President Bush's reckless fiscal policy. We need
real economic leadership that reduces the deficit and puts the concerns of
America's working families first."

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