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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 08:18 AM
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Census Report Closes the Books on Bush's Legacy - Not one Repugs will point to with pride.
Closing the Books on Bush's Legacy

Ronald Brownstein notes that the annual Census Bureau report on income, poverty and access to health care "closes the books on the economic record of George W. Bush. It's not a record many Republicans are likely to point to with pride."

"On every major measurement, the Census Bureau report shows that the country lost ground during Bush's two terms. While Bush was in office, the median household income declined, poverty increased, childhood poverty increased even more, and the number of Americans without health insurance spiked. By contrast, the country's condition improved on each of those measures during Bill Clinton's two terms, often substantially."

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Metta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 08:30 AM
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Happy karma, thugs. You inherit the fruits of your deeds.
Hope you have an extra change of clothes and a toothbrush.
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Metta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 08:30 AM
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1. Happy karma, thugs. You inherit the fruits of your deeds.
Hope you have an extra change of clothes and a toothbrush.
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4dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 08:34 AM
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2. But don't blam conservative economic policies
Tell any conservative that the reason this happened is due to 30 years of failed economic policies and you'll get a blank look from them. Its amazing conservatives cannot see the writing on the wall but they are blind to their own devices..
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 08:34 AM
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3. F-ck close the books!!It should be Talked about as much as a dress
Edited on Sat Sep-12-09 08:35 AM by orpupilofnature57
or a Birth certificate ,but it wont.Just like we'll never know the leaps and Bounds the 12% jumped in money and Privilege ,because M$M is their agent.
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 08:51 AM
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4. Oboy, I'm keeping this fine resource.
Republicans what they wanted: An extremist rightwing president and a Bush league lapdog GOP congress for most of the past 8 years. This concludes their failed 30 year social experiment.

I object to the notion of a closed book, however. Republicans want us to forget the GWB administration ever existed so they can continue to perpetuate their failed ideologies. As far as I'm concerned that book will forever remain open.
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 08:51 AM
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5. Brownstein's piece is pretty devastating.
Under Clinton, the median income increased 14%. Under Bush it declined 4.2%.

Total number of Americans in poverty: Clinton: declined 16.9%. Bush: increased 26.1%

http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/09/closing_the_book_on_the_bush_legacy.php
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 09:06 AM
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6. Last night on Lou Dobbs pointed out that the number of people
who actually have insurance has shrank drastically.

You know the line: 75-80% of Americans have Health Ins.
Wrong. He also pointed out Companies are dropping benefits
such as Health Insurance. Does this or should this
have any bearing on Health Insurance Plans in Congress??

It seems it should. The plans were drawn up this way
because supposedly so many people have health care.
Just asking???
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 09:19 AM
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8. And this doesn't address degradation of health insurance quality.
Where many employers once provided quality health insurance with no employee premiums, copays, or deductibles, today's trend is toward high deductible catastrophic-only coverage. And the employee is paying a continually increasing share of the premium, to ultimately arrive at a point where the employer contributes nothing.
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ellie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 09:13 AM
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7. repukes don't care about that
all they care about are how much money they made and how much money minorities and people not like them didn't make.
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Frustratedlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 09:22 AM
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9. DUrs are smart. We said this for the last 8 years. No surprise there. nt
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silverlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:08 PM
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10. I honestly believe that this is a success for the GOP...
They did it on purpose and will continue to help the demise of the working people as long as they can get away with it.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:28 PM
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11. Another pain in the legacy for poor Dumbya. n/t
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Marsala Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:42 PM
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12. But the incomes of the wealthiest 1% of Americans increased!
So, a win for the Republicans.
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Kdillard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 08:44 PM
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13. Nail meet coffin. Kick and Rec.
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-24-09 04:56 AM
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14. But the tax cuts worked!
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