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Manufacturing Jobs Fall Under Bush

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 6th, 2008

Manufacturing employment fell for the first time after Bush took office--below 16.5 million-- the first time for the period between 1965-2000.

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United Steelworkers and EPI
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Trade Deficit Rises Billions Under Bush

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 2nd, 2008

Under President Bush, America’s trade deficit has shot up by nearly $250 billion (adjusted for inflation).

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Bureau of Economic Analysis
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Bush Tax Cuts Provide Peanuts to the Most Vulnerable

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
July 17th, 2008

The Bush tax cuts gave an average tax break of $118,000 to those who make over $1 million per year and only $740 per year to middle-income households. The bottom 20 percent of households received an average tax break of only $20.

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"Tax Cuts: Myths and Realities," Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. 9 May 2008. http://www.cbpp.org/9-27-06tax.htm
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Bush Tax Cuts Leave a Deficit

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
July 17th, 2008

The Bush tax cuts that promised to pay for themselves, in fact will cost American taxpayers $300 billion last year. The tax cuts are primarily responsible for the deficit.

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James Horney, "Smaller Deficit Estimate No Surprise: New OMB Estimates Do Not Support Claims About Tax Cuts," Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. 13 July 2007. http://www.cbpp.org/7-11-07bud.htm
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Bush Takes Budget Surplus to a Deficit

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
July 17th, 2008

When Bush entered office he took command of a $236 billion surplus, now he will leave the American public with a 2008 deficit of more than $400 billion.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Bush Presents Budget that Would Increase Deficit," New York Times. 5 February 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/washington/05budget.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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Unemployment Has Grown Under Bush's Watch

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
July 17th, 2008

The success of the Bush tax program and economic policies are clear: 8.5 million Americans are unemployed—2.5 million more than when Bush took office.

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"Talking Points for Charts The Bush Economy," Joint Economic Committee Democrats. 6 June 2008. http://jec.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=21d54dfc-6cbe-4cb4-ae89-2eb8ccdd581d
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Bush Tax Cuts Produce Employment Flop

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
July 17th, 2008

The Bush and conservative-dominated Congress' tax cuts in 2001, and again in 2003 promised to create 5.5 million jobs from July 2003 through the end of 2004. Instead, only 2.4 million jobs were added during that period—1.7 million fewer jobs than the economy was expected to produce without any tax cuts.

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John S. Irons, "Bush's Tax and Budget Policies Fail to Promote Economic Growth," Center for American Progress.16 February 2006. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2006/02/b1425171.html
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Climate Kidnappers

By Frank O'Donnell
June 3rd, 2008

In case there was any doubt about it, the White House has officially said President Bush would veto the so-called Lieberman-Warner climate bill, which the Senate took up yesterday. more »

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Electrocuted at Age 22

By Tula Connell
May 5th, 2008

Every day, most of us go to work and then come home. Next day: Rinse, repeat.

But some U.S. workers go to work and never come home.

In April 2005, Donald Wilcher Smith was one of them. The 22-year-old central Texas man was electrocuted at the Sanderson Farms processing plant. more »

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Colombia Trade Deal Is Derailed. Let's Keep It Off the Tracks

By Tula Connell
April 15th, 2008

In August 2004, Hector Alino Martinez and three other Colombian trade unionists were dragged out of their homes and assassinated in the streets of Caño Seco. The men were among 96 unionists killed in Colombia that year. more »

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