lovers of bush ( What did bush do just for Americans )

Thees are what G.W.B achieve in his presidential period :

2,931,000 Number of jobs lost in the private sector since Bush took office

135,000 Average number of jobs created monthly under every President since Truman.

79,189 Average number of jobs created monthly under Bush.

2,447,000 Number of people who have become unemployed since Bush took office.

37 percent Increase in the unemployment rate since Bush took office.

4.1 percent Unemployment rate when Bush took office in January 2001.

5.6 percent Unemployment rate in March 2004.

8,170,000 Total number of unemployed Americans.

675,000 Number of Americans experiencing long-term unemployment (27 weeks or more) when Bush took office in January 2001.

1,871,000 Number of Americans suffering long-term unemployment in March 2004.

177 percent Increase in long-term unemployment under Bush.

11.8 percent Percentage of consumers who believe jobs are plentiful.

760,000 Number of workers who have lost their unemployment insurance since December 2002.

(Ballooning Deficits)

$5.6 trillion Baseline surplus for the 10-year period for FY 2002-2011, as projected by the Congressional Budget Office when Bush took office in January 2001.

$5.2 trillion Budget deficit over next 10 years if Bush's 2005 budget proposal is enacted.

$2.4 trillion Amount Bush's budget will raid from the Social Security and Medicare trust funds over the next 10 years.

$478 billion Budget deficit for 2004 as predicted by CBO, if Bush' s proposals are enacted.

$188 billion Amount Bush's budget deficit for 2004 exceeds the highest budget deficit in history, which was posted in 1992 by Bush's father.

2.2 trillion Ten-year cost of Bush's proposed tax cuts including additional costs for interest on the national debt.

32.4 percent Percent of tax cut for the top 1 percent of wage earners under the Bush "growth" plan.

8.5 percent of tax cuts for the bottom 60 percent of wage earners under the Bush "growth" plan.

64 million Number of taxpayers (48 percent) who receive $100 or less under the Bush "growth" plan.

$30,127 Average tax cut for the top 1 percent of taxpayers under the Bush "growth" plan.

$289 Average tax cut for the middle 20 percent of taxpayers under the Bush "growth" plan.

$4-5 billion Amount Bush tax proposal would cost states.

1 million Number of taxpayers the Alternative Minimum Tax affected in 1999.

36 million Number of taxpayers the Alternative Minimum Tax will affect in 2010 because of Bush's tax cuts and his failure to address the AMT.

10 percent Increase in bankruptcies since Bush took office.

1,625,213 Number of consumers who filed for bankruptcy in 2003.

24 percent Drop in consumer confidence since Bush took office.

50 percent Increase in out-of-pocket health care costs for workers since Bush took office.

14 percent Increase in the cost of job-based health insurance in 2003; highest rate in 13 years.

8.7 percent Increase in the cost of the 10 most-used prescription drugs in 2003.16 61 percent Percent of employers who cited rising drug costs as a major cause of premium increases in 2003.

11.5 percent Increase in gas prices since 2000.

49 Number of states that increased tuition at their public colleges and universities in 2003.

State budget cuts fueled by the Bush recession have forced colleges to hike tuitions and fees-threatening access to higher education for low-income students.

35 percent Increase in tuition and fees at four-year public institutions since Bush took office, adjusted for inflation.




Sources: 1Bureau of Labor Statistics, 3/04; 2House Appropriations Committee Minority Staff, 3/04; 3Conference Board, 3/04; 4Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, 2/25/04; 5Congressional Budget Office, Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2002-2011, 1/01; 6Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2/1/04; CBO, An Analysis of Bush's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2005, 3/04; 7Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 1/30/04, 1/21/04; 8CTJ Fact Sheet, 1/8/03; 9CTJ Fact Sheet, 2/3/03; 10CBPP Fact Sheet, 1/10/03; 11Brookings Institute, Tax Policy Center, The AMT: Out of Control, 9/18/02; New York Times, 1/10/03; 12U.S. Census Bureau, "Money Income in the United States: 2002"; 13American Bankruptcy Institute, 3/04; 14Conference Board, 3/04; 15Kaiser Family Foundation, Employer Health Benefits Survey 2000 and 2003; 16AdvancePCS, 8/25/03; 17CNN.com, 2/23/04; 18Associated Press, 8/25/03; 19College Board, College Costs 2003