Monday, September 03, 2007

Good questions.

A wee bit rhetorical, perhaps, but good. Senator Sanders...
How can the president claim that the economy is "robust" when nearly five million Americans have slipped into poverty since 2000, including over one million children? How can the president say the economy is "vibrant" when median income for working-age families has declined by about $2,400 since 2000? How can Bush claim that the economy is "strong and getting stronger" when the personal savings rate has been below zero for eight consecutive quarters, something that hasn't happened since the Great Depression? How can he claim that the economy is "healthy" when 8.6 million Americans have lost their health insurance since 2000, and a record-breaking 47 million Americans are uninsured with millions more under-insured?
Of course, we all know how he can make such claims.

He's a...

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