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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (20674)	8/29/2004 6:57:11 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

The debate is on the economy, Iraq and Healthcare. THE ECONOMY: The Bush deficit: $560 Billion over the last 12 months. SOURCE: publicdebt.treas.gov Bush Job Loss: The economy has lost 1.817 Million private sector jobs since Bush took office. SOURCE: bls.gov Bush puts more Americans in poverty: Since Bush has taken office 4.3 more Americans are living in poverty. Poverty increased 1.3 million in 2001, 1.7 million in 2003, and 1.3 million in 2003. SOURCE: census.gov THE IRAQ WAR: Not a last resort. No plan to win the peace. Cost of Iraq War (dollars): $135,230,561,075 SOURCE: projectbillboard.org Cost of Iraq war (American Soldiers): 974 SOURCE: cnn.com Cost of Iraq war (Iraqi civilians): ~12,000 iraqbodycount.net HEALTHCARE: The costs of healthcare are soaring. Since Bush took office, the average family health insurance premium has increased $2,630 and 3.7 million Americans have lost their insurance. Only Kerry has a plan: johnkerry.com