How Bush Became The New Saddam

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Poor Losers

Those who can afford it the least, pay the most.

How the poor get dinged at every turn

During the 1980s, 13% of Americans age 40 to 50 spent at least one year below the poverty line; by the 1990s, 36% did.

Since 2000, the number of Americans living below the poverty line at any one time has steadily risen. Now 13% of all Americans—37 million—are officially poor.

Among households worth less than $13,500, their average net worth in 2001 was $0. By 2004, it was down to –$1,400.

Bush’s tax cuts (extended until 2010) save those earning between $20,000 and $30,000 an average of $10 a year, while those earning $1 million are saved $42,700.

In 2002, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) compared those who point out statistics such as the one above to Adolf Hitler.

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Many reasons to say 'no more' in Iraq

Via the Cincinnati Enquirer

"Does it honor those who have died to send more after them? Does it respect those who have lost limbs to litter the battlefield with fresh young legs? Is it good leadership to admit mistakes and then propose making more and bigger mistakes?

Our soldiers have given us their best. We must do better for them."

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