So High Above

The Bush Administration and their cheerleaders would like you to believe that the Bush Tax cuts have spurred on America to an unprecedented period of economic prosperity. As of two days ago the President said "we are not in a recession, it is just a slowdown" Today the Federal Reserve confirmed the President's statement that there is not a recession. How many Americans believe that. Taking a look at the past seven years, just in terms of numbers, in the year 2000 Americans were paying $1.15 per gallon of gasoline, in 2008 we are quickly approaching $4.00 with predictions as high as $10 per gallon. In 2000, Americans were paying .89 cents for a dozen eggs, today, $3.69, in 2000 bread was $1.49 per loaf, today $2.69, and in 2000 a pound of flour was .27 cents, today .98cents. When the Bush Administration took over in 2000, the previous 4 years the Federal Budget was at a surplus, it has steadily risen to the largest deficit in history. We are losing jobs at a record rate, p...

On April 22, 2008 President Bush stated that we are not in a recession, we are in a slowdown. Mr. Bush lives in a fantasy world. The state of the American Economy is in dire straits. The American Family is struggling to survive on all fronts. The price of gasoline, food, home heating energy, electricity and health care are pushing average American Families beyond their economic means. There is a major disconnect between what this man sees and what is reality. Just as during Katrina, he complimented the FEMA head, “heck of a job Brownie”, while people where suffering and distressed, with little help forthcoming from FEMA. Mr. Bush thought everything was just fine. In Iraq, according to Mr. Bush, we have, pre-empted WMD’s, liberated the Iraqi people, brought democracy to the Iraqi People, stopped the insurgency, and are now on a good course. None of these premises are true. Under the Bush leadership, we have invaded a Sovereign Nation, thrown a People into Civil War, gave a base from whi...