Uh, we didnt get into this economy in just the last 16 months - and we have 6 years of republican controlled congress before that. SO dont even try to blame the dems in congress for the current economic woes.
Hey Joey, I'm still waiting for your stats as to how the slumping economy is all Bush's fault. In the meantime, how about it if I give you some facts:
In just one year …….
Remember the election in 2006?
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%
Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to $3.50 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.
America voted for change in 2006 and we got it!
Remember, its congress that makes law, not the President. He
has to work with what’s handed to him and constitutionally, the House of Representatives is responsible for the fiscal affairs and budget of the United States.
Taxes, whether Democrat or Republican, you will find these statistics enlightening and amazing:
Taxes under Clinton 1999 Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Taxes under Bush 2008 - Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Clinton: Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Bush: Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Clinton: Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Bush: Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Clinton: Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Bush: Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Clinton: Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Bush: Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Clinton: Married making 125K - tax $38,750
Bush: Married making 125K - tax $31,250
You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much?
1) $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments. Verify at:
http://tinyurl.com/zob77;
2) $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. Verify at:
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html;
3) $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens. Verify at:
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html;
4) $12 Billion dol lars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English! Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html;
5) $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies. Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html;
6) $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html;
7) 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html;
8) $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for welfare & social services by American taxpayers. Verify at:
http://www.uscfile.org/;
9) $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens. Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html;
10) The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US Verify at:
;
11) During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border. Verify at:
Homeland Security Report:
http://tinyurl.com/t9sht (
Note: 4.42MB PDF file)
Food for thought!
You know, the same democrats that promised to do great things after taking over congress in 2006. What great things have they done--NOTHING!! Instead, the first thing they did was launch investigation after investigation. And they continue with the same crap to this day. That's why congress had at one time an 11% approval rating--lower than Bush has ever been. 
