6 Numbers Every American Should Know

[eissa]

1. 236 Billion - the budget surplus in 2000 when President Clinton left office.

2. 521 Billion - the estimated budget deficit - the amount the U.S. will be in the red this year - 2004.

3. 3 Million - the number of private sector jobs lost during the three years of Bush presidency.

4. 8.3 Million - the number of Americans unemployed in January 2004.

5. 58 Million - the number of acres of public land that President Bush has opened to road-building, logging, and oil drilling.

6. 88 - the percentage of Americans who will save less than $100 on their 2006 federal taxes as a result of the 2003 Bush tax breaks for capital gains and dividends.

[historian]

1. budget numbers dont mean anything

to the unwashed masses - they simply dont undestand how it affects them. SUV ready honey??? What a country hey?

[A J]

2. I don't settle for that anymore

I used to think that it wasn't worth my time to try to explain the numbers, but I have stopped backing down.

One way or another, we need to get the message across. The masses will understand if we make them understand.