Now I'm not an educated person, but I'm tired of all the 'us versus them' rhetoric so I did some poking around. I can't wait to see all the finger pointing. And please keep in mind, I'm neither 'them' nor 'us' - I pretty much avoid the whole EITHER dem or repub thing as I think the two-party system the country's grown into to is virtually what's destroyed US politics and gov't. This is just some shit I found on other sites...
In 2006 when the republicans held congress we had...
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 over $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 it's Congress that makes law not the President.
He has to work with what's handed to him.
Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these statistics
enlightening and amazing.
The Tax Foundation - U.S. Federal Individual Income Tax Rates History, 1913-2008
Taxes under Clinton 1999 / Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - tax $8,400 / Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $14,000 / Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $23,250 / Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K - tax $16,800 / Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $21,000 / Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $38,750 / Married making 125K - tax $31,250
It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest President ever. If Obama or Hillary are elected, they both say they will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that fall into the categories above can't wait for it to happen...
I've been constantly told how much the war in Iraq is responsible for US's economic downfall. Yet,
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each
year by state governments.
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.
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school
education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of
English!
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born
children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare &
social services by the American taxpayers.
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and
a half times that of non-illegal aliens. In particular, their
children are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US .
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.
12. The National Policy Institute, 'estimated that the total cost of mass
deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of
between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.'
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to
their countries of origin.
14. 'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes
Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States .
What's that? Over 300 BILLION DOLLARS a year???
And...
The annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces:
1993=1,213 ( Clinton Year)
1994=1,075 ( Clinton Year)
1995=2,465 ( Clinton Year)
1996=2,318 ( Clinton Year)
1997= 817 ( Clinton Year)
1998=2,252 ( Clinton Year)
1999=1,984 ( Clinton Year)
2000=1,983 ( Clinton Year)
Clinton years (1993-2000): 14,000 deaths
2001= 890 (George W Year)
2002=1,007 (George W Year)
2003=1,410 (George W Year)
2004=1,887 (George W Year)
2005= 919 (George W Year)
2006= 920 (George W Year)
2007= 899 (George W Year)
George W years (2001-2006): 7,932 deaths
Just food for thought. But again, I'm not a smart man nor am I remotely edumacated. And I'm STILL trying to find the 'NONE OF THE ABOVE' box on the ballots...