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Number Sense


by Doc Cuddy, Editor


The British newspaper, The Independent, as background for George W. Bush's State of the Union speech, on January 20, 2004, compiled a telling series of statistics relating to American governance since 2001. Below are a few examples. Or click here to see the complete list.

 

0 Number of coffins of dead soldiers returning home from Iraq that the Bush administration has allowed to be photographed.
0 Number of funerals or memorials that President Bush has attended for soldiers killed in Iraq.
100 Number of fund-raisers attended by Bush or Vice-President Dick Cheney in 2003.

 

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$127 billion Amount of US budget surplus in the year that Bush became President in 2001.
$374 billion Amount of US budget deficit in the fiscal year for 2003.
 

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2 Number of nations that Bush has attacked and taken over since coming into the White House.
1.6 Average number of American soldiers killed in Iraq per day since hostilities began.
 

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92% Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that had access to drinkable water a year ago.
60% Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that have access to drinkable water today.
 

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26 Number of days holiday that Bush took last August, the second longest holiday of any president in US history (Recordholder: Richard Nixon).
13 Number of vacation days the average American worker receives each year.
 

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236,000 Number of jobs CREATED in each month of the Clinton administration.
66,000 Numbers of jobs LOST in each month of the George W. Bush administration.
 

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$42,000 Average savings members of Bush's cabinet are expected to enjoy this year as a result in the cuts in capital gains and dividends taxes.
$42,228 Median household income in the US in 2001.
 

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$300 million Amount cut from the federal programme that provides subsidies to poor families so they can heat their homes.
$1 billion Amount of new US military aid promised Israel in April 2003 to offset the "burdens" of the US war on Iraq.
 

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