September 03, 2007


IMPEACH BUSH


IMPEACH CHENEY

HAPPY LABOR DAY

BUSH RUNS AWAY ON LABOR DAY

The morning news is that George W. Bush took another secret excursion to Iraq. It's no wonder that Bush would want to leave the country on Labor Day because his administration has been such a disaster for working people. Iraq has also been a disaster, but Bush will participate in happy photo ops and avoid scenes of death and carnage for which he is responsible. This article by Gary Younge is at www.commondreams.org:

There are moments when things really are the way they seem and facts really do speak for themselves. Bad as the facts may appear, attempting to rationalise them only makes matters worse. Trying to convince people otherwise only insults their intelligence.

So it would have seemed last Tuesday when the US census bureau revealed its latest findings on income, poverty and health. The report showed that since George Bush came to power the poverty rate had risen by 9%, the number of people without health insurance had risen by 12%, and real median household income had remained stagnant. On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina we learned the racial disparity in income and the gap between rich and poor show no sign of abating.

Bush declared himself “pleased” with the results, even if the uninsured presented “a challenge”. He pointed out that over the past year poverty had declined (albeit by a fraction, and from the previous high he had presided over) and median household income had increased (albeit by a fraction and primarily because more people were working longer hours). Maybe he thought Americans would not realise that five years into a “recovery” their wages were stagnant, their homes were being repossessed at a rate not seen since the Depression, and their pension funds were on a roller coaster.

BUSH'S WAR ON WORKING PEOPLE

While waging military wars on Iraq and Afghanistan, and now threatening Iran, George W. Bush and his neocons have waged an economic war on working Americans. Bush's policies have enriched the already wealthy and are steadily reducing the rest of us to peonage. The rich wouldn't be rich except for the efforts of working people. The rich are not rich because they are especially favored by God, or because they're better. People lucky enough to be rich should be happy to recognize and reward the efforts of people less fortunate. Otherwise, there is no reason for the rest of us to continue to support such an unequal and grossly unfair economic system. This article by Gerald McEntree is at www.huffingtonpost.com:

Yet, as we celebrate the holiday, we must also acknowledge the unsettled state of our nation. It is not a good time for workers, and American families are struggling more than ever just to get by.

From the time George Bush was appointed by the Supreme Court in 2000, college tuition has shot up 56 percent. The cost of gasoline has gone up 107 percent. Forty-seven million Americans -- nearly 16 percent of our nation -- don't have health insurance. Almost 37 million Americans live below the poverty line. Corporate profits have gone up, while income for working Americans has gone down. Home foreclosures are increasing at a record rate. Pensions are at risk as employers break their promises to employees. Bush's tax cuts have not benefited those most in need of them -- working families -- but the billionaires who are his loyal supporters.

The fact is that the people whose labor has fueled our nation's economy have suffered greatly under George Bush.