The Bush Legacy – interesting stats
Here are some statistics worth notng as we prepare to say good riddance to one of the worst presidents in American history:
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Then: 4.2% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2001)
Now: 6.7% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2008)DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Then: 10,587 (close of Friday, Jan. 19, 2001)
Now: 9,015 (close of Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009)FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY
Then: 6.4 million (Census numbers for 2000)
Now: 7.6 million (Census numbers for 2007 — most recent numbers available)AMERICANS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE
Then: 39.8 million (Census numbers for 2000)
Now: 45.7 million (Census numbers for 2007 — most recent available)U.S. BUDGET
Then: +236.2 billion (2000, Congressional Budget Office)
Now: -$1.2 trillion (projected figure for 2009, Congressional Budget Office)
Hat tip: Joe Sudbay
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Predictions for 2013
UNION MEMBERSHIP
Now : 12%
Then: 95%
MANUFACTURING
Now: Some here
Then: All over seas
TAXES
Now : High
Then: Much Much Higher
HEALTHCARE
Now :MRI wait- less than 24 hours
Then :MRI wait- 6-10 months (if you live that long)
TERRORIST ATTACK SINCE 9/11
Now : 0
Then : 25 (per year)
ABORTIONS
Now : Over 1 million
Then : Over 10 Million
DRIVER LICENSE LINE WAIT
Now : Forever
Then : Forever and a day
EDUCATION
Now : Cost per student = $25,000
Then : Cost per student = $300,000
EDUCATION (CONT.)
Now : Drop out rate – 25%
Then: Drop out rate – 150%
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT DO NOT WORK
Now : All of them
Then : Still all of them– but thousands more
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
Now : None
Then : None, but corruption is added to the constitution as a legal right.
You’re surely right Nick.
Time will indeed show what a brilliant President Bush was. Surely America will become a vast wasteland now that we don’t have such a wise man leading us.
We’ll have to be sure to revisit those predictions in four years, Nick.