Aren't Republicans supposed to be helping Americans financially?
According to the data released annually by the Census Bureau, real median household incomes have fallen each year under President Bush. Since the year before Bush took office and the end of the last business cycle, real median household incomes fell $1,669 in 2004 dollars from $46,058 in 2000 to $44,389 in 2004 (the last year reported). Even since the recession ended in 2001, they have declined $673 from $45,062.
• The poverty rate has risen each year under President Bush, from 11.3 percent in 2000 to 11.7 percent in 2001 and then to 12.7 percent in 2004.
2006-08-06
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