e.thePeople : Article : Is this Bush bashing?

e.thePeople : Article : Is this Bush bashing?: "Is this Bush bashing?
posted 09/06, by woodg8 (viewed 128 times) | Scope : National
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Or are the following just annoying facts that Bush supporters wish would go away?

1. The U.S. Census Bureau reported a few days ago that the poverty rate rose again last year, with 1.1 million more Americans living in poverty in 2004 than a year earlier. A 17% increase since 1998

2. The infant mortality rate in America's capital is twice as high as in China's capital. That's right - the number of babies who died before their first birthdays amounted to 11.5 per thousand live births in 2002 in Washington, compared with 4.6 in Beijing.

3. The national infant mortality rate has risen under Mr. Bush for the first time since 1958. The U.S. ranks 43rd in the world in infant mortality, according to the C.I.A.'s World Factbook; if we could reach the level of Singapore, ranked No. 1, we would save 18,900 children's lives each year.

4. Nationally, 29 percent of children have no health insurance at some point in the last 12 months, and many get neither checkups nor vaccinations. The U.S. ranks 84th in the world for measles immunizations and 89th for polio. SOURCE"