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JOBS GROWTH DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION |
Chart 1: Job Growth Among the Slowest of Any Administration in over 70 Years |
Chart 2: Private Sector Job Growth Among the Worst of Any Administration in over 70 Years |
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Chart 3: Monthly Change in Nonfarm Payrolls |
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EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION |
Chart 4: The Unemployment Rate is Up by 0.9 Percentage Points |
Chart 5: More Than 1.8 Million More Unemployed |
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Chart 6: Long-Term Unemployment Doubled Since President Bush Took Office |
Chart 7: Employee Compensation has Lagged Far Behind Productivity |
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Chart 8: Real Earnings Growth is Weak and Unequal Relative to Late 1990s |
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BUDGET AND TAXES DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION |
Chart 9: Large Projected Surpluses Turned into Large Deficits |
Chart 10: $4.2 Trillion More Debt in FY 2008 |
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Chart 11: Bush Tax Cuts Will Be More than 100 Times Larger for Millionaires Than for Middle Income Households |
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FAMILY INCOME AND WELL-BEING DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
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Chart 12: One of Only Three Administrations with an Average Annual Decline in Household Income |
Chart 13: Real Median Household Income is Down $982 |
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Chart 14: Real Household Income Has Declined for All Except the Richest Since 2000 |
Chart 15: One of Four Administrations with an Average Annual Rise in the Poverty Rate |
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Chart 16: 4.9 Million More Americans in Poverty |
Chart 17: 8.6 Million More Americans Without Health Insurance |
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