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CHARTS - THE BUSH ECONOMY
JOBS GROWTH DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
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  • Chart 1: Job Growth Among the Slowest of Any Administration in over 70 Years
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  • 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
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  • Chart 4: The Unemployment Rate is Up by 0.9 Percentage Points
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  • Chart 5: More Than 1.8 Million More Unemployed
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  • Chart 6: Long-Term Unemployment Doubled Since President Bush Took Office
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  • 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
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  • Chart 9: Large Projected Surpluses Turned into Large Deficits
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Chart 17: 8.6 Million More Americans Without Health Insurance
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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
 
 
 
 
 
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
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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