::Major_Baker::
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/06/dobbs.june7/index.html
... we're drowning in debt from our growing record trade and budget deficits and we're watching our public education system fail a generation of students. Congress has yet to act on an effective solution to our illegal immigration crisis as millions of illegal aliens flood our borders every year, and our nation's borders and ports are still woefully insecure, four and a half years after the September 11 attacks.
It's an insult to the intelligence of every voter, Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative.
How can we tolerate elected officials who press wedge issues when 37 million people in the United States live in poverty, one in every eight Americans? Almost 18 percent of children under the age of 18 live in poverty -- 13 million children.
Nearly 46 million people live without health insurance, about 16 percent of the population, a number that has risen by 6 million since 2000.
There's been a 40 percent jump (inflation-adjusted) in tuition and fees at public four-year colleges and universities over the past five years, according to the College Board.
In fact, over the past six years, the average rise in the price of brand-name drugs is 40 percent, according to the AARP.
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What a commentary.
... we're drowning in debt from our growing record trade and budget deficits and we're watching our public education system fail a generation of students. Congress has yet to act on an effective solution to our illegal immigration crisis as millions of illegal aliens flood our borders every year, and our nation's borders and ports are still woefully insecure, four and a half years after the September 11 attacks.
It's an insult to the intelligence of every voter, Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative.
How can we tolerate elected officials who press wedge issues when 37 million people in the United States live in poverty, one in every eight Americans? Almost 18 percent of children under the age of 18 live in poverty -- 13 million children.
Nearly 46 million people live without health insurance, about 16 percent of the population, a number that has risen by 6 million since 2000.
There's been a 40 percent jump (inflation-adjusted) in tuition and fees at public four-year colleges and universities over the past five years, according to the College Board.
In fact, over the past six years, the average rise in the price of brand-name drugs is 40 percent, according to the AARP.
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What a commentary.
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