Bush, as Governor of Texas, squandered his state's record surpluses on tax cuts and put the state in a budget shortfall. Sound familiar? At least he followed through on his promise to do for America all that he had done for Texas
U.S. Trade Deficit Hits All-Time High, Associated Press, 02.10.2005
The U.S. trade deficit ballooned to an all-time high of $617.7 billion last year, pushed by soaring oil prices and Americans' insatiable appetite for everything foreign, from cars to toys and food.
Bush's Crash Test Economics, by J. Bradford DeLong, TomPain.com, January 14, 2005
Bush plans to slash 2006 budget, United Press International, Jan. 12, 2005
Deficit Dance, by Isaac Shapiro, Washington Post, January 11, 2005
The Pentagon's New Math, by Lawrence J. Korb, January 11th, 2005
Outsourcing to Continue, Many Indians Say, by S. Srinivasan, AP News, November 3rd, 2004
Living Poor, Voting Rich, by Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, November 3, 2004
U.S. Faces Record Borrowing Requirement, by Martin Crutsinger, AP, Nov 1, 2004
Bush's Use of Clinton Economic Comparison Flops, by Gene Sperling, Bloomberg, November 1, 2004
Wage growth continues to slow; falls behind inflation, Economic Policy Institute, Snapshot for October 29, 2004
Debt, the Greatest Threat to Our Security, by Rep. Ron Paul, AntiWar.com, October 26, 2004
Once again the federal government has reached its "debt ceiling," and once again Congress is poised to authorize an increase in government borrowing. Between its ever-growing bureaucracies, expanding entitlements, and overseas military entanglements, the federal government is borrowing roughly $1 billion every day to pay its bills.
The 'sad story' of the current employment picture: 4.2 million jobs below normal, Economic Policy Institute, Snapshot for October 25, 2004
Americans living on borrowed time: In the first of a three-part series Larry Elliott and David Teather explore the economic recovery that never was, The Guardian, October 25, 2004
Bush's bad news on black wealth, by Derrick Z. Jackson, Bopston Globe Columnist, October 19, 2004
Congress defies fiscal discipline, Denver Post, October 16, 2004
Bush plans pension raid to stay afloat, by Edmund Andrews, The Age [Australia], October 16, 2004
George Bush, Tax Hiker, by Jonathan Chait, LA Times, October 15, 2004
Kerry raised taxes 98 times over 20 years? That's nothing. Bush is about to do the same 63 times in a single day.
The Economy Unspun, New York Times, October 13, 2004
Bush never learned lesson about debt, by Dave Zweifel, Capital Times, October 11, 2004
Most of us had parents who would lecture us about going too deeply into debt. Just remember, we were told, that someday you've got to pay the piper.
Bad Goodies, LA Times, October 12, 2004
John F. Kerry pointedly reminded voters on Friday during the second presidential debate, President Bush has not vetoed a single spending bill in his nearly four years in office.
Permanent Job Proves An Elusive Dream, by Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, October 11, 2004
If America Is Richer, Why Are Its Families So Much Less Secure? For 25 years, government and business have forced workers to take on mounting risk. A Times analysis shows ever-larger swings in household incomes., By Peter G. Gosselin, LA Times, October 10, 2004
Faith-Based Economics, by Paul Craig Roberts, Counterpunch, October 9/10, 2004
Last Job Count Before Election: Always a Political Number, by Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times, October 9, 2004
Poor jobs data a blow for Bush, by Adam Jay and agencies, The Guardian [UK], October 8, 2004
The Tax-Cut Pendulum and the Pit, by Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, October 8, 2004
Working for a Pittance, by Bob Herbert, New York Times, October 8, 2004
Bush criticized for his fiscal policy in open letter, Newratings.com, October 07, 2004
It's still the economy, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD, October 6, 2004
Bush is dead wrong, by Joseph Stiglitz, The Guardian, October 6, 2004
Four Years Of Failure, by Joseph E. Stiglitz, October 04, 2004
The Right Man For The Job(s)? With jobs going overseas, deficits soaring high, Bush and Kerry offer voters sharply different approaches to turning things around. By Jason Leopold, AlterNet, October 4, 2004.
The looming national benefit crisis, by Dennis Cauchon and John Waggoner, USA TODAY, 10/3/2004
The deficit time bomb, Boston Globe, September 30, 2004
Are Bush's Tax Cuts Doing the Job? The president argues that a Kerry rollback of high-bracket cuts would deter hiring, but many entrepreneurs and small businesses hire no one. LA Times, September 29, 2004
A New Tax Cut, Washington Post, September 26, 2004
Whoever Wins, More Taxes May Be the Only Way Out, by Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times, September 26, 2004
Poverty Up as Welfare Enrollment Declines: Nation's Social Safety Net in Tatters As More People Lose Their Jobs, by Griff Witte, Washington Post, September 26, 2004
Bush, pals pile on debt, The Capital Times, September 24, 2004
Perils of an Empty Piggy Bank, by David Ignatius, Washington Post, September 24, 2004
"Wall Street is already voting in the 2004 election, and it's giving President Bush surprisingly low marks."
A tilted tax cut, Boston Globe, September 24, 2004
Annual unemployment insurance exhaustion rate at highest level in 60 years, Economic Policy Institute, September 22, 2004
Sticking it to working families, by Thomas Oliphant, Boston Globe, September 21, 2004
How Tax Cuts Feed the Beast, by Daniel Shaviro, New York Times, September 21, 2004
As Income Gap Widens, Uncertainty Spreads: More U.S. Families Struggle to Stay on Track, by Griff Witte,
Washington Post, September 20, 2004
Bush's Cut-and-Spend Plan Is Math-Challenged: Even allies say it would be nearly impossible to reduce the deficit while expanding programs. By Janet Hook and Warren Vieth, LA Times, September 19, 2004
An Autopsy of the American Dream: The State of Working America, by Lee Sustar, Counterpunch, September 17, 2004
Mr. Bush and Tax Reform, Washington Post, September 18, 2004
George Bush has failed the middle class, by Joe Rodriguez, Knight Ridder Newspapers, September 16, 2004
Taxes for an Ownership Society, New York Times, September 15, 2004
Hard Work Doesn't Pay, LA Times, September 15, 2004
Selling the White House to the Top Bidder: The Vice President claims that the economy has been boosted by the eBay phenomenon; however, if anyone has profited, it's the Bush administration. By David Donnelly, AlterNet. September 15, 2004.
$3 Trillion Price Tag Left Out As Bush Details His Agenda, by Mike Allen, Washington Post, September 14, 2004
Bush's Fiscal Funhouse, LA Times, September 14, 2004
Deficit at Record High With a Month Left, by Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press, September 13, 2004
The stupid economy, The Guardian [UK], September 13, 2004
"If George Bush was running for re-election on the basis of his stewardship of the US economy alone, he would already be packing his bags."
The New Stagflation: Bush's top economic priority has always been to cut taxes on the wealthy; his second term could finish the job. By James Galbraith, Washington Monthly, September 13, 2004
Rubin criticizes Bush's fiscal policy: Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin took aim at the Bush Administration over the weekend, calling the fiscal policy of the past three-and-half years "horrendous.", by Kathie O'Donnell, CBS MarketWatch, Sept. 12, 2004
Remember the deficit, by Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe, September 10, 2004
Bush's Game of Risk, by Harold Meyerson, Washington Post, September 8, 2004
Deficit to hit $2.3 trillion: CBO 10-year forecast widens; near-term forecasts decline. By Steve Hargreaves, CNN/Money, September 7, 2004
Bush trades away jobs, The Capital Times, September 6, 2004
Salary squeeze threatens middle America: By some measures, fewer people are managing to stay in the middle class. By David R. Francis, Christian Science Monitor, September 08, 2004
Spin can't hide the economic slide, by Thomas Oliphant, Boston Globe Columnist, September 7, 2004
A Society of Owers: The Republicans are selling their vision of an "Ownership Society" to a nation of debtors. By Robert B. Reich, TomPaine.com, September 7, 2004.
Labor Pains, LA Times, September 6, 2004
An Economy That Turns American Values Upside Down, by Bob Herbert, New York Times, September 6, 2004
Risking the nest egg, Boston Globe, September 6, 2004
Late, Great Middle Class, by John Podesta and David Sirota, LA Times, September 6, 2004
No Picnic: This Labor Day, most U.S. workers are worse off than they were at this time last year, by Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet, September 6, 2004.
US recovery 'not helping workers':
Lower paid workers have seen their wages shrink, EPI says. Many working families still feel no benefit from the US economic recovery, the Economic Policy Institute says. BBC, 5 September, 2004
Working Your Way Down, New York Times, September 5, 2004
Bush mum on need for tax increases, by Tom Raum, ASSOCIATED PRESS, September 4, 2004
What Ownership Society? George W. Bush will talk about his idea of an "ownership society" tonight. Here's what his plans really mean. By Robert B. Reich, The American Prospect, 09.02.04
Dem. Mayors: Cities Can't Afford Bush, by Will Lester, Associated PressSep 2, 2004
I Am an Economic Girlie-Man,
The Motley Fool Take By Bill Mann, September 1, 2004
Bush's ruinous economic plans, by Robert Kuttner, Boston Globe, September 1, 2004
The Big Squeeze: Republicans have always defended big business. But they’ve never done it quite like this. By David J. Sirota, The American Prospect, 09.01.04
The other planet: The number of Americans in poverty is rising, as is the number without health insurance. The best anti-poverty programme is a tight labour market. America still doesn’t have one, from The Economist Global Agenda, Aug 30th 2004
The Foundation for Greater Prosperity? Beyond Bush's Rhetoric on the Economy, by Matt Vidal, August 31, 2004
Morning in Which America? By Pat Buchanan, The American Conservative, August 30, 2004
Economic Reality Bites, New York Times, August 28, 2004
Troubling census news, Boston Globe, August 27, 2004
Overtime cut undermines workers, by John Sweeney, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 24, 2004
Excuses, Excuses: The administration offers plenty of explanations for the poor economy -- just not the true ones. By Lawrence Mishel, The American Prospect, 08.23.04
Why Bush is on the carpet with Hoover, by Ashley Seager, The Guardian Unlimited, August 23, 2004
3,000 Jobs; 500,000 Seekers, LA Times, August 21, 2004
Edwards Faults Bush for Overtime Pay Cuts, Reuters, Aug 21, 2004
Bush's tax-cut policies put economy in the tank, by Walter Williams, Seattle Times, August 17, 2004
Leaving more homeless, Boston Globe Editorial, August 10, 2004
Spin the Payrolls, by Paul Krugman, New York Times Editorial, August 10, 2004
Middle-Class Tightrope: It's More Dire Than The Numbers Show, by Jacob S. Hacker, The Washington Post, August 10, 2004
George Bush and the curse of Hoover, by Stephen Evans, BBC, August 10, 2004
'Soft Patch' Complicates Fed Policy Plans, by Jonathan Nicholson, Reuters, Aug 8, 2004
By Jonathan Nicholson
Indicators Show a Cooling Economy, by Nell Henderson, Washington Post, August 7, 2004
Low Numbers, New Problem, by Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, August 7, 2004
Jobs Data, Oil Prices Send Stocks Reeling, by John Kreiser, Information Week, Aug. 6, 2004
Bush's Biggest Deficit: Consistency, by Howard Gleckman, Business Week Online, August 2nd, 2004
"This year's budgetary shortfall will be bigger than ever -- but by White House math, that's a victory "
White House projects $445 billion deficit, The Associated Press, July 30, 2004,
White House Forecasts Record Budget Deficit, Rueters, Jul 30, 2004
George W. Bush's Record-Breaking Economy, by Mark Weisbrot, Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, July 28th, 2004
George W. Bush: A Losing Economic Record; Comparison from Kerry Campaign 6/23/2004
(updated FEbruary 10th, 2005)