U.S. racks up record trade deficit in 2005 $725.8 billion total is 17.5% increase over 2004's mark ; "The United States racked up a record-high trade deficit with the rest of the world in 2005, setting off a political firestorm that's being felt from Washington to Beijing, roiling U.S. manufacturers and organized labor, and prompting Congress to consider new laws to rein in the losses." [ Source = San Franciso Chronicle ]

Bush vs other presidents on job growth post WWII. Source: Bureau of Labor and Statistics (www.bls.gov). With the exception of Reagan's 2nd term, Democratic administrations have proven to be invariably better than Republican administrations for job growth.

The Nation's Financial Well-being During Thirteen Presidencies : ( 1920 - 2006 ) :

The Nation's Financial Well-being During Seven Last Presidencies ( 1968 - 2006 )

The Nation's Financial Well-being During Last Three Presidencies ( 1992 - 2006 ) :

Impact on the Richest and Most Invested, Seven Last Presidencies Compared ( 1968 - 2006 ) :

Impact on the Richest and Most Invested during the Last Three Presidencies ( 1992 - 2006 ) :

Graph Sources: Mean Household Income for Top 5% in 2002 dollars: U.S. Census Bureau, Historical Income Tables - Households, Table H-3, http://www.census.gov/hhes/income/histinc/h0301.html, accessed 12 August 2004. Percent Change from Preceding Period in Real Disposable Income: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table, Table 2.1�Personal Income and Its Disposition, Line 40: Percent Change from Preceding Period: Disposable Personal Income, Chained (2000) Dollars, http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/TableView.asp?SelectedTable=58&FirstYear=1999&LastYear=2004&Freq=Qtr, accessed 31 July 2004. Annual Surplus or Deficit: Budget of the United States Government, Historical Tables: Fiscal Year 2004, Table 1.1�Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits, 1789-2008, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy04/sheets/hist01z1.xls, accessed 1 August 2004. Percent Change from Preceding Period in Real Gross Domestic Product: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table, Table 1.1.1�Percent Change from Preceding Period in Real Gross Domestic Product, Line 1. http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/TableView.asp?SelectedTable=1&FirstYear=1999&LastYear=2004&Freq=Qtr , accessed 29 July 2004. www.usgovernmentspending.com

Under the Bush administration, the United States has fallen to sixth place in the World Economic Forum's 2006 global competitiveness rankings, ceding the top place to Switzerland : 1. Switzerland                         2. Finland                                         3. Sweden                                                          4. Denmark                                                                          5. Singapore                                                                                            6. United States  7. Japan                        8. Germany                                                  9. Netherlands                                                                                    10. Britain  for the full story, see www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0926-02.htm

Nations with the least corrupt governments: Funny how the world's more liberal countries tend to be the ones with the least corruption ! Rank Country  1 Finland & Iceland & New Zealand (tied)  4 Denmark  5 Singapore  6 Sweden  7 Switzerland  8 Norway  9 Australia & Netherlands (tied) 11 Austria & Luxembourg & United Kingdom (tied) 14 Canada 15 Hong Kong 16 Germany 17 Japan 18 France & Ireland (tied) 20 Belgium & Chile & the USA (under the GOP) (tied) and the more "holier than thou" they are (conservative, and Catholic, for example), the less likely they are to be high on the list of political integrity ! See www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/cpi_2006/cpi_table.         On the world scene here's the breakdown on which countries have more and which have less corruption: nationmaster.com/graph/gov_cor-government-corruption/AFR.  Notice how much better less religious "socialist" countries rate as opposed to pious, conservative ones do.

USA total market capitalization (in billions) and percentages :
Administration	Starting	Ending	Difference
President Carter	from Jan. 1977 = 577	to Jan. 1981 = 701	( up 124 pts. or 21%)
President Reagan	from Jan. 1981 = 701	to Jan. 1989 = 1654	( up 953 pts. or 136%)
President Bush I	from Jan. 1989 = 1654	to Jan. 1993 = 3017	( up 1363 pts. or 86%)
President Clinton	from Jan. 2003 = 3017	to Jan. 2000 = 13,219	( up 10,202 pts. or 330%)
President Bush II	from Jan. 2000 = 13,219	to Jan. 2007 = 16,346	( up 3127 pts. or 24%)
Source :World Market Capitalization,  Thomson Data Stream Ian Harnett,   Ian [email protected].   Data found by Clarence Swinney ([email protected]) - political research historian since 1991; and formatted as a table by Ray Dubuque.
See what ten Nobel-prize-winning economists said of Bush's policies as early as 2003, at Bushvsnobel.html. The Republican Party's "base" : Balance of Taxes Paid by States vs. Benefits Received from Federal Gvmt. by "Welfare States" (dollars in millions) for the year 2001 : states which voted for Bush Taxes sent to Fed. Govt.   Benefits   Received Surplus vs. Deficit ( + vs. - ) Alabama 22,437 33,205 + 10,768 Alaska 4,200 6,685 + 2,485 Arizona 30,057 32,392 + 2,335 Arkansas 12,476 17,469  4,993 Colorado 33,898 26,618 - 7,280 Florida 110,294 107,395 - 2,899 Georgia 52,225 50,822 - 1,403 Idaho 6,683 7,977 + 1,294 Indiana 36,733 34,630 - 2,103 Kansas 16,503 17,806 + 1,303 Kentucky 20,509 27,210 + 6,701 Louisiana 21,371 29,249 + 7,878 Mississippi 12,094 21,023 + 8,929 Missouri 33,718 41,452 + 7,734 Montana 4,359 6,910 + 2,551 Nebraska 10,415 11,469 + 1,054 Nevada 15,014 10,631 - 4,383 North Carolina 47,579 47,748 + 169 North Dakota 3,288 6,169 + 2,881 Ohio 69,127 66,341 - 2,786 Oklahoma 16,667 23,790 + 7,123 South Carolina 20,799 26,070 + 5,271 South Dakota 4,293 6,095 + 1,802 Tennessee 33,225 38,986 + 5,761 Texas 134,809 121,571 - 13,238 Utah 11,358 12,139 + 781 Virginia 52,858 74,802 + 21,944 West Virginia 7,793 13,064 + 5,271 Wyoming 3,583 3,824 + 241 Net Welfare RECEIVED : + 71,868 Million $$$ by the red conservative states which voted for Bush states which voted for Gore & Kerry Taxes sent to Fed. Govt.   Benefits   Received Surplus vs. Deficit ( + vs - ) California 264,344 206,245 - 58,099 Connecticut 36,416 25,351 - 11,065 Delaware 5,750 4,632 - 1,118 Hawaii 6,903 10,185 + 3,282 Illinois 96,686 71,520 - 25,166 Iowa 16,725 18,523 + 1,798 Maine 6,904 8,643 + 1,739 Maryland 41,779 50,966 + 9,187 Massachusetts 59,779 48,188 - 11,591 Michigan 67,886 56,185 - 11,701 Minnesota 36,519 27,384 - 9,135 New Hampshire 10,315 7,006 - 3,309 New Jersey 75,115 51,657 - 23,458 New Mexico 8,487 17,156 + 8,669 NEW YORK 166,554 126,990 - 39,564 Oregon 21,241 19,826 - 1,415 Pennsylvania 83,052 84,880 + 1,828 Rhode Island 6,990 7,458 + 468 Vermont 3,731 3,984 + 253 Washington 49,651 40,233 - 9,418 Wisconsin 34,609 28,966 - 5,643 Net Welfare CONTRIBUTED : -180,149 Million $$$ by the blue Liberal states which voted for Democrat Al Gore in 2000 ( & John Kerry in 2004)

For some fantastic graphs and data regarding Presidential elections and administrations see Liberal-Insights.org/+Reasonable/PresidentialVote.html The very best site I know of for keeping up with all kinds of elections when they are being held in the U.S.A. is www.electoral-vote.com/index.html

See also International graphs :with comparisons of the U.S. with other countries: National Rankings re: prosperity National Rankings re: health care academy computer service

If someone knows the precise source of the above, please email it to me at the address at bottom of this page.  Meanwhile the following are similar sources : taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2004/09/red_states_feed.html & en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_state on what is normally meant by the expression "Welfare State". Also, check out Why the leadership of the G.O.P. wants to bankrupt your government.         If conservative Republican politicians were as patriotic in reality as they are in their "professions" of patriotism, they wouldn't be content to promote our armed services for others, while consistently avoiding it themselves!  Their record is so deplorable that we devote an entire page to Conservative Republican "chickenhawks".         "Have you heard that the United States is headed toward socialism? Jonah Goldberg says it is. Alabama Senator Richard Shelby says it is. Phyllis Schlafly says it is. Richard Viguerie says it is. The Republican National Committee says it is. We must be getting pretty close."         How close? This is what socialism looks like: [from http://correspondents.theatlantic.com]

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