Must Read: Wasserman Schultz Cites REAL Stats On House Floor

[orleans]

(pass this little tidbit on to your republican friends & family!)

DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D-FL)
House floor; on c-span, April 26, 2006; heard on Randi’s show

“Median family income has dropped every year of the Bush administration. Median wages have dropped 6% from 2000 to 2004 according to the Federal Reserve Board. The typical middle class family is working longer than in 2001 just to pay the bills.
Health care costs have skyrocketed with the typical family paying $3,602 more for health insurance compared with 2000.
The number of Americans without health insurance has increased by six million while the number living in poverty has increased by 4.5 million since 2000.
Gas prices are 62% higher than in 2001. Housing is the least affordable it has been in fourteen years. College tuition has gone up about 40%--even if you take inflation into account, according to the College Board in 2005.
The number of employees in an employer sponsored retirement plan dropped by more than 2.7 million from 2000 to 2004; that’s our objective Congressional Research Service that cited that statistic.
About 3.7 million employees have lost employer provided health insurance since 2000.
The median household debt has climbed 34% to $55,300 from 2000 to 2004.
The typical student graduates from college with about $17,500 in debt.
While wages and salaries are at a record low as a share of national income corporate profits are at a 60 year high.
And finally, the last statistic that I was able to pull together, just to outline what the average working family is struggling through Mr. Delahunt, is that the number of U.S. billionaires reached a record of 793 which is up 15% from last year.
It is no wonder that the American people are fed-up with us and fed-up with the lack of outrage, with the lack of leadership, and that the polling numbers--when you rate the Congress--are just hitting rock bottom.”

[Capn Sunshine]

1. This should be a scrolling ad in October .

very powerful stuff. Thanks, Rep. Wasserman.

[orleans]

4. ooooh. scrolling ad. great idea! n/t

[Capn Sunshine]

6. I'm sending it out tonight to the State Dems

Thanks for the inspiration.
Our convention starts tommorrow :hi:

[orleans]

15. i sent this to a friend of mine & it pissed him off

he left me a message about why i can't send him anything happy or uplifting

so i googled nice fluffy things and sent him pages out of someone's journal along with pictures of fluffy bunnies and kitties!

[Patsy Stone]

2. I love Debbie!

One of the best things about Florida.

[Hailtothechimp]

3. And she looked good in the pink suit too.

It sounds strange, but think of Mean Jean Schmidt in that stars & stripes outfit she wore to attack Murtha. Compare with Debbie in the pink suit. It's no contest.

[CAG]

7. Agree, but she needs to let up on the hairspray a little. :-)

[0007]

14. You mean Jean Schmidt should 'eh?

[CAG]

5. Too bad these stats won't be on CNN or Faux or MSNBC tonite, because

we've got to talk about Britney's baby, one or two miscellaneous disappearances, and who got dropped from american idol.

Besides, if its bad news, then they'd be branded as that ol' librul media, and they don't won't that to happen...

[orleans]

8. maybe i'll send a copy of this to olberman

and joe scarborough....
and tweety....
and??? (paula zahn! HA!)
lou dobbs.....(if it doesn't address immigration he ain't interested!)

[diamondsndust]

9. K&R ...

Thanks for posting these stats.

[Canuckistanian]

10. From 28% uninsured (health plan) to 41% - 2000 to 2005

Just heard that on Randi's show.

[BrklynLiberal]

11. Kicked and recommended!

[Nordmadr]

12. KICK!!!! N/T

[bdamomma]

13. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

is a wonderful speaker, and she tells the truth.