Standard of Living Under Bush Rises Dramatically

That is, if you're a multimillionaire or someone who has risen to the level of billionaire as with the military industrial complex taking full advantage of the US's national message of "Terror! Terror! Fear Everywhere!" Followed by more and more discussion of what else we can fear topped off by a field-trip to a college where Young republicans dressed up in manipulative "Heathen Dems for Satan" t-shirts to show their support for Tom "Justice" DeLay(ed)".

From Skippy:

report says childhood poverty rose between 2000 and 2003 - the annie e- casey foundation says a half (m) million more american children were living in poverty in 2003 than in 2000.

in addition, the percentage of low-birthweight babies increased and infant mortality was up for the first time in 40 years.

the study also finds an increase in families where no parent has a full-time job, and a rise in the teen death rate.

hey kids, it gets better. via digby, we learn that awol has successfully pressured the credit card companies to double mom and dad’s monthly payments. this was after he gave his friends pay raises and signed the legislation which makes it really hard for mom and dad to file for bankruptcy. but before he got the legislation that would save himself, and his buddies in the cabinet $344 million in estate taxes.