The wrong target: democratic candidates obsessed with Bush's deficits are missing a free shot at his greatest economic vulnerability: the lack of jobs.(Dispatches)
American Prospect, The, December, 2003 by Borosage, Robert L.
"IF WE'RE GOING TO CREATE JOBS, THE first thing we have to do is make sure that George W. Bush loses his." John Kerry's refrain elicits raucous cheers wherever he goes, and it's echoed by the other Democratic presidential contenders. All share a similar and compelling critique of Bush's failure: More than 3 million private-sector jobs have been lost, record surpluses have turned to record deficits and millionaire tax cuts have given away the store with little to show for it.
Bush will end this term with the worst jobs record of any president since Herbert Hoover and the ...
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