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A STATE-BY-STATE REPORT:
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The
Bush Administration’s mismanagement of the ·
This
has put a tremendous strain on families of the state’s 8,686 National Guard and Reservists that have served in ·
Here
at home, Republicans in Congress have repeatedly failed to adequately
secure our ports and borders and properly equip first responders in ·
Democrats
will transform failed Bush Administration policies in ·
Democrats
will implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, ensuring ·
Democrats
will pass a New GI Bill of Rights for the 21st Century to
honor the sacrifice of Republican
economy is moving in the wrong direction for
Minnesota's working families. ·
Since
President Bush took office, 46,800
manufacturing jobs
have been lost in ·
Annual
family income in ·
Instead
of creating good paying American jobs, Republicans have provided
billions in corporate tax subsidies for shipping jobs overseas and
steadfastly refused to increase the minimum wage for nine years. ·
Democrats
will end tax giveaways that encourage companies to move jobs overseas
and prohibit the Congressional pay raise until we raise the minimum wage
to $7.25 an hour benefiting 82,000 hard-working
Minnesotans. [EPI, 6/06] ·
Minnesotans are paying $2.96,
on average, for a gallon of regular gasoline – 88%
more than when Bush took office in January 2001. [AAA,
7/06]
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Instead
of working to bring down rising fuel costs, Republicans in Congress
continue to push for billions in subsidies for Big Oil even as these
companies report record profits. ·
Democrats
will fight price-gouging and end Big Oil tax subsidies; invest in
alternative energy resources such as biofuels from the American heartland;
and achieve independence from foreign oil. Health
insurance costs rise sharply in
Minnesota. ·
Since
2000, health insurance costs for ·
During
President Bush’s tenure in the White House, the number of uninsured
residents has reached 458,000 here
in ·
Yet
the Republican leadership has failed to take action to lower health care
costs for middle-class working families. ·
Democrats
will address health care affordability by fixing the Republican
prescription drug program and making insurance more affordable for both
employers and employees. Cost
of college soars for 349,021 Minnesota students,
federal financial aid slashed by GOP. ·
In
·
Today,
the typical student borrower in ·
But
rather than helping ·
Democrats have a plan to make college more
affordable for Minnesotans -
expanding and simplifying tax credits for college tuition; expanding Pell
Grants; and cutting interest rates in half on student loans, saving the
average Minnesota student $6,228 over the lifetime of their loans. · In five years, President Bush and Republicans in Congress have taken a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion and turned it into record debt. ·
President
Bush has borrowed a staggering $1 trillion from foreign nations – more
than the previous 42 ·
The
net impact of Republicans’ irresponsible economic policies is a debt
burden of $29,774 for a typical
middle-income family of four in ·
Democrats
have a plan to reduce the federal deficit and restore the tough fiscal
discipline of the 1990s that helped spur record economic growth. ·
Saving for retirement has become
a real challenge for ·
The Republican plan to privatize
Social Security would undermine workers’ retirement security by
cutting Social Security benefits for the middle class and adding trillions
to the national debt. ·
This could hurt the nearly 787,610
Minnesotans receiving Social Security benefits. [SSA, 12/05] ·
Democrats will ensure a dignified
retirement for
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