Bush's USA: 35.9 million Living In Poverty

This figure alone should be enough to ensure that Bush loses the November election:

During 2003, the number of poor Americans grew by 1.3 million to 35.9 million, or 12.5 percent of the population.

As an Australian, I find that absolutely gob-smacking. The USA is a march harsher place to live than most Hollywood movies make it seem.

I remember travelling through California in my twenties and looking into the possibility of working for something like $3 an hour at a Burger King in LA. You gotta be kidding, I thought. But that's life for many in the "land of the free".

This is the model Bush & Co want to impose on the rest of the world, right?