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3 million American jobs lost since Bush became president.
43.6 million working Americans have no health insurance.

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The United States would spend $20.3 billion to rebuild Iraq under the
latest spending proposal from President Bush, as part of his $87
billion wartime SUPPLEMENTAL spending request. According to The
Washington Post, some of the projects include:  
 
1. Four-week business course for 2,000 Iraqis, $20 million ($10,000
per pupil) 
2. Forty new garbage trucks, $2 million ($50,000 per truck). 
3. IMPORTED petroleum, including kerosene and diesel, $900 million. 
4. Funding to bring in 100 prison-building experts for six months, $10
million ($100,000 per expert). 
5. Seven planned communities to include 3,258 houses, roads, an
elementary school, two high schools, a clinic, and a place of worship
and market for each community, $100 million. 
6. Witness protection program for 100 families averaging five persons
per family, $100 million ($200,000 per person). 
7. New curriculum to train the Iraqi army, $164 million. 
8. Two 4,000-bed prisons, $400 million ($50,000 per bed). 
9. Funding for 500 experts to investigate crimes against humanity,
$100 million ($200,000 per expert). 
10. Protection for 400 judges and prosecutors, $20 million ($50,000
per person). 
11. Begin work on a $500 million to $700 million children's hospital,
$150 million. 
12. Overhaul business practices of Iraq's postal service, including
start of ZIP code system, $9 million. 
13. Computer study of the Iraqi postal service, $54 million.  
14. Funding to upgrade Iraq's electricity system, $5.7 BILLION.
15. Funding to restore Iraq's marshlands, $875 million.
16. Funding to upgrade three Iraqi airports, $856 million.
17. Protection for Afghan President, $35 million.
18. Funding to hire, train and house Iraqi firefighters, $290 million.
19. Health care for IRAQIS, $878 million.
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