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www.americansunitedforchange.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jeremy Funk, 202.470.5878 DATE: June 24th, 2008 Americans United for Change Kicks Off National Bush Legacy Bus Tour Near White House 45-Foot, 28-Ton Museum on Wheels to Travel Coast-to-Coast Holding President, Conservative Allies Accountable for Disastrous Policies That Have Harmed Our National Security, Sacrificed Domestic Priorities Visit the Bush Legacy Homepage and Take the Virtual Bus Tour: http://www.bushlegacytour.com Washington D.C. - With Republicans reeling due to their association with President Bush and amid what supporters of the President have dubbed his "legacy year," <http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/1/10/a-bush-boost- gop-banks-on-it.html?s_cid=rss:washington-whispers:a-bush-boost-gop-bank s-on-it> Americans United for Change today unveiled its much anticipated flagship effort - the Bush Legacy Bus -- two blocks from the White House at the headquarters of the AFL-CIO. AUFC was joined by John Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO; Lee Saunders, Executive Assistant to the President of AFSCME; Tom Woodruff, Executive Vice President of SEIU; Peter Granato, Iraq War Veteran and Vice-Chair of VoteVets.org, as well as two everyday Americans - Kathryn Vincent and Treena Walker -- who have been negatively affected by the Bush/Conservative Legacy. Each reflected upon how 8 years of failed conservative policies, embraced by Bush and his allies in Congress like Sen. John McCain, have harmed our national security and sacrificed so many critical priorities here at home. Click here to visit the Bush Legacy Tour homepage: http://www.bushlegacytour.com The 28 ton, 45-foot long, bio-diesel-powered museum on wheels features interactive exhibits on the worst policy failures that grew out of the Bush/conservative agenda. Visitors are given the chance to reflect on the Administration's tragically inept response to Hurricane Katrina, the mismanaged and endless war in Iraq which America was misled into with manipulated intelligence, 'trickle-down' economic policies that favored only the wealthiest Americans, 'do-nothing' policies toward the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the healthcare crisis, Global Warming, and more. Take a virtual tour of the Bush Legacy Bus by clicking here: http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/exhibits From Washington D.C., the Bush Legacy Bus heads will hold Republican House Leader John Boehner accountable for marching in lock step with Bush with a stop in Dayton, Ohio on Wednesday. The next day, the bus will hold Senate Republican Leader and "Obstructionist-in-Chief" Mitch McConnell accountable for putting his loyalty to Bush and Republican Party orthodoxy ahead of the national interests and the interests of his constituents with a stop in Louisville, Kentucky. Following these visits holding the Republican Congressional leadership accountable for the Bush/conservative legacy, the Bush Legacy Bus will roll on to as many as 150 stops all across the continental United States -throughout the summer and fall stopping in the hometowns of Bush's allies in Congress, as well as both national political conventions and symbolic and historic locations like New Orleans and Crawford, TX. "Eight years later, conservative government rule, of which President Bush served as the vessel, has left an economy in recession, the costs for healthcare, college tuition, food and gas skyrocketing and out of reach for most Americans. Bush and his allies have left behind an environment hurtling towards potential disaster, unemployment on the rise, a mortgage and housing crisis and historic lows in consumer confidence and in the number of Americans who think the country is headed in the right direction," said Brad Woodhouse, President of Americans United for Change. "The Bush Legacy leaves behind a disastrous misadventure in Iraq that has cost over 4,000 Americans theirs lives and wounded nearly 30,000 others - a war that is projected to cost this nation trillions of dollars while shortchanging so many critical priorities here at home like education, infrastructure, and healthcare for our children and veterans." "But to be clear, this effort is not about Bush - it is about the conservative ideology he and his allies in Congress, including John McCain, represent," continued Woodhouse. "It is about holding him and his allies in Congress who voted for his agenda 90 percent of the time or more accountable for the war, the economy, the healthcare mess, and so many other upside down priorities. It is time to drive a stake in the heart of their conservative ideology, which is a clearly failed governing philosophy. The Bush Legacy Bus is just one piece in an ongoing effort to redefine American political values and to create an enduring progressive majority in America. The bus will serve to educate Americans about how the conservative polices President Bush and his allies in Congress have pursued have failed America and why progressive approaches to healthcare, the economy, foreign policy and other issues provide the solutions Americans are looking for." The goals of the "Bush Legacy Project" are threefold: * Remind American voters why they have lost faith in President Bush and his conservative agenda. * Tie Bush and his agenda directly to the conservative brand and its followers. * Shift the center of the political debate toward progressive solutions to our nation's most intractable problems by demonstrating the failure of Bush's policies and conservative ideology. A number of groups have sponsored or partnered with AUFC on the Bush Legacy Bus, including Center for American Progress Action Fund, AFSCME, SEIU, AFL-CIO, VoteVets.org, MoveOn.org Political Action, Healthcare for America Now and American Rights at Work, among others. -30- Bush Administration Statistics Jan 20th, 2001 NOW Gas prices[i] $1.37 $4.00 Unemployment Rates[ii] 4.2 % 5.5 % Uninsured Under 65[iii] 39 Million 47 Million Workers Covered By Employer-Based Health Insurance[iv] 64.2 % 59.7 % Home Heating Oil Prices[v] $1.40 $3.85 Crude Oil Prices Per Barrel[vi] $29.59 $125.40 Median Household Income[vii] $49,163 $48, 201 Budget: Deficit/Surplus[viii] $431 Billion Surplus Over The Previous 3 Budget Years $734 Billion Deficit Over The Previous 3 Budget Years National Debt[ix] $5.7 Trillion $9.2 Trillion Consumer Credit Debt[x] $7.65 Trillion $12.8 Trillion Real GDP Growth[xi] 4.09% Over Prior 8 Years 2.65% Over Prior 7 Years Americans in Poverty[xii] 31.6 Million 36.5 Million Annual Total Health Insurance Premium Cost[xiii] $6,230 For Family Premium Per Year $12, 106 For Family Premium Per Year Average Cost Of A Prescription Drugs[xiv] $47.54 $68.26 Electricity[xv] $914 Per Year $1,108 Per Year Groceries[xvi] $3,021 Per Year $3,417 Per Year Average Tuition At Public College per year[xvii] $3,739 $6,185 Average Tuition At Private College[xviii] $16,211 $23,712 Jobs Created[xix] 1.76 Million Per Year Over Previous 8 Years 369,000 Jobs Per Year Over Previous 7 Years Personal Savings Rate[xx] +2.3% -0.5% U.S. Trade Deficit[xxi] $380 Billion $759 Billion Strength Of U.S. Dollar[xxii] 1.07 Euros per dollar 0.68 Euros per dollar U.S. Fatalities In Iraq War[xxiii] 0 4,106 Amount Spent on Iraq War[xxiv] 0 $531 Billion College Tuition[xxv] $11,380 $14,629 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jeremy J. Funk Communications Director, Americans United for Change Office: 202.470.5878 Mobile: 605.366.3654 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.americansunitedforchange.org ________________________________ [i] Energy Information Administration, http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_hi story.html, Accessed 6/24/08; http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i5TtajgUpSm7KY5jf-lCJGHBB-tAD904D7G00 [ii] Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_num bers&series_id=LNS14000000, Accessed 6/24/08 [iii] US Census Bureau, Accessed 3/26/08 [iv] Washington Post, 8/29/07, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR200708 2800779.html?nav=rss_metro [v] Energy Information Administration, http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/weekly_pe troleum_status_report/current/pdf/tablec1.pdf; http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/brochure/heatingoil2006/index.html [vi] Energy Information Administration, http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/rwtcM.htm; http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i5TtajgUpSm7KY5jf-lCJGHBB-tAD904D7G00 [vii] United States Census Bureau [viii] Department of Treasury [ix] Department of Treasury [x] Insurance Information Institute [xi] Bureau of Economic Analysis, http://www.bea.gov/national/index.htm [xii] US Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/histpov/perindex.html [xiii] Kaiser Study of Health Care Benefits, http://kff.org/insurance/index.cfm [xiv] Average Cost of a Prescription Drug, Kaiser Family Foundation May 2007 Fact Sheet [xv] U.S. Energy Information Administration [xvi] Bureau Of Labor Statistics [xvii] CRS and College Board 2007-2008 Study [xviii] CRS and College Board 2007-2008 Study [xix] Bureau of Labor Statistics [xx] Bureau of Economic Analysis [xxi] United States Census Bureau [xxii] OANDA.com: The Currency Website [xxiii] Iraq Casualties, http://icasualties.org/oif/, Accessed 5/30/08 [xxiv] National Priorities Project, http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home, Accessed 5/30/08 [xxv] National Center for Education Statistics, http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=76 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "big campaign" group. 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