It's the (Tanking) Economy, Stupid

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I don't see a bad economy, I see a great economy. I make more than I ever did before. I have job security and job satisfaction.

How times have changed...

[one...two...tree 2,762]

We're not talking about keeping up with the Jones' - we're talking about Americans who can't afford the basics - a home, healthcare, food on their table, and the trend is for a dismal future.

home ownership is at record levels. anybody can buy health insurance from a myriad of companies. oh yeah, you want it affordable, God forbid you can't afford health care premiums and the payment on that $40k chevy suv. can't put food on their tables? we have an obesity epidemic in this country, we're eating ok.

your forbes post is from over 4 years ago, and it's bunk. not even worth addressing here

45 million Americans are uninsured.

45 million uninsured Americans is more than...

• All Americans age 65 and older (35.9 million)2

• All African Americans (37.1 million)3

• All Hispanic or Latino Americans (39.9 million)4

45 million uninsured Americans is...

• 4 million more than the number of small business employees (41.0 million in 2001)5

• 20 million more than the number of military veterans (25 million)6

• Nearly 12 times more than the number of millionaires (3.8 million) -- although the growth in millionaires outstripped that of the uninsured (14 percent versus 3 percent)7

45 million uninsured Americans is...

• More than four times the population of Greece, site of the Summer Olympics (10.6 million)

• 12 million more than the population of Canada (32.2 million)

• Nearly 5 million more than the population of Spain (40.2 million)

• 20 million more than the population of Iraq (24.7 million)

45 million uninsured Americans is...

• Nearly five times more than the number of Americans living with cancer (9.2 million in 2001)9

• 2.5 times higher than the number of Americans with diabetes (18.2 million in 2002)10

• 7 million more people than those living with HIV throughout the world (38 million)11

There are...

• Nearly 150 uninsured Americans for each physician in America 12

• Nearly 7,500 uninsured Americans for each hospital in America13

• Over 84,000 uninsured Americans for each Member of Congress

45 million uninsured Americans is about the same number of Americans living in...

• West coast states (45.2 million in California, Oregon and Washington)

• Middle America (44.7 million in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyoming)

• Northeastern states (42.0 million in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont)

http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.as...VF&b=173900

An oldie but a goodie.