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DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS
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JAN. 23, 2007
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SUPPORT & JOIN THE JAN. 27 DC DEMO;
DSA MEET UP INFO
 The best way to respond to the lies and distortions that will make up the bulk of Bush's State of the Union Speech tonight is to participate in this Saturday's DC march and rally or one of the more than sixty solidarity events around the country.
Democratic Socialists of America & Young Democratic Socialists will meet up at the Department of Education building (400 Maryland Ave SW; Green, Yellow, Orange and Blue Metro lines to L’Efant Plaza. Walk north on 7th St, turn right on Maryland Ave. to the Dept. of Education (1 block)) from 10:30AM until 12:00 Noon when we leave to join the marchers on the Mall.
If you miss us in the morning, please feel free to join us for an informal afternoon reception with light refreshments at the:
Hunan Dynasty Restaurant,
215 Pennsylvania Ave. SE 2:30 PM -5:30PM
We have scheduled it so that you have time to both participate in the march and rally then join us with time to catch your bus!
Directions to Hunan Dynasty: From the Capitol, walk 2 blocks east on East Capitol St. to 2nd Street, turn right 2 blocks south to Penn., cross Penn. and turn left for 150-200 feet. The Metro station is Capitol South on the Blue and Orange lines. Take the escalator to the street, walk forward 50 feet to C Street, turn right one block to 2nd Street, turn left on 2nd one block to Penn., turn right for 150-200 feet to Hunan Dynasty
Even if you can't attend you can still contact Congress to voice your opposition. Click here to send your message.
In solidarity,
Frank Llewellyn
National Director
PS: Courtesy of our friends at the Campaign for America's future here are few facts and figures to put the President's speech in context:
ON INCOMES:
--Median household income in 2000: $47,599 --Median household income in 2005: $46,326 (US Census Bureau, Table H-8. Median Household Income by State: 1984 to 2005) --Salary of a full-time minimum wage employee without vacation: $10,712 --Average time for top CEOs to earn that sum: 2.06 hours (Forbes Magazine. "What the Boss Makes." April 20, 2006) --Federal minimum wage in 2000: $5.15/hr --Federal minimum wage in 2006: $5.15/hr --Loss in purchasing power, full time worker annually: $1,562 ON ENERGY PRICES: --Average price of home heating oil on Jan. 3, 2000: $1.15 per gallon --Average price of home heating oil on Jan. 1, 2007: $2.42 per gallon (U.S. Energy Information Admin. Jan. 4, 2007) --Average price of gasoline on Jan. 3, 2000: $1.31 per gallon --Average price of gasoline on Jan. 1, 2007: $2.38 per gallon (U.S. Energy Information Admin. Jan. 5, 2007) --Exxon Mobil profits in 2000: $7.9 billion --Exxon Mobil profits in 2006: $36.1 billion (CNNMoney.com, accessed Jan. 19, 2007) ON CLIMATE CHANGE: --Year Bush said Kyoto Protocol emission targets were “not based upon science”: 2000 --Decrease in NASA budget for Earth observation since 2000: 30 percent --Year with highest average U.S. temperature ever recorded: 2006 (The White House, June 11, 2001; New York Times, Jan. 21, 2006; National Climate Data Center. U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Jan. 9, 2007) ON EDUCATION: --Average cost of a year at a public four-year college in 2000: $9,958 --Average cost of a year at a public four-year college in 2006: $12,796 (Costs include tuition, fees, room & board. MSN Money 2000/Associated Press. Jan. 14, 2005. College Board. Trends in College Pricing 2007) ON RETIREMENT SECURITY: --Workers without retirement plans at work in the private sector 2006: 80 percent --Baby boom Americans approaching retirement: 76 million (Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2006; The Seattle Times. Jan. 22, 2005) ON HEALTH CARE COSTS: --Americans without health insurance, 2000: 38.2 million --Americans without health insurance, 2005: 46.6 million (US Census Bureau, Sept. 2001; US Census Bureau, Aug. 2006) --Average monthly worker contribution for family coverage in 2000: $135 --Average monthly worker contribution for family coverage in 2006: $248 --Personal bankruptcies due to medical bills: 55 percent (The Kaiser Family Foundation, Sept. 26, 2006; Health Affairs Health Policy Journal, Feb. 2, 2005) ON THE IRAQ WAR: --Number of US troops killed in Iraq prior to “Mission Accomplished” speech in 2003: 139 --Number of US troops killed in Iraq as of Jan. 22, 2007: 3,056 --Number of Iraqi civilians killed in 2006, according to the United Nations: 34,452 (iCasualties.org, Jan. 22, 2007; U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, Jan. 16, 2006) --Number of US troops wounded in Iraq prior to “Mission Accomplished” speech in 2003: 542 --Number of US troops wounded in Iraq as of January 10, 2007: 22,834 (iCasualties.org. Jan. 10, 2007) --Total US military expenditures (including in Iraq and Afghanistan) in 2006: $522 billion --Total military expenditures of the 10 next top spenders combined: $386 billion (Includes China, Russia, the UK, Japan, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Italy, and Australia. Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Feb. 16, 2006.) --U.S. Federal Discretionary Budget spent on Military not including Iraq, in 2006: 48.7 percent --Amount spent on Education: 6.7 percent (White House Office of Management and Budget, Feb. 6, 2006) ON DEBTS AND DEFICITS: --Monthly U.S. Trade Deficit in October 2000: $33.8 billion --Monthly U.S. Trade Deficit in October 2006: $58.9 billion (U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Statistics. Jan. 10, 2007) --U.S. Current Account Deficit, FY 2000: $435.4 billion --U.S. Current Account Deficit, FY 2006: $900 billion (Economic Policy Institute. March 14, 2001; Economic Policy Institute. March 14, 2006) --Loss of value of U.S. dollar relative to the Euro, Jan. 24, 2000 to Jan. 23, 2006: 23 percent (X-rate.com, accessed Jan. 23, 2006) --US Budget Deficit in FY 2000: $230 billion surplus --US Budget Deficit in FY 2006: $423 billion deficit (White House Office of Management and Budget. Budget of the United States Government, Historical Tables, Fiscal Year 2007; White House Office of Management and Budget. Table S-1. 2006 budget totals) --US National Debt in FY 2000: $5.7 trillion --US National Debt in FY 2006: $8.5 trillion (Bureau of the Public Debt, Jan. 16, 2007)
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