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June 30, 2003

Herbert | Oblivious in D.C.

Oblivious in D.C.

By Bob Herbert
The New York Times
Monday 30 June 2003

"Of all the challenges we face, none is more troubling than the fact that thousands of Oregonians — many of them children — don't have enough to eat. Oregon has the highest hunger rate in the nation."
— Gov. Ted Kulongoski, in his State of the State address

Those who still believe that the policies of the Bush administration will set in motion some kind of renaissance in Iraq should take a look at what's happening to the quality of life for ordinary Americans here at home.

The president, buoyed by the bountiful patronage of the upper classes, seems indifferent to the increasingly harsh struggles of the working classes and the poor.

As Mr. Bush moves from fund-raiser to fund-raiser, building the mother of all campaign stockpiles, states from coast to coast are reaching depths of budget desperation unseen since the Great Depression. The disconnect here is becoming surreal.

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Read It Rating: 7.5
Left/Right Rating: L6
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Learning Percentage: 60%

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