The Real State of the Union

President George W. Bush will give his annual State of the Union address tomorrow night, Jan. 31, and likely will tell the nation that the economy is growing, more tax cuts for the wealthy will boost it even further and that individual health savings accounts will solve the nation’s health care crisis.

That rosy picture is not the state of the union.

Job creation is at its lowest point since World War II, 5 million more people are in poverty today than in 2000, 46 million Americans don’t have health care and private health savings accounts will shift more costs onto workers and undermine employer-sponsored health plans, through which two-thirds of Americans receive their health coverage.
Source: W.I.P.