2004-11-03 - 5:57 p.m.

30 - number of countries in the �coalition of the willing�
3 - number of Latin American countries in the coalition
2 - number of African countries in the coalition (both of whom are at war with each other and vying for US support in that war)
135,000 - number of US troops on the ground in Iraq, down from approx. 150K
6800 - number of British troops, the second highest number from another country
3000 - number of Italian troops, the third highest
2500 - number of Polish troops, the fourth highest
1300 - number of Spanish troops and last �sizeable� contingent sent by any country
400 - number of Honduran troops
385 - number of troops from El Salvador
115 - number of Nicaraguan troops
6,800 � total number of troops from the other 23 coalition countries, including noncombat troops
296 � average number of troops sent from each of the other 23 coalition countryies
90,000 - number of Iraqi policeman currently on the job in Iraq (excluding those killed or kidnapped in the last 2 weeks)
53,000 � of those 90,000, the number to have had some training (excluding those killed or kidnapped in the last 2 weeks)
8,169 � the number of Iraqi policemen to have actually undergone a full course of police academy training in Iraq
8 � the number of weeks it takes to complete Iraqi police academy training
1,200,000 � number of National Guard members in the US
45 � percentage of those members currently called into active duty � the highest percentage since World War II
7,000 � number of military recruiters currently cruising malls and school job fairs
1,000 � number of recruiters the military added this year
1,120 � minimum number of American soldiers killed in Iraq so far
958 � minimum number of American soldiers killed so far in Iraq since Bush stood on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln under a banner proclaiming �Mission Accomplished� and stated unequivocally, �We have prevailed.�
914 � minimum number of American deaths so far in Iraq since Bush announced �Bring �em on� on July 2, 2003
0 � number of soldiers� funerals Bush has attended
7,532 � number of soldiers the DoD says were wounded in action between March 2003 and Sept. 27, 2004, the last time they released official numbers
9,000 - approximate unofficial estimate of how many have been wounded to date
69 � minimum number of UK soldiers killed so far in Iraq
72 � minimum number of other coalition troops killed so far in Iraq
592 � number of days as of this writing since US and coalition troops invaded Iraq
100,000 � approximate number of Iraqi civilians killed during the invasion/occupation of Iraq, most of them women & children
168.9 � average number of Iraqi civilians killed per day since the invasion of Iraq

5,600,000,000,000 � budget surplus Bush inherited when he took office in Jan 2001 ($5.6 Trillion)
3,500,000,000,000 � minimum budget deficit now ($3.5 Trillion)
9,100,000,000,000 � dollar amount Bush has spent since taking office ($9.1 Trillion)
500 � your estimated share of the national debt (in dollars) when Bush took office
24,000 � your estimated share of it now
1,700,000,000,000 � dollar amount of the Bush tax cuts ($1.7 Trillion)
507,000,000,000 � dollar amount taken from the Social Security trust fund to offset money no longer coming in due to Bush tax cuts ($507 Billion)
1,400,000,000,000 � Amount of Social Security budget surplus Bush has now allocated to fund other programs unrelated to Social Security through the year 2013 ($1.4 Trillion)
17 � percentage Medicare benefits have been decreased by since Bush took office
44,600,000 � number of people without healthcare in the United States
3,400,000 � number of people who have lost healthcare since Bush took office
50 � percentage increase of out-of-pocket healthcare costs for those who still have insurance since Bush took office
8.7 � percentage of cost increase for the 10 most-used prescription drugs since Bush took office
7,500,000,000 � amount of money Bush cut from the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) budget in 2003 ($7.5 Billion)
9,400,000,000 � amount of money Bush cut from the NCLB budget in 2004 ($9.4 Billion)
571,000 � number of children�s openings Bush proposed cutting from after school programs in 2003
14 � minimum percentage average state college tuition has risen since Bush took office
375,000 � the number of low income college students already receiving Pell Grants whose funding has been cut to some degree since Bush took office
84,000 � the number of deserving students already receiving Pell Grants who have completely lost funding since Bush took office
1,500,000 � number of graduating high school students whose Pell Grant funding has been reduced, either in part or in whole, due to Bush cuts in the program
12.5 � percentage of people now living in poverty since Bush took office and inherited the lowest poverty level since 1974
5,000,000 � if I�ve done my math correctly, the approximate number of newly poverty-stricken Americans since Bush took office
1,200,000 � net job loss during Bush�s 4 years in office � the conservative estimate; it has been placed as high as 1.8 million
135,000 � average number of new jobs created each month under every president since Truman except George W. Bush
306,000 � number of new jobs Bush claimed would be created each month by his tax cuts (for a total of 5.5 million new jobs by the end of 2004)
150,000 � number of new jobs needed each month to keep up with the rate of population growth and job demand
0 � average number of new jobs created each month under Bush
79,189 � the average number of jobs lost each month under Bush
9,000,000 � the number of people unemployed in this country (or more accurately, the number of people currently on the books as unemployed � this figure does not include people who have no job but are not collecting unemployment)
3,300,000 � the number of people unemployment increased by since Bush took office
10 � percentage increase in bankruptcies since Bush took office
182,700 � average yearly income of the wealthiest 20% of Americans
1,100,000 � average yearly income of top 1% of all Americans
30,127 � average cut in taxes to someone in the top 1% under the Bush �growth� plan tax cut
289 � average cut in taxes to someone in the middle 20% (making approx. $46K/year) under the Bush �growth� plan tax cut
46 � percentage of taxpayers (64 million) who receive a tax cut of $100 or less per year under the Bush �growth� plan tax cut
3/2001 � the month and year the recession actually began, according to National Bureau of Economic Research, a conservative economic think tank which dates business cycles
58,000 � number of missing absentee ballots in Florida in the last month, most of them located in Democratically-dominated counties
16,000 � number that have been remailed, 2 days before Election Day

1 � number of presidents to enter office with a criminal record: George W. Bush
6 � months of vacation George W. Bush has taken since taking office in January 2001, more than any other president in history
178 � number of countries who ratified the Kyoto Treaty (on global warming) � after years of US and world work on the agreement, Bush refused to sign it
3 � the amount power plants are allowed to increase their current emissions of mercury into the environment under Bush�s �Clear Skies Initiative� (triple)
3,000,000 � number of acres Bush has opened to logging in the Tongass National Forest, home to the highest concentration of our endangered national bird (the Bald Eagle) on earth
33 � number of logging permits Bush has granted in the Tongass
700 � number of square miles already lost to logging since Bush granted those permits and opened the Tongass National Forest to logging (that�s still only 448,000 acres, which should give you an idea of just how much land is in 3,000,000 acres; that�s a lot of national forest to give to loggers)
93 � number of press conferences Eisenhower held
65 � number of Kennedy press conferences (in 3 years)
83 � press conferences held by Bush, Sr.
15 � press conferences held by George Dubya; fewer than any president since the advent of television
10,000,000 � number of people to simultaneously protest against George W. Bush � the single largest protest against any one person in the entire history of the world

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