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On the recordJuly 8, 2004
some people like to make experience the issue for the Vice President of the United States of America. Let me ask how much experience does it take to wave the banner ``Mission Accomplished'' and watch another 700 Americans lose their lives and not change their policy? How much experience does it take to watch 44 million Americans without health insurance and have no policy for universal care? How much experience does it take to watch college costs rise by 26 percent and not pass or have any legislation to alleviate the financial pain for middle-class families when it comes to afford college education for their children? How much experience does it take to watch $200 billion worth of retirement savings evaporate and not have a plan for retirement security? How much experience does it take to see household bankruptcies rise by over a third in this country and not have a plan to deal with household bankruptcy? How much experience does it take to watch health care costs rise by a third and not have a plan to deal with the uncontrollable health care inflation in this country? I am not sure we can take this much experience from the Bush-Cheney administration for another 4 years.
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Rep. Rahm Emanuel
Illinois

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Criticizing the Bush-Cheney administration's policies and their impact on various social issues.

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