Gasoline prices<\/a> hit an all-time high yesterday. And they're still climbing.<\/p>\nThe Bush administration continues to rewrite the record books for dismal economic statistics. They're like Herbert Hoover on andro.<\/p>\n
For those keeping score at home:<\/p>\n
1.<\/b> Highest all-time gasoline prices.<\/p>\n
2.<\/b> Highest all-time federal deficit (in dollars).<\/p>\n
3.<\/b> Highest all-time national debt.<\/p>\n
4.<\/b> Highest all-time trade deficit.<\/p>\n
5.<\/b> Highest all-time level of consumer debt.<\/p>\n
6.<\/b> Highest all-time number of personal bankruptcies.<\/p>\n
7.<\/b> Highest all-time number of defaults on mortgages.<\/p>\n
8.<\/b> Highest all-time number of jobs lost during a single term.<\/p>\n
I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Please let me know if you can think of any I'm missing.<\/p>\n
(Note: Highest all-time number of civilians killed on American soil is, of course, another record the Bush administration holds. But it's not an economic<\/i> record.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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