The State of the Union.. Special Series from Mother Jones

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http://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/2004/04/index.html

Volume 2, Issue 17 | April 26, 2004

F R O M T H E E D I T O R
Even George W. Bush's most ardent supporters conceded that his 2004 State of the Union address was, at best, uninspiring. It wasn't just the president's bizarre inclusion of that most pressing of national problems, steroids in professional sports -- a topic that received more presidential attention than the environment or energy policy. Nor was it simply his ludicrous insistence that his tax cuts for the wealthy were creating jobs, or his gall in referring yet again to those nonexistent weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. No, what was most sobering was how out of touch the president was with the problems that America now faces.

In our special report in the May/June issue, we offer a different view of the state of the union. And in a twist on Ronald Reagan's 1980 line, we pose the question, "Who's Better Off?"

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1. kick, because this is some worth wile reading.. n/t