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Bush deceives public: New ad lies about economy

Pro-Bush Puffery on Economy, Medicare

New ad claims Bush inherited an economy "already in recession" and
that 41 million seniors "now have access to lower cost prescriptions."
Wrong on both counts.

http://factcheck.org/article278.html

Yeah, it's so much better to be "on the verge of recession", which is what
the article says is accurate.

"The ad by the pro-Bush group Progress for America Voter Fund claims the
economy was already in a recession when Bush took office, but the National
Bureau of Economic Research (which dates business cycles) says the recession
actually began in March 2001, after Bush took office in January."

"The facts also get stretched when the ad claims "41 million seniors now
have access to lower cost prescriptions (emphasis added)." Bush's new
prescription drug benefit will cover seniors on Medicare for an extra
premium of about $35 a month, but not until 2006. Even the currently
available drug discount cards have been used much less than expected.
Current enrollment is less than 5 million."