Bush by the Numbers

$984 BILLION — increase in the federal debt ceiling as approved by the Republican Senate majority on May 23.

$800 BILLION-PLUS — the potential 10-year price tag of the recently approved $350-billion Bush tax cut if, as expected, the bill's lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains for the wealthy are not al-lowed to expire as scheduled after 2008.

$21.5 BILLION — total state deficits for the current fiscal year, projected to increase to more than $50 billion next year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. AFSCME's unrelenting efforts to encourage Congress to provide fiscal assistance to the states paid off when lawmakers approved a bill that includes $20 billion in state aid.

$15 BILLION — state revenue that will be lost during this decade if provisions of the Bush tax-cut bill, involving depreciation and small business expensing, are extended and remain in effect through 2013.

2,727,000 — private jobs lost under President Bush. That's compared to 22.2 million created under Clinton. Bush has the worst job-creation record in 60 years!