Scene: Picture of a family with 4 kids playing in front of a modest suburban home with an
American flag flying in the wind off the porch
Voice over: While you weren't looking President Bush has taken the budget surplus left by Clinton and has had his Republican friends take out credit cards in your name.
Scene: a huge red $25,000 stamp like image is overlayed diagonally across the screen.
Voice: In just 4 years instead Republicans have put TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND dollars on this family's credit card.
Scene: picture of a gas pump with $3.50 on it
Voice: Republicans know this irresponsible behavior means gas prices will continue to rise and interest rates will go up.
Scene: Clips from newspapers about bankruptcy bill
Voice: To make sure their big business friends can wring every last cent out of you when your credit card rate goes up to 20% and you can't put food on the table they are busy changing the bankruptcy laws right now to prevent you from filing.
Republicans know they've gotten America into financial trouble and they just don't care. We think you should ask them what they are doing.
Some financial details:
Public debt link
1997 first year it's easily broken out (public/government debt - the latter being Social security borrowing for the future which is substantial but doesn't count)
09/30/1997 3,789,667,546,849.60
09/28/2001 3,339,310,176,094.74
03/09/2005 4,550,845,316,590.96
1,211,535,140,496
US Citizens: 295,796,674
$4095 per person or $24575 for a 6 person family