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Letter: Reasons obvious for Bush’s low ratings

Wednesday, March 15, 2006 | 7:07 a.m.

The latest poll has the approval rating of only 37 percent for George Bush as president of the United States. The reasons are obvious: Forty million or so people in the U.S. are not covered and cannot afford health insurance. Failure to sign onto the Kyoto Treaty, which at least deals with global warming. Our school children still rank in the middle of the pack compared to those in many industrialized countries.

Since the Republicans have dominated the Congress and White House, American workers have seen multitudes of jobs that have been either lost or gone out of the country, and those who are still fortunate enough to have a job have lost income due to reduced overtime and health benefits.

Katrina! What more can be said? The apparent hopelessness of the conflict in Iraq. The list goes on and on.

Richard Nixon also saw his popularity reduced appreciably - at least he had the decency to resign.

Paul Seidman, Henderson

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