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For Immediate Release: January 28, 2008
Contact: Cecelia Prewett
202-965-3500 x369
AAJ Press Room
(Washington, DC)—“Tonight President Bush will deliver his final State of the Union as he presides over a country that labors under a weak economy. It’s an economy of hard choices that forces Americans to work harder for less, depletes their savings just so they can pay for gas, and reduces their ability to afford mortgages as the housing market continues to tank.
In his 2005 State of the Union, the President claimed the economy was being held back by lawsuits. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, federal tort trials had decreased by 79 percent since 1985.[1] Another fact: this administration has done more to help Americans into debt,[2] lose their homes[3] and search for jobs than any other in recent memory.[4]
We look forward to a state of our union with more truth telling, a growing economy and a strong civil justice system that holds wrongdoers accountable.”
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