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2.8 million people have lost their jobs under the Bush Jr. administration. (Houston Chronicle):

Nearly 2 million jobs have been lost since hiring peaked in March 2001.

In February alone, 8.5 million people were unemployed, a 2.8 million increase since the fall of 2000. The number of long-term jobless tripled during this period. About 1.9 million people have been jobless for 27 weeks or more, comprising 22 percent of total unemployment.

Businesses have been wary of making long-term hiring and spending commitments as the economy struggled toward recovery. But any improvements in the jobs market now appear to be quashed as the nation inches toward war with Iraq.

It was that same climate of uncertainty that dampened business confidence in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -- and which soured job prospects for the unemployed.

So much for the recovery due to the first tax cut, which W wants to worsen with a second tax cut on passive dividend income.

No wonder Home Depot is sold out — the rich are duct-taping billions of dollars to the bodies of their heirs as the estate tax withers. Meanwhile, only working people bear the financial brunt of this insane march to a needless war.

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