"Iraqis cope with life without lights, Baghdad's electricity has fallen far below prewar levels due to instability."

"BAGHDAD – Younes Abbas Shamari is a carpenter with an open-air shop on Baghdad's Zawiya Street, which means he depends on electricity for most of what he does: sawing, drilling, sanding. These days, however, he rarely works, as the electricity is off more than it's on.
"His workshop sits on a commercial strip in a relatively calm area in the central part of the city. Many small businesses here are in need of electricity to function, but Mr. Shamari estimates he gets just two hours of electricity for every four there is none. And that's twice the Baghdad average, this being one of the capital's more upscale neighborhoods.

Four years after Bush, "about 45.8 million Americans did not have health insurance in 2004, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Almost 7 million Californians are uninsured."

And it hasn't gotten any better.

And some people are worried about the poor Venezuelans.

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