Edited sentence: Bush's challengers accuse him of having "lost 3 million American jobs".Job creation is an important issue in the 2004 U.Many of George W.Presidential Election, and Bush's opponents argue that the government revenue lost due to his massive  tax cuts for the wealthy would have been better spent on education, the environment, and job-creation initiatives.The unemployment that has resulted from pervasive downsizing during the 2000s has become a critical issue.While the cyclical downturn (and consequent job loss) of the 2000s is probably not entirely his fault, there is little evidence that his policies have, in any way, improved the situation