• Number of new roller coasters opening nationwide this summer: 41.1
• Number of roller coasters at permanent amusement parks subject to federal safety regulations: 0.2
• Number of people killed on roller coasters and other amusement park rides since 1987: 43.3
• Status of State of Florida’s oversight of safety conditions at Walt Disney World: none.4
• Position of International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, of which the Walt Disney Company is a member, on proposed federal legislation to regulate amusement park rides: opposed.5
• Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner and colleague Sandy Litvack’s campaign contributions to candidates and parties in 1999: $518,227.6
• Disney’s position on establishing normal trade relations with China: favors.7
• Ratio of how much Disney CEO Michael Eisner makes in a year compared to a worker in Chinese factories making shoes, toys, and clothing for his company: 63,000: 1.8
• Corporate America - overwhelmingly in favor of a China trade pact -- campaign contributions in the 1998 elections: $666.6 million.9
• Campaign giving by organized labor - opposed to the China agreement -- in the 1998 elections: $60.8 million.10

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1 Ultimate rollercoaster.com, www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/.
2 In 1981, Congress passed legislation that restricted the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s authority to include only traveling rides, and not those that are permanently fixed in an amusement park. See Public Law 97-35.
3 Figures cover the period between Jan. 1, 1987 to June 30, 1999. From C. Craig Morris, Ph.D., “Amusement Ride-Related Injuries and Deaths in the United States,” U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, July 1999.
4 The State of Florida inspects only those parks without permanent full-time safety inspectors or parks employing fewer than 1,000 emplo