"DUBYA" will go down as the worst in history

[Guest non-pedophile]

To all the morons who still support this draft dodger i feel sorry for you. The dollar is absolutely worthless.........( i want all my canadian quarters back from the past 37 years). the rest of the free world absolutely despises us for the incredible mess we are going to leave in the middle east....(there is no win to this war). That we have not done a thing about the genocide that is still occuring in Darfur. The fact that this administration does not deal with the fact that oil execs. are making record amounts of salary(in the hundreds of millions), the corporations bringing record profits(in the tens of billions), and thats net not gross. The obscene way the utilities are raping America through the price rates and the stock market(Enron is not the only one).

I WANT MY VOTE BACK FROM 2000!

[Guest Jazz]

To all the morons who still support this draft dodger i feel sorry for you. The dollar is absolutely worthless.........( i want all my canadian quarters back from the past 37 years). the rest of the free world absolutely despises us for the incredible mess we are going to leave in the middle east....(there is no win to this war). That we have not done a thing about the genocide that is still occuring in Darfur. The fact that this administration does not deal with the fact that oil execs. are making record amounts of salary(in the hundreds of millions), the corporations bringing record profits(in the tens of billions), and thats net not gross. The obscene way the utilities are raping America through the price rates and the stock market(Enron is not the only one).

I WANT MY VOTE BACK FROM 2000!

I voted Kerry. So don't blame me

[Guest Guest]

Too bad the rest of the world that despises us isn't capable of solving the Darfur problem. Pathetic really.

[Guest Guest]

The homeland has not been attacked except for that one time.

 

The economy is great, except for the foreclosures and national debt.

 

We don't have nationalized health care, except a lot of people can't afford any.

 

The Social Security System fund balance continues to grow, except the government borrows the money to ease the deficit.

 

The US is using less foreign oil, except we can afford the food prices or the gas prices.

[Guest Guest]

The war is a success to HALIBURTON, KELLOG ROOT & BROWN, THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, and to Bushpilots and Chenneys Corporate Cronies... The Bushbots support GW Bushpilot with blind alligence!!!

[The Mole]

Ya know, I voted for the guy and backed him in the beginning. He has turned out to be the biggest boob ever to grace the White House and for that I'm sorry. You can try all you want to put a good spin on this guy but you can't. Our country is falling apart and he's the guy in power that let it happen. I have no doubt his legacy will be with us for some time and it will all be bad. Many have pushed to impeach him but that would be too good. It's a shame that the greatest country on the planet can't get rid of this guy fast enough nor does it have any real contenders to replace him. I'm afraid we're on the road to ruin and the Bush presidency has only helped us get there faster. Frankly my friends, we're screwed. Bush doesn't give a crap about his legacy. He has amassed his fortune so once he's out he'll be living well as the rest of us have to deal with what he left us, a broken economy, wars on numerous fronts for no reason, record high oil prices and no light on the horizon. Hell, the boob is laughing all the way to the bank. It makes me sick.

[tom]

The war is a success to HALIBURTON, KELLOG ROOT & BROWN, THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, and to Bushpilots and Chenneys Corporate Cronies... The Bushbots support GW Bushpilot with blind alligence!!!

 

You've convinced me!!!! I'm not voting for Bush in 2008!

 

As for the worst president in history, 2 scumbags come to mind that are more deserving, Carter and BJ Clinton.

 

BJ Clinton attacked Serbia with our F15's, destroyed their military leaving them defenseless against the muslim headhunters in Kosovo, and killed over 2000 innocent men, women and children in the attacks.

 

Did you know Serbia was an ally, never threatened us, and didn't have the means to attack us. They had no WMD's. Are any of these liberal talking points familiar to you puke? Clinton literally stole Serbias land of over 700 years and gave it to muslim terrorists.

 

Clinton also used the White House as his own personal house of ill repute. Pure slime!

 

Carter, on the other hand did nothing good at all. It took Ronald Reagan to fix the damage done by Carter.

[Guest Guest]

You've convinced me!!!! I'm not voting for Bush in 2008!

 

As for the worst president in history, 2 scumbags come to mind that are more deserving, Carter and BJ Clinton.

 

BJ Clinton attacked Serbia with our F15's, destroyed their military leaving them defenseless against the muslim headhunters in Kosovo, and killed over 2000 innocent men, women and children in the attacks.

 

Did you know Serbia was an ally, never threatened us, and didn't have the means to attack us. They had no WMD's. Are any of these liberal talking points familiar to you puke? Clinton literally stole Serbias land of over 700 years and gave it to muslim terrorists.

 

Clinton also used the White House as his own personal house of ill repute. Pure slime!

 

Carter, on the other hand did nothing good at all. It took Ronald Reagan to fix the damage done by Carter.

 

You are aware that GWB attacked a nation in the most volitile part of the world, one that never threatened us and did not have the means to attack us, right? Oh.....and had no WMD's.

 

2,000 dead in Serbia? A drop in the bucket to the dead in Iraq, including our own soldiers.

 

Are you also aware that your hero Reagan completely missed the breakup up the "Evil Empire", the USSR?

 

Completely. He had no idea it was happening until he saw it on the news.

 

Some leader.

[GALVATRON]

I encourage people who support Bush to learn how effective our President has been, and liberals ought to browse this too. Just remember, the liberal media can't cover up the truth of his accomplishments.

 

Abortion & Traditional Values

 

1. Banned Partial Birth Abortion — by far the most significant roll-back of abortion on demand since Roe v. Wade. 2. Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy. 3. By Executive Order (EO), reversed Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act. 4. By EO, prohibited federal funds for international family planning groups that provide abortions and related services. 5. Upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals. 6. Made $33 million available for abstinence education programs in 2004. 7. Supports the Defense of Marriage Act — and a Constitutional amendment saying marriage is between one man and one woman. 8. Requires states to conduct criminal background checks on prospective foster and adoptive parents. 9. Requires districts to let students transfer out of dangerous schools. 10. Requires schools to have a zero-tolerance policy for classroom disruption (reintroducing discipline into classrooms). 11. Signed the Teacher Protection Act, which protects teachers from lawsuits related to student discipline. 12. Expanded the role of faith-based and community organizations in after-school programs.

 

Budget, Taxes & Economy

 

1. Signed two income tax cuts, one of which was the largest dollar-value tax cut in world history. 2. Supports permanent elimination of the death tax. 3. Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession, and deeply shocked as a result of the 9/11 attacks. 4. Is seeking legislation to amend the Constitution to give the president line-item veto authority. 5. In process of permanently eliminating IRS marriage penalty. 6. Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people. 7. Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts. 8. Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules would have shut down every home business in America. 9. Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals. 10. Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains. 11. Signed trade promotion authority. 12. Reduced and is working to ultimately eliminate the estate tax for family farms and ranches. 13. Fight Europe's ban on importing biotech crops from the United States. 14. Exempt food from unilateral trade sanctions and embargoes. 15. Provided $20 million to states to help people with disabilities work from home. 16. Created a fund to encourage technologies that help the disabled. 17. Increased the annual contribution limit on Education IRA's from $500 to $2,000 per child. 18. Make permanent the $5,000 adoption tax credit and provide $1 billion over five years to increase the credit to $10,000. 19. Grant a complete tax exemption for prepaid or college tuition savings plans. 20. Reduced H1B visa

 

Character & Conduct as President

 

1. Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the presidency. 2. Has reintroduced the mention of God and faith into public discourse. 3. Handled himself with enormous courage, dignity, grace, determination, and leadership in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 hijackings and anthrax attacks. He almost single-handedly held this country together during those searing days:

 

Just three days after the attacks, in his address at the National Cathedral, the President reassured the nation when he said: "War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others. It will end in a way, and at an hour, of our choosing."

 

On Friday, September 14, 2001, President Bush visited Ground Zero. Standing on a crushed and burned fire engine atop the smoldering pile at Ground Zero, he put his arm around a retired firefighter who had volunteered to help, and began speaking to the crowd. Rescue workers shouted that they could not hear him. Someone handed him a small American flag and bullhorn. The President spontaneously shouted: "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." The crowd roared with cheers and chants of "USA! USA! USA!" Then he raised that American flag and rallied a nation.

 

Education & Employment Training

 

1. Signed the No Child Left Behind Act, delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations). The very liberal California Teachers union is currently running radio ads against the accountability provisions of this Act. 2. Announced "Jobs for the 21st Century," a comprehensive plan to better prepare workers for jobs in the new millennium by strengthening post-secondary education and job training, and by improving high school education. 3. Is working to provide vouchers to low-income students in persistently failing schools to help with costs of attending private schools. (Blocked in the Senate.) 4. Requires annual reading and math tests in grades three through eight. 5. Requires states to participate in the National Assessment of Education Progress, or an equivalent program, to establish a national benchmark for academic performance. 6. Requires school-by-school accountability report cards. 7. Established a $2.4 billion fund to help states implement teacher accountability systems. 8. Increased funding for the Troops-to-Teachers program, which recruits former military personnel to become teachers.

 

Environment & Energy

 

1. Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty. 2. Submitted a comprehensive Energy Plan (awaits Congressional action). The plan works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc. 3. Established a $10 million grant program to promote private conservation initiatives. 4. Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops. 5. Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary cleanup of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger. 6. Part of national forests cleanup: Restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges), and removed the need for an Environmental Impact Statement before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger. 7. Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California. 8. Provided matching grants for state programs that help private landowners protect rare species.

 

Globalization & Internationalism

 

1. Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become another League of Nations (in other words, showed the UN to be completely irrelevant). 2. Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court. 3. Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e., the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty).* 4. The only President since the founding of the UN to essentially tell that organization it is irrelevant. He said: "The conduct of the Iraqi regime is a threat to the authority of the United Nations, and a threat to peace. Iraq has answered a decade of UN demands with a decade of defiance. All the world now faces a test, and the United Nations a difficult and defining moment. Are Security Council resolutions to be honored and enforced, or cast aside without consequence? Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?" We all know the outcome and the answer. 5. Told the Congress and the world, "America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country."

 

Health

 

1. Strengthen the National Health Service Corps to put more physicians in the neediest areas, and make its scholarship funds tax-free. 2. Double the research budget of the National Institutes of Health. 3. Signed Medicare Reform, which includes:

 

A 10-year privatization option.

 

Prescription drug benefits: Prior to this reform, Medicare paid for extended hospital stays for ulcer surgery, for example, at a cost of about $28,000 per patient. Yet Medicare would not pay for the drugs that eliminate the cause of most ulcers, drugs that cost about $500 a year. Now, drug coverage under Medicare will allow seniors to replace more expensive surgeries and hospitalizations with less expensive prescription medicine.

 

More health care choices: As President Bush stated, "…when seniors have the ability to make choices, health care plans within Medicare will have to compete for their business by offering higher quality service [at lower cost]. For the seniors of America, more choices and more control will mean better health care. These are the kinds of health care options we give to the members of Congress and federal employees. What's good for members of Congress is also good for seniors.

 

New Health Savings Accounts: Effective January 1, 2004, Americans can set aside up to $4,500 every year, tax free, to save for medical expenses. Depending on your tax bracket, that means you'll save between 10 to 35 percent on any costs covered by money in your account. Every year, the money not spent would stay in the account and gain interest tax-free, just like an IRA. These accounts will be good for small business owners, and employees. More businesses can focus on covering workers for major medical problems, such as hospitalization for an injury or illness. At the same time, employees and their families will use these accounts to cover doctors visits, or lab tests, or other smaller costs. Some employers will contribute to employee health accounts. This will help more American families get the health care they need at the price they can afford.

 

These are a few things I found about his first term The Bush Administration 2001-2004.

[Guest Guest]

Another suck up GWB apologist heard from.

[Guest Guest]

Presidents in order from worst

 

George Bush

 

George Bush

 

Ronald Reagan

 

Warren G. Harding

 

U.S. Grant

 

Richard Nixon

 

James Buchannan

 

Bill Clinton

 

 

Carter inherited his mess from Nixon. Reagan was a senile bumbler. We may never know about recent Presidents because Bush II has tied up all recent presidential documents.

 

 

[Guest Guest]

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwlmkHOOCNM

[tom]

You are aware that GWB attacked a nation in the most volitile part of the world, one that never threatened us and did not have the means to attack us, right? Oh.....and had no WMD's.

 

2,000 dead in Serbia? A drop in the bucket to the dead in Iraq, including our own soldiers.

 

Are you also aware that your hero Reagan completely missed the breakup up the "Evil Empire", the USSR?

 

Completely. He had no idea it was happening until he saw it on the news.

 

Some leader.

 

I know, it was A OK for Clinton to do what he did, but not Bush. You left wing aids infected liberal/socialist pukes are difinitely mental midgets.

[Guest Guest]

I voted Kerry. So don't blame me

 

 

most people did

[Guest Guest]

I know, it was A OK for Clinton to do what he did, but not Bush. You left wing aids infected liberal/socialist pukes are difinitely mental midgets.

 

 

I'm glad to be of help and give you the opportunity to get off our name calling blast today.

 

So, what Clinton and GWB did are identical, huh?

[Guest Guest]

most people did

It's bullshit, Kerry won the popular vote so he should've been president.

[Madned]

To all the morons who still support this draft dodger i feel sorry for you. The dollar is absolutely worthless.........( i want all my canadian quarters back from the past 37 years). the rest of the free world absolutely despises us for the incredible mess we are going to leave in the middle east....(there is no win to this war). That we have not done a thing about the genocide that is still occuring in Darfur. The fact that this administration does not deal with the fact that oil execs. are making record amounts of salary(in the hundreds of millions), the corporations bringing record profits(in the tens of billions), and thats net not gross. The obscene way the utilities are raping America through the price rates and the stock market(Enron is not the only one).

I WANT MY VOTE BACK FROM 2000!

 

I agree the whole world thinks we are a joke. Iraq is making a fortune from their oil and will have a huge surplus. Remember Iraq oil was to be used to fund this mess. I do not believe that we arrived at this destination by accident or incompetence but rather by design. And that is the scary part. We no longer have control of our destiny. Like Rome our military is spread throughout the world. And now they want to put missiles in Poland! We owe Social Security 50 Trillion dollars. If they left Social Security alone everyone would be able to retire with an income from it. This economic stimulus package will most likely come from Social Security. And he will most likely rant on about how we have to cut back on the entitlement programs. We could talk all day on this subject good luck the future is not going to be rosy.

[Guest Guest]

It's bullshit, Kerry won the popular vote so he should've been president.

 

I agree.

 

Obama has the most popular votes now so Hillary should drop out.

 

Praise Allah Hope and Change is near.

 

[Guest Guest]

I agree.

 

Obama has the most popular votes now so Hillary should drop out.

 

Praise Allah Hope and Change is near.

 

YEA But: Neither Obama or Hillary will have enough delegates to win it outright... So it will be decided at the convention by the Superdelegates according to DNC rules... Hillary may still win without the most votes - Because of DNC rules concerning Superdelegates!!!

[Guest Guest]

You've convinced me!!!! I'm not voting for Bush in 2008!

 

As for the worst president in history, 2 scumbags come to mind that are more deserving, Carter and BJ Clinton.

 

BJ Clinton attacked Serbia with our F15's, destroyed their military leaving them defenseless against the muslim headhunters in Kosovo, and killed over 2000 innocent men, women and children in the attacks.

 

Did you know Serbia was an ally, never threatened us, and didn't have the means to attack us. They had no WMD's. Are any of these liberal talking points familiar to you puke? Clinton literally stole Serbias land of over 700 years and gave it to muslim terrorists.

 

Clinton also used the White House as his own personal house of ill repute. Pure slime!

 

Carter, on the other hand did nothing good at all. It took Ronald Reagan to fix the damage done by Carter.

what an idiot... it took reagan to legalize 3 million immigrants, which in turn CREATED 3 million WELFARE recipients.

 

[Guest Guest]

I encourage people who support Bush to learn how effective our President has been, and liberals ought to browse this too. Just remember, the liberal media can't cover up the truth of his accomplishments.

 

Abortion & Traditional Values

 

1. Banned Partial Birth Abortion — by far the most significant roll-back of abortion on demand since Roe v. Wade. 2. Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy. 3. By Executive Order (EO), reversed Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act. 4. By EO, prohibited federal funds for international family planning groups that provide abortions and related services. 5. Upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals. 6. Made $33 million available for abstinence education programs in 2004. 7. Supports the Defense of Marriage Act — and a Constitutional amendment saying marriage is between one man and one woman. 8. Requires states to conduct criminal background checks on prospective foster and adoptive parents. 9. Requires districts to let students transfer out of dangerous schools. 10. Requires schools to have a zero-tolerance policy for classroom disruption (reintroducing discipline into classrooms). 11. Signed the Teacher Protection Act, which protects teachers from lawsuits related to student discipline. 12. Expanded the role of faith-based and community organizations in after-school programs.

 

Budget, Taxes & Economy

 

1. Signed two income tax cuts, one of which was the largest dollar-value tax cut in world history. 2. Supports permanent elimination of the death tax. 3. Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession, and deeply shocked as a result of the 9/11 attacks. 4. Is seeking legislation to amend the Constitution to give the president line-item veto authority. 5. In process of permanently eliminating IRS marriage penalty. 6. Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people. 7. Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts. 8. Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules would have shut down every home business in America. 9. Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals. 10. Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains. 11. Signed trade promotion authority. 12. Reduced and is working to ultimately eliminate the estate tax for family farms and ranches. 13. Fight Europe's ban on importing biotech crops from the United States. 14. Exempt food from unilateral trade sanctions and embargoes. 15. Provided $20 million to states to help people with disabilities work from home. 16. Created a fund to encourage technologies that help the disabled. 17. Increased the annual contribution limit on Education IRA's from $500 to $2,000 per child. 18. Make permanent the $5,000 adoption tax credit and provide $1 billion over five years to increase the credit to $10,000. 19. Grant a complete tax exemption for prepaid or college tuition savings plans. 20. Reduced H1B visa

 

Character & Conduct as President

 

1. Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the presidency. 2. Has reintroduced the mention of God and faith into public discourse. 3. Handled himself with enormous courage, dignity, grace, determination, and leadership in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 hijackings and anthrax attacks. He almost single-handedly held this country together during those searing days:

 

Just three days after the attacks, in his address at the National Cathedral, the President reassured the nation when he said: "War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others. It will end in a way, and at an hour, of our choosing."

 

On Friday, September 14, 2001, President Bush visited Ground Zero. Standing on a crushed and burned fire engine atop the smoldering pile at Ground Zero, he put his arm around a retired firefighter who had volunteered to help, and began speaking to the crowd. Rescue workers shouted that they could not hear him. Someone handed him a small American flag and bullhorn. The President spontaneously shouted: "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." The crowd roared with cheers and chants of "USA! USA! USA!" Then he raised that American flag and rallied a nation.

 

Education & Employment Training

 

1. Signed the No Child Left Behind Act, delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations). The very liberal California Teachers union is currently running radio ads against the accountability provisions of this Act. 2. Announced "Jobs for the 21st Century," a comprehensive plan to better prepare workers for jobs in the new millennium by strengthening post-secondary education and job training, and by improving high school education. 3. Is working to provide vouchers to low-income students in persistently failing schools to help with costs of attending private schools. (Blocked in the Senate.) 4. Requires annual reading and math tests in grades three through eight. 5. Requires states to participate in the National Assessment of Education Progress, or an equivalent program, to establish a national benchmark for academic performance. 6. Requires school-by-school accountability report cards. 7. Established a $2.4 billion fund to help states implement teacher accountability systems. 8. Increased funding for the Troops-to-Teachers program, which recruits former military personnel to become teachers.

 

Environment & Energy

 

1. Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty. 2. Submitted a comprehensive Energy Plan (awaits Congressional action). The plan works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc. 3. Established a $10 million grant program to promote private conservation initiatives. 4. Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops. 5. Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary cleanup of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger. 6. Part of national forests cleanup: Restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges), and removed the need for an Environmental Impact Statement before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger. 7. Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California. 8. Provided matching grants for state programs that help private landowners protect rare species.

 

Globalization & Internationalism

 

1. Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become another League of Nations (in other words, showed the UN to be completely irrelevant). 2. Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court. 3. Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e., the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty).* 4. The only President since the founding of the UN to essentially tell that organization it is irrelevant. He said: "The conduct of the Iraqi regime is a threat to the authority of the United Nations, and a threat to peace. Iraq has answered a decade of UN demands with a decade of defiance. All the world now faces a test, and the United Nations a difficult and defining moment. Are Security Council resolutions to be honored and enforced, or cast aside without consequence? Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?" We all know the outcome and the answer. 5. Told the Congress and the world, "America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country."

 

Health

 

1. Strengthen the National Health Service Corps to put more physicians in the neediest areas, and make its scholarship funds tax-free. 2. Double the research budget of the National Institutes of Health. 3. Signed Medicare Reform, which includes:

 

A 10-year privatization option.

 

Prescription drug benefits: Prior to this reform, Medicare paid for extended hospital stays for ulcer surgery, for example, at a cost of about $28,000 per patient. Yet Medicare would not pay for the drugs that eliminate the cause of most ulcers, drugs that cost about $500 a year. Now, drug coverage under Medicare will allow seniors to replace more expensive surgeries and hospitalizations with less expensive prescription medicine.

 

More health care choices: As President Bush stated, "…when seniors have the ability to make choices, health care plans within Medicare will have to compete for their business by offering higher quality service [at lower cost]. For the seniors of America, more choices and more control will mean better health care. These are the kinds of health care options we give to the members of Congress and federal employees. What's good for members of Congress is also good for seniors.

 

New Health Savings Accounts: Effective January 1, 2004, Americans can set aside up to $4,500 every year, tax free, to save for medical expenses. Depending on your tax bracket, that means you'll save between 10 to 35 percent on any costs covered by money in your account. Every year, the money not spent would stay in the account and gain interest tax-free, just like an IRA. These accounts will be good for small business owners, and employees. More businesses can focus on covering workers for major medical problems, such as hospitalization for an injury or illness. At the same time, employees and their families will use these accounts to cover doctors visits, or lab tests, or other smaller costs. Some employers will contribute to employee health accounts. This will help more American families get the health care they need at the price they can afford.

 

These are a few things I found about his first term The Bush Administration 2001-2004.

Health care is awful for seniors... may look great on paper... prescription drugs cost are overlooked... While what you wrote sounds good, ask a senior how they feel about it.

 

[Guest Guest]

The Clinton Record

Clinton's State-by-State Economic Progress

 

 

 

 

Clinton's Vision and Accomplishments - Newer Information

 

Economic Leadership and a Stronger Economy

 

Under President Clinton's leadership, almost 6 million new jobs were created in the first two years of his Administration -- an average of 250,000 new jobs every month.

 

In 1994, the economy had the lowest combination of unemployment and inflation in 25 years.

 

As part of the 1993 Economic Plan, President Clinton cut taxes on 15 million low-income families and made tax cuts available to 90 percent of small businesses, while raising taxes on just 1.2 percent of the wealthiest taxpayers.

 

President Clinton signed into law the largest deficit reduction plan in history, resulting in over $600 billion in deficit reduction. The deficit is going down for 3 years in a row for the first time since Harry Truman was president.

 

 

 

 

Fighting Crime and Restoring Our Communities

The President signed into law the Brady Bill, which imposes a five-day waiting period on handgun purchases so that background checks can be done to help keep handguns away from criminals.

 

The President's Crime Bill will put 100,000 new police officers on the street. More than 1,200 communities have already received grants to hire 27,000 additional officers.

 

The Crime Bill also punishes criminals by expanding the number of offenses eligible for the death penalty and implementing the "three-strikes-and-you're-out" provision.

 

And, the Bill banned the manufacture of 19 specific types of deadly assault weapons, while simultaneously protecting hunters' rights by exempting over 650 hunting rifles.

 

 

 

 

Strengthening Our Families: Security and Opportunity

President Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act. The law, which covers over 42 million Americans, offers workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-guaranteed leave for child birth, adoption, or personal or family illness.

 

President Clinton expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit to cut the taxes of 15 million working families with incomes of $27,000 or less.

 

President Clinton granted waivers to 25 states -- half the nation -- providing for comprehensive welfare reform demonstrations.

 

President Clinton ordered the U.S. Justice Department to conduct the first-ever crackdown on deadbeat parents who refuse to accept financial responsibility for their own children.

 

Signed an Executive Order cracking down on federal employees who owe child support.

 

 

 

 

Cutting Bureaucracy

President Clinton has already cut the federal bureaucracy by more than 100,000 positions. Under the recommendations of the National Performance Review, the federal bureaucracy will be reduced by 272,000 -- its lowest level since the Kennedy Administration.

 

And, he reduced the White House staff by 25 percent.

 

 

 

 

Making Education A Priority

Under the President's Direct Student Loan program, students can borrow money directly from the government at a lower interest rate and with many flexible repayment options, including the option to repay with a percentage of their after-graduation salary. Taxpayers will save at least $4.3 billion over five years.

 

In 1994, over 20,000 AmeriCorps members tutored students, immunized children, reclaimed urban parks, and patrolled neighborhoods. In return, they earned $4,725 per year of service towards college tuition or job training.

 

President Clinton signed into law Goals 2000, a national standard of excellence for our public schools. Already, 41 states and territories have received federal grants to raise academic standards and improve schools.

 

President Clinton's Safe and Drug Free Schools and Community Act and the Safe Schools Act provide funding to schools to fight violence and drug abuse. Schools can use up to 25 percent of their funds to purchase metal detectors, develop safe zones, and hire school security personnel.

 

The President's School-to-Work program provides venture capital to spark a nationwide system for moving America's young people from high school to a job with a future. In 1994, all states received planning funds for their school-to-work program.

 

Charter School legislation signed by President Clinton encourages states and localities to set up public school choice.

 

 

 

 

Expanding Markets for American Products

The Clinton Administration forged a bipartisan coalition to pass NAFTA, after concluding tough negotiations on side agreements covering workers' rights, the environment, and import surges. Exports to Mexico rose 23 percent in the first 11 months of 1994.

 

President Clinton led the fight to pass GATT, which lowers tariffs worldwide by $744 billion over ten years -- the largest international tax cut in history. GATT cuts tariffs on manufactured goods by more than one-third overall and eliminates tariffs in major markets in a number of sectors in which the U.S. is particularly competitive.

 

 

 

 

Protecting Our Environment

Under President Clinton, the EPA launched its "Common Sense Initiative" to make health protection cheaper and smarter by focusing on results rather than one-size-fits-all regulations.

 

The President's Northwest Forest Plan is putting communities in the Northwest back to work, while conserving ancient forests.

 

After decades of conflict, the Clinton Administration negotiated a consensus plan to protect California's most valuable natural resource -- its water. The San Francisco and Delta estuary supplies dr inking water to two-thirds of the state's people, provides irrigation for 45 percent of the nation's fruits and vegetables, and sustains 300 aquatic species.

 

 

 

 

Promoting Security and Freedom Abroad

President Clinton hosted the signing of the Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles in September, 1993, and the signing of the Israeli-Jordan Washington Principles in July, 1994 -- historic agreements between the leaders of Israel and her Arab neighbors to settle differences by peaceful means.

 

To enhance European security and stability, the Clinton Administration proposed the Partnership for Peace program, offering former Soviet republics and Central/East European states closer ties with NATO. Already, 22 nations have signed on, since NATO's adoption of the program in January, 1994.

 

As of May, 1994, nuclear missiles in Russia and the United States are no longer targeted against any country. And, as a result of other Clinton Administration efforts, the Ukraine is ahead of schedule in reaching the goal of transferring 1,500 nuclear warheads to Russia for dismantlement.

 

President Clinton peacefully restored democracy to Haiti, curbing the violence that threatened tens of thousands of Haitians, securing our borders, and upholding our commitments and the commitments made to us in the process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND SECURITY FOR ALL AMERICANS

Signed the Economic Package, August 10, 1993.

The economy created 7.7 million new jobs in the first 34 months of this Administration.

Passed the largest deficit-cutting plan in history -- saving more than $1 trillion over seven years.

On track for three consecutive years of deficit reduction -- for the first time since Harry Truman.

Cut federal spending by $255 billion over 5 years.

Made new tax cuts available to over 90% of small businesses.

Unemployment has fallen from 7% when President Clinton took office to its current rate of 5.6%

Lowest combined rate of unemployment and inflation since 1968.

1994 real GDP growth was the highest in a decade.

Proposed a plan to balance the budget while protecting critical investments in education.

 

PROMOTING A FUTURE OF OPPORTUNITY

Increased Head Start funding by almost $760 million.

Passed the Student Loan Reform Act, August 10, 1993.

Implemented the National Service Act, September 21, 1993.

Signed the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, March 31, 1994.

Enacted the School-to-Work Opportunities Act on May 4, 1994.

Signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization

 

MAKING COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS SAFE FOR OUR FAMILIES

Passed the toughest most comprehensive Crime Bill ever, September 13, 1994

Signed the Brady Bill, November 30, 1993.

Enacted the Assault Weapons Ban as part of the Crime Bill.

Put 100,000 new police on the street -- nearly 31,000 more officers have been funded.

Signed the Violence Against Women Act as part of the Crime Bill.

Signed the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act, October 20, 1994.

Issued Presidential Directive enforcing a "Zero Tolerance" gun policy in schools, October 22, 1994

Submitted and fought for the most comprehensive Drug Control budget ever.

 

MAKING GOVERNMENT WORK BETTER AND COST LESS

Already cut the Federal Workforce by over 200,000 -- on the way to lowest level in 30 years.

Abolishing 16,000 pages of obsolete regulations and rewriting 31,000 more pages.

$58 billion in savings are already in the bank. $46 billion in savings are still to come.

Over 180 new recommendations will save $70 billion. Eliminated 284 federal advisory committees.

Developed government-wide Customer Service Standards for the first time.

Appointed the most diverse Cabinet and Administration in history.

Signed the most important federal procurement act ever to streamline government purchasing.

Reformed Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation to protect 8.5 million pensions.

Signed the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, March 22, 1995.

 

CREATING OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA'S COMMUNITIES

Created nine Economic Empowerment Zones and 95 Enterprise Communities.

Signed the Community Development Banking Financial Institutions Act, Sept. 23, 1994.

Signed the Interstate Banking Bill, September 29, 1994.

Instituted the Defense Reinvestment and Conversion Initiative.

Reformed the Community Reinvestment Act to focus on performance rather than paperwork.

Made the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Mortgage Revenue Bond Program permanent.

 

PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR PUBLIC HEALTH

Issued a new executive order to require polluters to disclose information to the public and expanded the public's right-to-know about toxic releases.

Launched "reinventing environmental regulation" to cut red tape and better protect public health.

Issued a new standard to cut pollution from chemical plants 90% by 1997.

Signed executive orders to increase recycling and cut pollution in federal buildings.

Signed the California Desert Protection Act, October 31, 1994.

Issued a new standard to cut pollution from incinerators 95%.

Introduced comprehensive Safe Drinking Water and Superfund reforms.

Developed a plan to restore Florida's Everglades.

Ended decades of conflict over the allocation of California Bay-Delta water.

 

PROMOTING HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS

Passed the Family and Medical Leave Act, February 5, 1993.

Signed a comprehensive Child Immunization Plan.

Revoked the Reagan/Bush restrictions on abortion counseling ("the gag rule"), abortions in military hospitals, "Mexico City" policy and RU-486 imports.

Increased Ryan White CARE Act funding for outpatient AIDS care over 100% in first 3 budgets.

Put the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC) on a full-funding path.

Increased funding 65% for breast cancer research.

As part of the balanced budget plan, introduced health care reform initiative which strengthens Medicare and expands coverage.

Proposed a $1.3 billion increase in veterans' benefits -- of which $1 billion will be directed to the VA health system to provide treatment for 43,000 more veterans.

 

PRESERVING AND STRENGTHENING OUR FAMILIES

Expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit providing tax relief for 15 million working families.

Introduced the Work and Responsibility Act - comprehensive welfare reform.

Passed the Family Support and Preservation Program.

Passed major funding increases for homeless programs in both Houses.

Approved 35 waivers to states permitting comprehensive welfare reform demonstrations.

Collected a record $10 billion in child support through enforcement in 1994.

Signed the Social Security Independent Agency Act.

Increased adoption and foster care funds by almost $600 million from 1994-1995.

 

RESTORING TRUST IN OUR GOVERNMENT

Signed the National Voter Registration Act (Motor-Voter), May 20, 1993.

Eliminated the tax deduction for lobbying expenses.

Imposed strictest Administration ethics guidelines in history.

Barred top officials from becoming foreign lobbyists after leaving government.

Signed the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 -- the first overhaul of lobbying rules in 50 years.

Fought for passage of and signed into law the Congressional Accountability Act, January 22, 1995.

Fought for passage of line-item veto and campaign finance.

 

OPENING FOREIGN MARKETS TO AMERICAN GOODS

Signed NAFTA into law, December 8, 1993, which will create hundreds of thousands of US jobs.

Signed GATT into law, December 8, 1994, the largest trade agreement in history.

Secured free-trade commitments from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders.

Hosted Summit of the Americas and agreed to negotiate a Free Trade Area of the Americas by 2005

Developed National Export Strategy, eliminating outdated export controls on $35 billion in exports.

Opened 15 different market sectors in Japan ranging from telecommunications procurement to rice.

Reached historic agreement with Japan on opening its automotive market to billions of dollars worth of American cars and parts.

Reached agreement with China to provide intellectual property rights protection for billions of dollars worth of U.S. exports.

 

AMERICAN LEADERSHIP

Helped Israel and Jordan achieve an historic peace treaty and Israel and the Palestinians fulfill their historic accord.

Contributed to an historic cease-fire in Northern Ireland.

Restored democratically elected Haitian President Aristide to power; will continue to stop the flow of refugees to Florida.

Undertook, with NATO allies and UN, military and diplomatic actions to alleviate the suffering and lead the effort to broker a comprehensive peace agreement in Bosnia.

Russian nuclear missiles are no longer pointed at our cities.

Persuaded Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan to give up the nuclear weapons left on their land when the Soviet Union collapsed.

Agreed to framework with North Korea that freezes and leads to the eventual elimination of North Korea s dangerous nuclear program.

Led the international effort to secure the indefinite and unconditional extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) further reducing the danger of nuclear proliferation around the world.

Working to prevent nuclear weapons from ending up in the hands of terrorists or international criminals.

Air-lifted more than half a ton of vulnerable, highly enriched uranium, enough to make dozens of nuclear bombs, from Kazakhstan to safe storage.

Assisted South Africa's transition to democracy, providing support for elections and development.

Bringing the nations of Europe closer:

-- Modernizing NATO;

-- Working with Russia;

-- Reforming the former Soviet Union economies

 

Waging a tough counter-terrorism campaign with stronger laws and more training for law enforcement.

Maintaining strong sanctions against states that sponsor terrorism and defy the rule of rule, such as Iran, Iraq, Libya and Sudan.

Sent our planes, ships and troops to turn back a new Iraqi threat to the Persian Gulf.

 

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