Russian Mobster - are u retarded??? Stop spouting Republican, FoxNews rhetoric. U sound like a bad 527.
I think that Bush is the one that is retarded. His tax relief plan was called the " Jobs and Growth" plan that was going to be a stimulus for the economy. He wanted to bring back classic Reaganomics where all of the money goes to those at the top and it " trickles down" to those below them. Give me an F-ing break.
Personally, I believe that the government has a marginal effect on the economy. Lowering taxes is better for business, but if you allow medical costs to grow out of control, that is another tax that holds down hiring. You can' t create jobs by cutting one and allowing the other to grow out of control.
The president was being opportunistic by going into Iraq. 9/11 gave him the opportunity to go after old enemies. All of the intelligence reports prove that Iraq has been neutered since 1991, are you telling me that our intelligence could have been that off. The 9/11 Commission states that the data was trumped up by our adminstration to make Iraq sound worse. How can u justify invading a country that has nothing while Iran and North Korea start growing nukes?
You want to talk about past records. Kerry has been instrumental in passing the Cops Bill (100,000 more cops in America) and making the Acid Rain problem known, among other things. Bush ran Texas into the ground.
Here is Texas under Bush:
Texas Under Dubya
* Number of executions, # 1 in the country
* Greenhouse gas emissions, # 1 in the country
* Pollution released by manufacturing plants, # 1 in the country
* Highest homes insurance rates in the nation, # 1 in the country
* Highest % of children without health insurance, # 1 in the country
* Highest % of poor working parents without insurance, # 1 in the country
* Highest number of people stripped of Medicare benefits, # 1 in the country
* Highest % of population without health insurance, # 2 in the country
* Highest teen birth rate, 5 in the country
* Teacher salaries at beginning of 1st term , 36 in the country
* Teacher salaries at beginning of 2nd term, 38 in the country
* Home ownership, 44 in the country
* SAT scores - 1996 combined math & verbal: 995, 44 in the country
* SAT scores - 1998 combined math & verbal: 995, 44 in the country
* Child support collections, 45 in the country
* Mothers receiving prenatal care, 45 in the country
* Public libraries and branches, 46 in the country
* Delivery of social services, 47 in the country
* Spending for police protection, 47 in the country
* Spending for the arts, 48 in the country
* High school completion rate, 48 in the country
* Best place to raise children, 48 in the country
* Spending for parks and recreation, 48 in the country
* Per capita funding for public health, 48 in the country
* Spending for the environment, 49 in the country
* Teacher salaries plus benefits, 50 in the country
* Teen smoking - down nationally, flat in Texas,
* Teen drug use - down nationally, up 30% in Texas
Kerry' s voting record highlights:
(from an about.com article -
http://environment.about.com/od/election2004/a/cleanair_2.htm) John Kerry has a strong track record of leadership on air quality issues.
As Lt. Governor of Mass., Kerry co-chaired the National Governor' s Association' s Acid Rain Task Force, and issued a report calling for action against acid rain.8 During his first year as Senator in 1985, he introduced the National Acid Rain Control Act to improve standards for clean air and establish a fund to finance emission reductions.
In 1990, Kerry was an instrumental leader in efforts to combat the first Bush Administration' s attempt to weaken the Clean Air Act, and later pushed legislation to create tougher anti-smog regulations.
Kerry is a co-sponsor of the Clean Power Act of 2003, a plan which would cap carbon dioxide emissions from power plants at 1990 levels, reduce SO2 and NOx emissions by 75 percent, and cut mercury pollution by 90 percent.
(From a Fox News article -
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,92477,00.aspx) In 1999, President Clinton signed his bill providing grants to support small businesses owned by women.
Kerry said he has been responsible for laws to pay for 100,000 police officers and support fishery and environmental laws and small-business aid programs. He also pointed to his advocacy of democracy in the Philippines and the end of the Marcos regime there.
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