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« on: February 27, 2012, 10:18:40 PM » |
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Let's recall Bush's platform in 2000...(taken from campaign materials available at 4president.org)
EDUCATION: Bush will spend $5 billion for early intervention to help every child read by third grade. He will expand character education in schools to help teach our children there are right and wrong choices in life. He will make it easier to remove disruptive students, stop junk lawsuits against teachers and strengthen classroom safety. Tea Party says...Government spending on education; indoctrinating our children via the public school system; pandering to teachers' unions
HEALTHCARE: He’ll sign a Patient’s Bill of Rights that holds HMOs accountable...And families should get help with the cost of caring for elderly family members at home. He’ll expand research into curing cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases, in part by dramatically increasing the budget of the National Institutes of Health. Tea Party says...attacking the free market by demonizing HMOs; making people more dependent on government for healthcare; throwing more money at a meddling federal agency
TAXES: The biggest percentage reductions go to those in the lower tax brackets because they often face higher marginal tax rates than the wealthy. Tea Party says...Class warfare! We should cut taxes for the rich and make poor people pay more!
FOREIGN POLICY: President Bush will order an immediate review of overseas deployments: no U.S. troops should be in harm’s way unless America’s interests are at stake. Tea Party says...George W. Bush is trying to weaken America and apologize to those who hate us!
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