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first, and this really cracks me up, why is it that bush only has to say"9/11", and everybody forgets 90% of the last four years? not 9/11 mind you, that was horrible, and personally i would have turned the middle-east into the largest parking lot in the world. not just iraq, or afganistan, but every fu***ng country there. but what i'm saying is, i know bush had his hands full, and that there was smoke boiling out of those huge ears. not from anger, mind you, but from the effort that it took for him to think up an option. but he still needed to try and furfill some of his promises that he made, unless he never intended to in the first place. nevertheless, he did manage to do a few things before 9/11. lets take a look at some of his accomplishments. in his first few months in office, bush managed to
1.cut $35 million in funding for advanced pediactric training for doctors.
2. cut funding for research into renewable energy sources by 50%
3. delayed rules that would reduce "acceptable" levels of arsenic in drinking water.
4.cut funding for research into cleaner, more feul efficient cars and trucks by 28%
5.allowed sec. of interior gale norton to request suggestions for opening national monuments for forresting,coal mining, and oil and gas drilling.
6.reduced by 86% the community access program which coordinated care for people without health insurance among public hospitals, clinics, and other health care providers.
7.cut funding for the girls and boys clubs of america programs in public housing by 60 million.
8.cut 200 million from workforce training programs for dislocated workers
9.cut 200 million from the childcare and development grant, a program that provides child care to low income families.
10.eliminated prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees.
11.cut 700 million in funds for public housing repairs.
12.cot 500 million dollars from the epa budget.
13.announced plans for oil drilling in louis and clark nat. forrest in montana.
14denied college financial aid for students convicted of misdemeanor drug charges, though convicted murderers are still eligible.
15. cut 15.7 mill from programs dealing with child abuse and neglect.
etc.,etc........the list goes and on, just tired of typing, sorry.
and if you can honestly say that none of these things effect you or someone you know, i would like to shake your hand, because you are really lucky. because there are millions of people that it does affect. we need to wake up people, whether bush cuts all the taxes or not, we are still going to have to pay for this war, one way or another.
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