Bush/Cheney's 30 "Greatest Accomplishments"

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http://www.syrculturalworkers.com/catalog/posters/BushCheney.html

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The policies that have shaped US domestic and foreign policy over the past 50 years have gradually moved the US toward a more open and inclusive society at home, and increasingly recognized the importance of multilateralism in addressing world problems. The Bush/Cheney administration has moved aggressively to systematically dismantle these broad frameworks and has, in just over 2 years. Here are just 30 of Bush/Cheney's "Greatest Accomplishments" in that time:




1."Won" 2000 presidential election aided by brother Jeb Bush, Florida’s governor, who illegally prevented over 90,000 registered voters—mainly low income African Americans and whites—from voting.

2. Reversed dramatic improvements in air and water quality brought by landmark Federal Clear Water (1977) and Clean Air (1970) Acts.

3. Replaced budget surplus with ocean of red ink. Projected debt: $4 trillion by 2013.

4. Signed tax cut giving average 2003 reduction of $93,500 to millionaires while middle class receives a cut of $217 per household. 36% of households receive no tax cut.

5. Used funds earmarked for health care programs for uninsured, like Medicaid, to pay for tax cuts.

6. Proposed changes in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that would deny more than 80 million workers overtime pay by reclassifying them.

7. Opposed equal opportunities for girls, women and people of color by attempting to rewrite Title IX and end affirmative action.

8. Requested massive cuts in funding for vocational education and after school programs in order to underwrite vouchers for private schools.

9. Implemented No Child Left Behind Act, focusing on high stakes standardized testing and downplay ing arts and multicultural education. Used it to justify defunding struggling schools.

10. Supported cutting $25 billion in veterans’ benefits over next 10 years; proposed $172 million in cuts from education programs for soldiers’ children; ordered VA to stop publicizing health benefits available to veterans.

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You get the general idea.

Hope this isn't a dupe. I looked but didn't see it anywhere.

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