BUSH HAS FAILED AMERICA
BUSH FAILED TO PROTECT OUR HOMELAND FROM ATTACK
First, Bush opposed the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Since 9/11, hes failed to adequately fund our nations first responders, cutting first responder training grants by nearly half in his 2005 budget. Bush has failed to secure the nations ports and borders, properly screen air and sea cargo, or create a unified terror watch list. Today, only 5 percent of the cargo coming into the nations ports is properly screened, most air cargo goes unscreened, and only one border agent is available for patrol per every 5 miles of the U.S. Canadian border. Bush has cut funding for first responder training by nearly half, cut port security grants by 75 percent, and has plans to cut DHS funding by $1 billion if he is re-elected. [www.omb.gov; Deseret Morning News, 7/20/03; The Hill, 4/30/03; Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 8/01/04; Washington Post, 5/27/04]
BUSH FAILED AMERICAS KIDS BY BREAKING HIS WORD ON EDUCATION
In total, Bushs budget requests have underfunded No Child Left Behind by $27 billion. Twenty-two state legislatures have considered over the past two years calling for changes in No Child Left Behind or opting out of the legislation altogether. Additionally, Bush has continually broken his 2000 campaign promise to increase Pell Grant awards to $5,100, leaving needy college students without the resources they need to pay for skyrocketing tuition costs. [www.ed.gov; www.nea.org; The Wallace Foundation, www.wallacefoundation.org; GAO, May 2003; Center for Education Policy, May 2004 Education Week, 1/7/04]
BUSH FAILED ON HEALTH CARE: AMERICA IS SICKER UNDER BUSH
The number of uninsured has swelled under Bush by 5.2 million to a total of 45.0 million, 15.6 percent of the total population. Since 2000, the percentage of Americans with health coverage through their job has dropped 3.2 percent to just 60.4 percent. [Census Bureau, Current Population Reports]
Families are paying $792 (49 percent) more in health expenses and individuals are paying $168 (50 percent) more than just four years ago. [Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer Health Benefits 2003]
Although Bush signed his Medicare bill in December 2003, seniors will not see cheaper prescription prices when it is implemented in 2006, because it does nothing to control the rising cost of drugs. According to Consumers Union, "most beneficiaries will face higher out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs after full implementation, despite the benefit." [Consumers Union, 11/17/03]
BUSH FAILED TO PROTECT OUR HOMELAND FROM ATTACK
First, Bush opposed the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Since 9/11, hes failed to adequately fund our nations first responders, cutting first responder training grants by nearly half in his 2005 budget. Bush has failed to secure the nations ports and borders, properly screen air and sea cargo, or create a unified terror watch list. Today, only 5 percent of the cargo coming into the nations ports is properly screened, most air cargo goes unscreened, and only one border agent is available for patrol per every 5 miles of the U.S. Canadian border. Bush has cut funding for first responder training by nearly half, cut port security grants by 75 percent, and has plans to cut DHS funding by $1 billion if he is re-elected. [www.omb.gov; Deseret Morning News, 7/20/03; The Hill, 4/30/03; Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 8/01/04; Washington Post, 5/27/04]
BUSH FAILED AMERICAS KIDS BY BREAKING HIS WORD ON EDUCATION
In total, Bushs budget requests have underfunded No Child Left Behind by $27 billion. Twenty-two state legislatures have considered over the past two years calling for changes in No Child Left Behind or opting out of the legislation altogether. Additionally, Bush has continually broken his 2000 campaign promise to increase Pell Grant awards to $5,100, leaving needy college students without the resources they need to pay for skyrocketing tuition costs. [www.ed.gov; www.nea.org; The Wallace Foundation, www.wallacefoundation.org; GAO, May 2003; Center for Education Policy, May 2004 Education Week, 1/7/04]
BUSH FAILED ON HEALTH CARE: AMERICA IS SICKER UNDER BUSH
The number of uninsured has swelled under Bush by 5.2 million to a total of 45.0 million, 15.6 percent of the total population. Since 2000, the percentage of Americans with health coverage through their job has dropped 3.2 percent to just 60.4 percent. [Census Bureau, Current Population Reports]
Families are paying $792 (49 percent) more in health expenses and individuals are paying $168 (50 percent) more than just four years ago. [Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer Health Benefits 2003]
Although Bush signed his Medicare bill in December 2003, seniors will not see cheaper prescription prices when it is implemented in 2006, because it does nothing to control the rising cost of drugs. According to Consumers Union, "most beneficiaries will face higher out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs after full implementation, despite the benefit." [Consumers Union, 11/17/03]
I'm gonna kill you if I start seeing them that way. How's that gonna make me look if I piss myself laffing when a bird gets her panties off now?
