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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ColtonGang who wrote (47115)	10/16/2000 2:27:46 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

42% of Texas High School Students Dropout AUSTIN, TEXAS -- Two out of every five students who enter a Texas public high school never receive a diploma and over half of those who are lost are Hispanic. Yet, Bush has no shame in calling himself the "Education Governor". The dropout rate has increased by 9 percentage points since1985-1986 and 152,000 students dropped out during Bush's first term alone. The loss of human potential is both staggering and tragic but not a word on Texas' greatest problem from Education Governor Bush. For the complete story, read the San Antonio Express-News article from October 30, 1999 or the annual study by the Intercultural Development Research Association. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insider Trading and George W. Bush A U S T I N, July 1-- The Securities and Exchange Commission defines insider trading as "Corporate officers, directors, and employees who traded the corporation's securities after learning of significant, confidential corporate developments". Bush sold $848,560 worth of Harken Energy stock on June 22, 1990, just one week before the company posted spectacular losses and the stock plunged sharply. When the losses were reported to the public on August 20, 1990, the stock plummeted. According to documents from a two year investigation by the SEC, Bush served on the board of directors of Harken Energy Corporation and his position on a special Harken committee gave him detailed knowledge of the company's deteriorating financial condition. The SEC received word of Bush's trade ten months late.