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

To: haqihana who wrote (48138)	10/18/2000 12:59:35 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Texas Rankings Under Bush: Do you Want Some of This? AUSTIN, TEXAS -- A look at Texas under Bush: National Ranking Among 50 States The Education Governor of Texas Teacher salaries at beginning of 1st term 36 (1) Teacher salaries at beginning of 2nd term 38 (1) % Change in Average Salaries 1989-99 constant $ -1.1% (1) Teacher salaries plus benefits 50 (1) High school completion rate 48 (2) SAT scores - 1996 combined math & verbal: 995 44 (13) SAT scores - 1997 combined math & verbal: 995 45 (13) SAT scores - 1998 combined math & verbal: 995 44 (13) Bush Family Values in Texas Highest number of children living in poverty 2 (3) Highest number of children without health insurance 2 (3) Highest % of children without health insurance 1 (3) Highest % of poor working parents without insurance 1 (3) Highest % of population without health insurance 2 (3) Highest number of people stripped of Medicare benefits 1 (10) Highest teen birth rate 5 (4) Per capita funding for public health 48 (4) Delivery of social services 47 (4) Mothers receiving prenatal care 45 (9) Child support collections 45 (3) Number of executions 1 (11) Teen smoking - down nationally, flat in Texas (5) Teen drug use - down nationally, up 30% in Texas w/ Bush (5) Pollution in Texas Pollution released by manufacturing plants 1 (6) Pollution by industrial plants in violation of Clean Air Act 1 (6) Greenhouse gas emissions 1 (6) Quality of Life in Texas Spending for parks and recreation 48 (7) Spending for the arts 48 (7) Public libraries and branches 46 (8) Spending for the environment 49 (7) Best place to raise children 48 (9) Affordable Housing 48 (12) Home ownership 44 (2) Highest homes insurance rates in the nation 1 (11) Spending for police protection 47 (12) Sources: (1) National Education Agency, Rankings & Estimates: Rankings of the States 1999 (2) U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Development (3) U.S. Bureau of Census, Current Populations Trends (4) U.S. Dept Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics (5)1998 Texas School Survey of Substance Use Among Students: Grades 7-12, Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (6) U.S. EPA, Office of Pollution and Prevention (7) Texas Observer (8) Statistical Rankings by State (9) Children's Rights Council (10) Families USA (11) National Association of Insurance Commissioners (12) U.S. Bureau of Census, State Government Finances 1998 (13) College Examination Board -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teen Drug Use Soars 30% Under Bush AUSTIN, TEXAS -- George W. Bush preaches personal responsibility to the school children of Texas but they can't hear him. The Texas Commission on Alchohol and Drug Abuse conducted the sixth statewide school survey of drug and alcohol use among in-school youths. The findings for grades 7 through 12: *ALL WAY UP under Bush 1994 1996 1998 Ever Used Any Illicit Drug Ever Used Inhalants Ever Used Marijuana Ever Used Cocaine/Crack Ever Used Hallucinogens Ever Used Uppers Ever Used Downers Ever Used Alcohol Ever Used Tobacco 27.8% 18.7% 25.3% 5.6% 5.9% 7.0% 4.5% 74.1% 54.5% 33.7% 19.8% 31.2% 7.1% 7.4% 7.9% 5.6% 73.3% 55.2% 36.1% 22.0% 34.5% 9.3% 7.3% 8.2% 6.6% 72.1% 54.7%