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

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (49694)	10/20/2000 10:25:13 AM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Below, is what I would call a pitiful answer, by George W. Bush, to a genuine question: Q How will your tax proposals affect me as a middle class, 34-year-old single person with no dependents? GOV. BUSH: Right. Let me just say, the first -- this business about the entitlement he tried to describe about savings -- you know, matching savings here and matching savings there -- if fully funded, it's going to cost a whole lot of money; a lot more than we have. You're going to get tax relief under my plan. You're not going to be targeted in or targeted out. Everybody who pays taxes is going to get tax relief. If you take care of an elderly in your home, you're going to get the personal exemption increased. I think also what you need to think about is not the immediate, but what about Medicare? You get a plan that will include prescription drugs, a plan that will give you options. Now, I hope people understand that Medicare today is -- is -- is important, but it doesn't keep up with the new medicines. If you're a Medicare person, on Medicare, you don't get the new procedures. You're stuck in a time warp, in many ways. So it will be a modern Medicare system that trusts you to make a variety of options for you. You're going to live in a peaceful world. It'll be a world of peace, because we're going to have clearer -- clear-sighted foreign policy based upon a strong military, and a mission that stands by our friends; a mission that doesn't try to be all things to all people. A judicious use of the military which well help keep the peace. You'll be in world, hopefully, that's more educated, so it's less likely you'll be harmed in your neighborhood. See, an educated child is one much more likely to be hopeful and optimistic. You'll be in a world in which -- fits into my philosophy; you know, the harder work -- the harder you work the more you can keep. It's the American way. Government shouldn't be a heavy hand. That's what the federal government does to you. Should be a helping hand. And tax relief in the proposals I just described should be a good helping hand. usgovinfo.about.com