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

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (50881)	10/23/2000 10:45:18 AM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 769667

hmmm, let's see.... Right to Organize: Gore believes organizing is a "fundamental right that should never be blocked, stopped, and never, ever taken away." He personally lobbied for public sector collective bargaining in Maryland and Puerto Rico. When did he lobby for Maryland and Puerto Rico's public sector collecting bargaining? Could be true, but I don't remember reading anything about it. Do you just take the word of this magazine without checking? Bush touts Texas' Right to Work status. His Department of Economic Development brags about the state's low wages and anti-labor climate. Does one really relate to another here? Is Bush against organizing? No. Is there something wrong with a right to work status? Show me where Bush's economic development brags about the low wages and anti-labor climate? I doubt that's true. Social Security and Pensions: Gore supports setting aside at least 2/3 of budget surplus to protect Social Security and Medicare; opposes raising the retirement age, cutting benefits or privatizing Social Security, cosponsored the Employee Pension Protection Act. Gore spends all the surplus and then some in his HUGE government spending initiatives. Therefore, if all Gore's plans are enacted, there would be no surplus. Not supporting partial privatization is narrow minded and simply playing into the politics of fear. Any open minded person would look for ways to solve our long term social security problem. It's not going to go away. We will have to do soemething when all the baby boomers retire in about 20 years. Gore offers no real solution to the root cause of the problem. But elects to simply pass the problem unto the next generation of Americans to deal with. Running huge social security deficits and pretending our surplus is going to cover the imbalance is foolish. Have you checked on his Employee Pension Protection Act involvement? Bush supports partially privatizing Social Security; would consider raising the retirement age for younger Americans. Bush broke campaign promise to Texas teachers by cutting funding for their public pension plan an dproposed raiding the fund to pay for administrative costs. I doubt Bush broke his promise to teachers. If he had, as this union propaganda suggests, he wouldn't have won reelection with nearly 70% of the vote. Head Start: Gore increased Head Start funding by 68 percent, increasing enrollment by 200,000 children. Proposed a $600 million increase in funding. Are you saying the Senate increased funding?? If so, you must be glad it's controlled by Republicans. Bush supports a tax plan that would cut $2.9 billion in Heard Start funding and deny the program to almost 400,000 children. Cut it from where? Show me where Bush supports this?

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (50881)	10/24/2000 12:59:55 AM
From: Joseph F. Hubel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

<Gore supports setting aside at least 2/3 of budget surplus to protect Social Security and Medicare; opposes raising the retirement age, cutting benefits or privatizing Social Security, cosponsored the Employee Pension Protection Act.> *************** They have already raised the SS retirement age. Raising the age limit is tantamount to decreasing the benefits. Check the SS web site. How much of this stuff do you personally check for yourself. JFH