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

To: greenspirit who wrote (140202)	4/22/2001 11:42:58 PM
From: Krowbar	Respond to of 769667

Texas legislators move to undo Bush's policies By Connie Mabin Associated Press AUSTIN (AP) - It's been dubbed by some the ``de-Bushing'' of Texas: plugging holes in the state budget, banning new charter schools, overhauling the criminal justice system. A swift unraveling of much of what George W. Bush stood for in Texas and pushed on the presidential campaign trail is dominating the legislative session, the first since the former two-term governor became president..... .....But as this 140-day session enters the home stretch more and more legislators are attempting to undo much of the work Bush touted on the presidential campaign trail. Even some Republicans have joined Democrats in blaming Bush's $3 billion worth of tax cuts for shortfalls in the current budget. Sen. Chris Harris, R-Arlington, is sponsoring a bill calling for the repeal of 1997 school property tax cuts. Harris, who said he wouldn't have voted for the tax cuts if he had known the problems it would create, said voters should now decide how committed they are to increasing teachers' benefits. ``Nothing is a success until it's gone through both good and bad times,'' said Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston. ``We have a budget situation that - arguably by some, certain by others - has to do with the tax cuts over the last two sessions.'' ``I think his sole purpose was to show people across the country that he could do a tax cut, and he did it at our expense,'' said Sen. Mario Gallegos, D-Houston.... ....The House also has approved a bill that would ban new charter schools for two years and increase their regulation. Backed by Bush, Texas began its charter school experiment in 1995, and Bush talked up charter schools during his presidential campaign. Charter schools receive taxpayer money - $218 million last year - but they're free from most state regulations. Several of the 193 charter schools have been forced to close because of declining attendance, financial mismanagement and embezzlement. Students did considerably worse than other kids on last year's state skills exam. caller.com Del

To: greenspirit who wrote (140202)	4/22/2001 11:51:44 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Michael, You are arguing philosophy. I'm showing you historical fact. Reagan's tax cut was a disaster. Dole soon regretted Reagan's tax cuts and loopholes, and a year later, he reversed many of them in the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982. TEFRA lopped nearly $100 billion off the deficit, primarily by closing corporate loopholes and soaking the wealthy. Dole designed it, persuaded Reagan and Republican senators to support it, and rammed it through despite resistance from House GOP supply-siders and a swarm of special interests. Ralph Nader's Public Citizen anointed Dole "the architect of the best tax-reform bill in memory." Dole secured the passage of another $50 billion tax hike in 1984. That fall, Republican senators elected him majority leader precisely to declare their independence from Reagan. Nominating Dole for the job, Sen. John Danforth (R-Mo.) stressed that Dole would "not cave in to the administration." motherjones.com Scumbria