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

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (262295)	6/9/2002 1:52:32 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Tom: Some irrefutable facts (well maybe not in your slippery mind) about Bush's prevaricating ways: You can't say one thing and do another." — George W. Bush, 10/31/00 During the presidential campaign and his first year in office, George W. Bush made a number of promises affecting American families, but he has failed to keep them. From breaching the Social Security lockbox to making it harder for middle class families to pay for college and leaving out millions of seniors from his prescription drug proposal, Bush has made a habit out of saying one thing and doing another. (I call that lying, Tom, wouldn't you agree) Here is a catalogue of Bush's broken promises revealed in his FY 2003 budget and in other key policy areas. In contrast to Bush's failures, Democrats have a strong record of progress on these issues. Summary of Bush's Broken Promises Deficit Bush said his tax cut would not cause deficits, even in a bad economy. Bush's FY 2003 budget posts $106 billion deficit, the first deficit since 1997. The budget will return to balance in 2005, at the earliest. Learn more » Social Security Bush said Social Security Trust Fund would remain in a lockbox. Bush breached the Social Security Trust Fund and is on schedule to spend $1.65 trillion of it over the next ten years. Learn more » National Debt Bush promised to pay down a record amount of the national debt. Bush not only failed to pay down the national debt, he has been forced to request a $750 billion increase in the debt limit. Learn more » Education Reform As part of the bipartisan education reform, Bush promised to spend more money on education. Bush budget cut funding from his own "No Child Left Behind" law and provided the smallest education funding increase in seven years. Learn more » Pell Grants Bush promised to increase the maximum Pell Grant award, thereby increasing access to higher education. Bush froze Pell Grant limit below his promised level. Learn more » LIHEAP Bush promised to "fully fund" LIHEAP (the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program). Bush's budget cut LIHEAP by $300 million. Learn more » Medicare Bush pledged to provide Medicare prescription drug coverage for all seniors. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that Bush's plan would cover only 6 percent of Medicare beneficiaries. Learn more » Yucca Mountain Bush promised to listen to sound science and local officials before deciding to bury the nation's nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. Bush designated Yucca Mountain the site before all the science is in, flouting local officials. Learn more » Student Loans Bush promised to make higher education more accessible by helping students with high costs. Bush proposed pulling $1.3 billion from a program that allows students to consolidate education loans at federally subsidized interest rates. Learn more »