mesue
04-28-2005, 10:35 PM
Below is a list of what he did his first year in office, I could not find anything beyond that, (I'm sure the second list would be worse). I am serious about this question since many here think he is so great, what exactly has his policies and politics done for you? Its gotten so bad that even I am starting to feel sorry for the people still driving around with their Bush/ Cheney bumper stickers, especially the poor people. Honestly I can understand why a wealthy person would vote for Bush after all he is doing something for them. Here is what he did for all of us in his first year.
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=12741
Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops
Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million
Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced pediatric training
Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic in drinking water
Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual assistance to non-English speaking persons
Cut funding by 28 percent for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks
Ended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability to deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety, environmental and other federal laws
Abandoned Bush's campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rain forest conservation
Reduced by 86 percent the Community Access Program for public hospitals, clinics and providers of care for people without insurance
Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about the potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents
Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites on Western public lands
Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for public housing
Proposed to eliminate a federal program, designed and successfully used in Seattle, to help communities prepare for natural disasters
Pulled out of the 1972 ABM treaty and the 1997 Kyoto global warming agreement
Cut $200 million of workforce training for dislocated workers
Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property;
Cut a program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move from welfare to work
Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra)
Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing
Cut the Environmental Protection Agency budget by $500 million
Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an animal placed on the Endangered Species List
Rescinded the rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps
Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health and safety
Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide, the waste gas that contributes to global warming
Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that offer abortion counseling with other independent funds
Closed the White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and Outreach
Announced intention to open up Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest to oil and drilling
Proposed to re-draw boundaries of nation's monuments, which would technically allow oil and gas drilling "outside" of national monuments
Gutted the White House AIDS Office
Renegotiated the free trade agreement with Jordan to eliminate workers' rights and safeguards for the environment
Announced the federal government will no longer seek guidance from The American Bar Association in recommendations for the federal judiciary Appointments
Taken steps to abolish the White House Council on Environmental Quality
Cut the Community Oriented Policing Services program
Held up federal funding for stem cell research projects
Ensured convicted misdemeanor drug users cannot get financial aid for college, though convicted murderers can
Refused to fund continued cleanup of a uranium-slag heap in Utah
Refused to fund continued litigation of the government's tobacco company lawsuit
Proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, of which 43 percent will go to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans
Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle-class Americans to file for bankruptcy, even in the case of daunting medical bills
Cut $15.7 million earmarked for states to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect
Proposed elimination of the "Reading is Fundamental" program that gives free books to poor children
Proposed to reverse regulation protecting 60 million acres of national forest from logging and road building
Eliminated funding for the "We the People" education program which taught school children about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and citizenship
Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high mileage cars
Sought the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII
Earmarked $4 million in new federal grant money for HIV and drug abuse prevention programs to go only to religious groups and not secular equivalents
Reduced by 40 percent the Low Income Home Assistance Program for low-income individuals who need assistance paying energy bills
Proposed to ease permit process, including environmental considerations, for refinery, nuclear and hydroelectric dam construction
Proposed to give government the authority to take private property through eminent domain for power lines
Proposed that $1.2 billion in funding for alternative renewable energy come from selling oil and gas lease tracts in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve
Planned to serve genetically engineered foods at all official government functions.
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=12741
Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops
Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million
Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced pediatric training
Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic in drinking water
Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual assistance to non-English speaking persons
Cut funding by 28 percent for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks
Ended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability to deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety, environmental and other federal laws
Abandoned Bush's campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rain forest conservation
Reduced by 86 percent the Community Access Program for public hospitals, clinics and providers of care for people without insurance
Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about the potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents
Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites on Western public lands
Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for public housing
Proposed to eliminate a federal program, designed and successfully used in Seattle, to help communities prepare for natural disasters
Pulled out of the 1972 ABM treaty and the 1997 Kyoto global warming agreement
Cut $200 million of workforce training for dislocated workers
Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property;
Cut a program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move from welfare to work
Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra)
Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing
Cut the Environmental Protection Agency budget by $500 million
Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an animal placed on the Endangered Species List
Rescinded the rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps
Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health and safety
Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide, the waste gas that contributes to global warming
Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that offer abortion counseling with other independent funds
Closed the White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and Outreach
Announced intention to open up Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest to oil and drilling
Proposed to re-draw boundaries of nation's monuments, which would technically allow oil and gas drilling "outside" of national monuments
Gutted the White House AIDS Office
Renegotiated the free trade agreement with Jordan to eliminate workers' rights and safeguards for the environment
Announced the federal government will no longer seek guidance from The American Bar Association in recommendations for the federal judiciary Appointments
Taken steps to abolish the White House Council on Environmental Quality
Cut the Community Oriented Policing Services program
Held up federal funding for stem cell research projects
Ensured convicted misdemeanor drug users cannot get financial aid for college, though convicted murderers can
Refused to fund continued cleanup of a uranium-slag heap in Utah
Refused to fund continued litigation of the government's tobacco company lawsuit
Proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, of which 43 percent will go to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans
Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle-class Americans to file for bankruptcy, even in the case of daunting medical bills
Cut $15.7 million earmarked for states to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect
Proposed elimination of the "Reading is Fundamental" program that gives free books to poor children
Proposed to reverse regulation protecting 60 million acres of national forest from logging and road building
Eliminated funding for the "We the People" education program which taught school children about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and citizenship
Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high mileage cars
Sought the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII
Earmarked $4 million in new federal grant money for HIV and drug abuse prevention programs to go only to religious groups and not secular equivalents
Reduced by 40 percent the Low Income Home Assistance Program for low-income individuals who need assistance paying energy bills
Proposed to ease permit process, including environmental considerations, for refinery, nuclear and hydroelectric dam construction
Proposed to give government the authority to take private property through eminent domain for power lines
Proposed that $1.2 billion in funding for alternative renewable energy come from selling oil and gas lease tracts in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve
Planned to serve genetically engineered foods at all official government functions.