Re: [Fwd: Interesting piece]

From: Judy Diamondstone (diamonju@rci.rutgers.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 11 1999 - 04:16:09 PDT


I saw these stats on literature for one of the organizations that solicits
me for money.

>> > > The State of Texas, under the leadership of
>> > > Governor George W. Bush, is ranked:
>> > > 50th in spending for teachers' salaries
>> > > 49th in spending on the environment
>> > > 48th in per-capita funding for public health
>> > > 47th in delivery of social services
>> > > 42nd in child-support collections
>> > > 41st in per-capita spending on public education
>> > > and ...
>> > > 5th in percentage of population living in poverty
>> > > 1st in air and water pollution
>> > > 1st in percentage of poor working parents without insurance
>> > > 1st in percentage of children without health insurance
>> > > 1st in executions (avg. 1 every 2 weeks for Bush's 5 years)
>> >
>> >Paul H. Dillon
>>
>>
>> David R. Russell
>> Professor
>> English Department
>> Iowa State University
>> Ames, IA 50011 USA
>> (515) 294-4724
>> Fax (515) 294-6814
>> drrussel@iastate.edu
>> http://www.public.iastate.edu/~drrussel/drresume.html
>>
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