Re: [Fwd: Interesting piece]

From: David R. Russell (drrussel@iastate.edu)
Date: Fri Aug 11 2000 - 12:39:12 PDT


Paul, have you got a source or sources for those figures?
David

>Ken,
>
>Here's some succinct one liners about Bush's record:
>
> >
> > 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

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