You must be new to the political scene, so you can be forgiven for asking such an easy question.
As the rest of us can recall, the tax cuts barely passed as they are, the permanant tax cut was a goal that was left unachieved.
Again, that leads me back to the original challenge. What did Bush do to give us low unemployment?
I am not new to the political scene. My first vote for president was for Ronald Reagan in 1980. My problem is with giving Bush credit for things he didn't do while overlooking all the things he DID do that led us to Obama.
It is my opinion that Bush's presidency will be seen truthfully for having led the country into socialism. He was horrible president, as was his father, when it came to strengthening conservatism in this country.
He had a GOP Congress for six years and what did he pass? No Child Left Behind which opened the doors for the federal govt. to take control of schools instead of dismantling the Dept. of Education, or at least scaling it back. Because of Bush's expansion of the Dept of Ed. it gave Obama the lead in for his speech.
What else did Bush pass? Drugs for seniors. That is the argument the left is using when we claim Obamacare will be bad. They point to the Drug program as a success. And, it is in the eyes of the socialists.
Bush pushed for a bilingual nation. Before you go off laughing see this:
| We are now one of the largest Spanish-speaking nations in the world. We're a major source of Latin music, journalism and culture. Just go to Miami, or San Antonio, Los Angeles, Chicago or West New York, New Jersey ... and close your eyes and listen. You could just as easily be in Santo Domingo or Santiago, or San Miguel de Allende. For years our nation has debated this change -- some have praised it and others have resented it. By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America. Our future cannot be separated from the future of Latin America. As I speak, we are celebrating the success of democracy in Mexico. George Bush from a campaign speech in Miami, August 2000. |
Here is an excerpt of a good critique of that speech:
In equating our intimate historic bonds to our mother country and to Canada with our ties to Mexico, W. shows a staggering ignorance of the civilizational facts of life. The reason we are so close to Britain and Canada is that we share with them a common historical culture, language, literature, and legal system, as well as similar standards of behavior, expectations of public officials, and so on. My Bush Epiphany By Lawrence Auster
Bush would have gotten another amnesty if it were not for 9-11. We would now be inundated with all those new citizens families putting downward pressure on our resources at this time.
If you are one who is inclined to believe Bush holds no responsibility for the housing crisis check out Ol' Dan Tucker's page (Kudos to Dan for all his work). Bush pushed Fannie and Freddie's purchasing of mortgages UP during his admin.
Bush's policies and lack of leadership led to schizophrenic GOP. Were they conservatives or "compassionate conservatives" (read: socialists)? Bush continued to lean to the left all through his admin. till in the end the nation couldn't tell the left from the right.
Bush supported RINO's all over the nation the most telling was Arlen Specter. He never once went to bat for a real conservative candidate that I know of.
So, tell me, what exactly did Bush do to keep the economy booming.
A permanent tax cut would require a constitutional ammendment. What chance would that have?