A Look Back at the 2000 Campaign

http://www.issues2000.org/George_W__Bush.htm ^ | '00 | unk.

[rdavis84]

Just a little review of some of the issues of the campaign for "nostalgia" sake.

There's much more covered at this record from Campaign 2000 ----- http://www.issues2000.org/George_W__Bush.htm

Budget & Economy

• More exploration, more nuclear, more energy research. (May 14)
• Restore consumer confidence with tax cuts & new oil supplies. (Mar 28)
• Proposes to shrink federal budget to 16% of GDP. (Mar 12)
• Cut national debt by $2T in 10 years; leave $1.2T in debt. (Feb 27)
• Too much government spending will end prosperity. (Nov 2000)
• Despite prosperity, “It’s time for a change” in Washington. (Oct 2000)
• Claims of Gore’s spending are based on inflated figures. (Oct 2000)
• Claim of Gore’s 20,000 new bureaucrats is unlikely. (Oct 2000)
• Claim of 1/4 for important projects is overestimate. (Oct 2000)
• Prosperity results from entrepreneurship & ingenuity. (Oct 2000)
• Private sector responsible for economic boom. (Aug 2000)
• Make budget biennial; reinstate line-item veto; target pork. (Jun 2000)
• $46B in new spending on health, education, & defense. (Apr 2000)
• New Prosperity Initiative: remove obstacles to advancement. (Apr 2000)
• Federal government should stay out of the marketplace. (Dec 1999)
• Simplify tax code to stimulate economic growth. (Apr 1999)
• More job training; R&D tax credits. (Jul 1998)
• Surest way to bust economy is Gore’s enlarged government. (Oct 2000)
• Don’t let Gore bring back big government; 200 new programs. (Sep 2000)
• Bush’s budget: $265B left of surplus after 10 years. (Sep 2000)
• Gore: Feds spend surplus; Bush: taxpayers spend it. (Aug 2000)
• Spend $586B surplus on tax cuts, health, & defense. (Apr 2000)
• 10-year surplus: $2T Social Security; $1T debt; $1T tax cut. (Jan 2000)
• Use presidential power to get money away from Congress. (Jan 2000)
• Supports Balanced Budget Amendment. (Jul 1998)

Foreign Policy

• Bush says get out of Haiti; we’re already out. (Oct 2000)
• Vietnam: Trade better for human rights than sanctions. (Oct 2000)
• Supported force in Mideast & Balkans, not Haiti & Somalia. (Oct 2000)
• Calls on Arafat to pull back and make peace with Israel. (Oct 2000)
• Rwandan genocide: Training troops OK; intervening not OK. (Oct 2000)
• Africa’s important but not a priority; no nation-building. (Oct 2000)
• Keep troops in Korea & NATO; not in Haiti & Balkans. (Oct 2000)
• Puerto Rico: Back statehood if majority votes for it. (Sep 2000)
• Keep tradition of showing opposition to Castro. (Sep 2000)
• Will keep sanctions against Cuba. (Aug 2000)
• US will be a friend to Latin American democracies. (Aug 2000)
• Patrol borders, but also invest in Latin America. (Aug 2000)
• More trade with India; help out in East Timor. (Apr 2000)
• Africa: Rally world to help AIDS, but not with US funds. (Jan 2000)
• Honor Panama Canal treaty, but keep canal open. (Jan 2000)
• Texas governorship provides foreign policy experience. (Dec 1999)
• Mexico: Free trade, but with more border patrols. (Oct 1998)

[rdavis84]

I know ----- We're at War! sure.

[jumpstartme]

Say cheese!

Dr. Mark tells me that Al Queda is using SHEEP to detect land mines now. Said it's an absolutely perfect arrangement.

They send 'em into the field and, if they're blown up, they have dinner.

If they make it through alive, they have a date.

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Yawn.