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America, A Country on the Brink of Destruction; a summary of the Bush presidency


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America, A Country on the Brink of Destruction; a summary of the Bush presidency,

by Lonna Gooden VanHorn,

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G.W. Bush has done his best (or worst) to destroy this country in every way in 4 years.  He said he would be a uniter, but we have never been so divided.  Clinton brought us to surpluses as far as the eye could see and Bush has taken us to deficits as far as the eye can see, all to benefit his rich family, friends, and campaign contributors at the expense of the poor, middle-class and the environment. He is the only president to cut taxes during a war.  He has consistently lied about who his tax cuts benefit most. 

 

John Kerry was against cutting taxes for the richest among us.  He co-sponsored a bill that asked the richest 1% of Americans to forgo their tax cut for one year to pay for the $87 billion Iraq appropriations bill, but Bush said he would veto that bill, so instead, the Republicans in Congress tacked the cost of that bill onto the debt our grandchildren will be paying for generations.

 

The only argument among historians is if Bush is the worst president in history or only one of the three worst.  One of the ten Nobel prize winning economists who slammed Bush

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