Position papers

Position papers 1

10/6/04

Abortion

                        Abortion is when the doctor kills a baby that is still in the woman.  President George Bush thinks that such killing is inhumane and wrong.  His only exceptions are cases of rape and in cases when giving birth would kill the mother.  President Bush says their are other ways to get rid of unwanted babies.  One such way is adoption.  The percentage of infertility is going up, so more people will be looking to adopt children.  In Bush's opinion there is always an alternative to killing innocent premature babies.  Kerry on the other hand, believes abortion should be the decision of the expectant mother.  Kerry also believes that the unborn baby is not a real person.
 

Education

        President Bush believes that education is the key opportunity and America's best tool in a increasingly competitive global economy.  This means that every child deserves a world-class education and every worker deserves the support of a government that makes a lifetime of learning a top priority.  President Bush is continuing his efforts to improve early childhood education through the Healthy Start and Grow Smart programs including his proposal to strengthen Head Start.  The President will strengthen Head Start by: promote literary, continue to funding research, expand the Reach Out and Read program, expand Healthy Start, Grow Smart, engage faith and community based organizations, and increase minority outreach.

Death Penalty

        President George W. Bush strongly favors the death penalty.  He believes that this extreme penalty upholds the law.  President Bush says we should think of the victims and their families.  Also, he believes it will save lives.  You don't want a serial murderer having the possibility of escaping and killing more people.  As governor of Texas, President George Bush as approved 152 death penalties. He is confident that none of the 152 executed were innocent.  Should Kerry be elected he would be "the most anti-death penalty elected in the modern era."

Position papers 2

10/12/04

Economy

          Since 2001USDA's rural economic development programs have created or saved more than 500,000 jobs.  President Bush has committed over $36 billion in development investments in the last three years.  This money has helped Americans pursue economic opportunities and have an improved quality of life.  If President Bush is re-elected, he will invest in business development.  Also, he will pass Energy Legislation, which would increase U.S. net farm income by an estimated $2 billion to $4billion per year by 2012.  He will enhance Information Technology (IT), which will provide $14million to support information technology needs, including enhancing Rural Utilities loan servicing systems, and $10 million to begin improving IT Systems to manage domestic commodity orders, purchases, and delivery.  Finally, he will increase home ownership, which will extend loan to provide home ownership opportunities to 42,800 rural families across America.

Welfare Reform

Between 1965 and 1995, federal and state spending on poor and low income families increased from around $40 billion to more than $350 billion a year.  Since 1996, welfare case loads dropped by more than half.  Today, 5.4 million fewer people live in poverty than in 1996, including 2.6 million fewer children.  Child poverty for African American children is at its lowest level ever.  Many families understandably report financial difficulties in their lives after welfare.  Yet, a minority states that their lives are better.  Many are learning it is more than rewarding to be a responsible citizen than a welfare client; it is better to be a bread-winner respected by your family.  Later this year, the 1996 welfare law must be reauthorized by the U.S. Congress.  President Bush  has proposed spending more than $17 billion a year on welfare for years 2003 to 2007.  The budget George W. Bush has submitted will continue to maintain historically high levels of childcare funding.

Health Care

President George W. Bush thinks that all Americans should have access to affordable, quality health care.  President Bush has established new, tax-free Health Savings Account which allows Americans to own and control their own health care.  He has opened or expanded community and rural health centers with the goal of serving and additional 6.1 million people who live in underserved and rural areas.  The President has granted waivers and flexibility to states to extend eligibility under Medicaid and the State Children's Insurance Program to an estimated 2.6 million low-income Americans.  Also, he has implemented a new rule to lower drug cost for millions of Americans by strengthening competition between generic and brand-name drugs, saving American consumers more than $35 billion in drug cost over the next ten years.  President George W. Bush has created a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit to help senior citizens pay for their medicines.

Position papers 3

10/19/04

Environment

During President George W. Bush's term, the air has become clearer, our water purer, and we have reversed the net loss of wetlands.  Also, Americas parks are better managed, better funded, and better protection.  In his second term, Bush will work to reduce the amount of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury, which is being sent out in the air by power plants, by seventy percent.  Also, he will help the states meet together new air quality standards.  President George W. Bush will complete the Clean Air Interstate Rule, which will require the largest emissions cut in ten years.  Bush is the first President to propose caps on mercury emissions.  This will cut mercury emissions by seventy percent.  This rule will improve public health and protect children and pregnant women.  In his second term, President Bush will aggressively form programs that will dedicate a record $40 Billion to restore Millions of acres of wetlands, protect habitats, conserve water, and improve streams and rivers near working farms and ranches.

War in Iraq

President George W. Bush made the tough decision on the war in Iraq.  George W. Bush has a temporary worker plan that's honest and open will be good for this economy.  It will also be good for the security of the country. We've got a lot of border patrol agents working hard to stop the flow of illegal immigrates thanks to President Bush.  He believes that if we make the system open and honest, it will help stop the flow of illegal immigrates.  George W. Bush is going to submit a budget to Congress next month, which will include spending $30 billion for homeland secruity.  Thanks to George W. Bush two-thirds of known al Qaeda leaders have been captured or killed.

 Terrorism

President George W. Bush has put the world on notice that we will hold any person or regime that supports terrorists as guilty of terrorism as the terrorists themselves.  He believes that America should not wait for new threats to grow and grow.  He has already liberated fifty million people from totalitarian regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq.  The terrorist camps in Afghanistan have been destroyed.  The men and women of our armed forces have brought Saddam Hussein, a declared enemy of America, to justice.  A supporter of terrorism who had the capability and a proven willingness to produce and use weapon of mass destruction.  The brutal regime of Saddam Hussein is gone.  A united temporary government is leading the Iraqi people to freedom.

Position papers 4

10/26/04

Foreign Aid/Trade

George Bush asked Congress for $100 million to provide no-collateral loans to the poor.  George Bush will hire more border patrol agents and reform the Immigration an Naturalization Service to crack downs on illegal immigration and drug trafficking.  George Bush believes we ought to enforce our borders.  George Bush will work and have a good, long-term relationship with LatinAmerican Governments to lift barriers over regulation that prevent the poor from creating businesses.  George Bush will have more trade with India to help out in East Timor.

Immigration

George W. Bush endorses the "demographic revolution" that Bill Clinton said he hoped would end "European culture" in America.  The GOP presidential hopeful went on to call for a lifting of the legal limits on immigration.  Bush thinks that we ought to increase legal immigration.  Bush said advocates of immigration reform represent the "xenophobic dark side of American" and described them as "folk's who want to isolate America".  The strategy also means the GOP will drop any pretense of opposition to affirmative action for immigrants and will now openly oppose English as official Language legislation.

Gun Control

There has been three school shootings on the first two months of bush's office.  These killed two students and wounded twenty people.  Politicians have insisted that they happened because of the availability of guns.  President George W. Bush believes it is the values behind the shootings that caused them.  He treats them as if a bullet wasn't shot.  If we got rid of guns, the violence would come out another way, such as knives and punching.  Plus, guns and ammunitions are flying off the shelves, as people try to defend themselves.  Bush believes that we shouldn't take away that sense of safety after the tragedy of September 11.  Also, we need the money we are getting from gun sales to get our economy back on its feet.