The Bush Record: Broken Promises to America's Children
The administration that claims to be so interested in defending and promoting the American family is doing a lousy job of it. The ailing economy and lack of job creation are strapping family finances and causing a record number of personal bankruptcies. Health care costs are on the rise. Bush's failure to fund his education reforms is leaving children behind. And cuts in welfare programs are leaving hundreds of thousands of children without care.
DNC Research
Learn everything you need to know about how President Bush's policies affect your family with our DNC Research special reports.
- The Bush Record on Education
- No Child Left Behind: Two Years Later
- The Bush Record on Teacher Quality
- The Bush Record on Higher Education
- Health Care Costs Skyrocket
- The Bush Economy: Three Years Later
- The Bush Record on Labor
- The Bush Tax Cuts Help the Rich Get Richer
- The Most Powerful Stories in America: Yours
- The State of Women in George W. Bush's America
DNC News
In promoting his faith-based initiative, Bush has stated his commitment to providing a safety net for families through government programs. But Bush has already started cutting vital social services like child care and after school care. And as the Washington Post recently revealed, the Bush administration is also preparing a secret budget plan for his second term that will initiate severe cuts to domestic programs, effectively shredding the social safety.
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