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Subject: [SI] great state of texas
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:58:39 EDT



>Hello,
>
>I found this interesting especially after hearing more about his VP
>selection and his voting against Mandela being freed, against the Civil
Rights
>Bill, and other social issues when he was in Congress.
>
> >>
> >>
> >>The great state of Texas
> >>
> >>(Courtesy of Lynn Ahrens)
> >>
> >>The State of Texas, under the leadership of Governor George W. Bush, is
> >>ranked:
> >>
> >>50th in spending for teachers' salaries
> >>
> >>49th in spending on the environment
> >>
> >>48th in per-capita funding for public health
> >>
> >>47th in delivery of social services
> >>
> >>42nd in child-support collections
> >>
> >>41st in per-capita spending on public education and ...
> >>
> >>5th in percentage of population living in poverty
> >>
> >>1st in air and water pollution
> >>
> >>1st in percentage of poor working parents without insurance
> >>
> >>1st in percentage of children without health insurance
> >>
> >>1st in executions (avg. 1 every 2 weeks for Bush's 5 years)
> >>
> >>
> >>Just think of what he could do for the country if he were president.
> >>
> >>Please forward this to every person of voting age.
> >>



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