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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The_Tom: [QB] Well, cold inflappable logic, Mr. Omega's favorite weapon, would appear to be absent from his post at the top of the page. The statement "Bush has done a pretty darn good job in Texas" is an opinion backed up with no evidence. Indeed, statistically speaking, Texas shows many signs of having fallen victim to a stupid ideology-over-common sense leadership. I'll concede that I pulled the below figures from an anti-Bush site, but their list of works cited strike me as quite reputable and unbiased. [QUOTE] <u>Education</u> [*]Teacher salaries at beginning of 1st term - 36th (1) [*]Teacher salaries at beginning of 2nd term - 38th (1) [*]% Change in Average Salaries 1987-97 constant -5.4% [*]Teacher salaries plus benefits - 50th (1) [*]High school completion rate - 46th (2) <u>Bush Family Values:</u> [*]Highest number of children living in poverty - 2nd (3) [*]Highest number of children without health insurance - 2nd (3) [*]Highest % of children without health insurance - 1st (3) [*]Highest % of poor working parents without insurance - 1st (3) [*]Highest % of population without health insurance - 2nd (3) [*]Highest Teen Birth Rate - 5th (4) [*]Per capita funding for public health - 48th (4) [*]Delivery of social services - 47th (4) [*]Mothers receiving prenatal care - 45th (9) [*]Teen smoking - down nationally, flat in Texas (5) [*]Teen drug use - down nationally, up in Texas (5) <u>Pollution:</u> [*]Pollution released by manufacturing plants - 1st (6) [*]Pollution by industrial plants in violation of [*]Clean Air Act - 1st (6) [*]Greenhouse gas emissions - 1st (6) <u>Quality of Life:</u> [*]Spending for parks and recreation - 48th (7) [*]Spending for the arts - 48th (7) [*]Public libraries and branches - 46th (8) [*]Spending for the environment - 49th (7) [*]Best place to raise children - 48th (9) ------- Sources: (1) National Education Agency (2) U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Development (3) U.S. Census Bureau, Current Populations Trends (4) U.S. Dept. Health and Human Services National Center for Health Statistics (5) 1998 Texas School Survey of Substance Use Among Students: Grades 7-12, Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (6) U.S. EPA, Office of Pollution and Prevention (7) Texas Observer (8) Statistical Rankings by State (9) Children's Rights Council [/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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