the Sugar Conspiracy

Tuesday, August 10, 2004

What he said, what he did

With campaign promises being tossed around with wild abandon, it seems like a good time to look back on Bush's 2000 promises and see what he actually did. The American Progress Action Fund has compiled the list. Here are a couple good ones:

THEN: "As President, Governor Bush will…pay the debt down to a historically low level." [Source: Bush-Cheney 2000 website]

NOW: As of July 30, the national debt stood at $7,316,567,571,232.89, a record high. This year's budget will also create a record deficit: $445 billion, according to the White House. [Source: Treasury Department, 8/3/04, Reuters, 7/31/04]

THEN: "[B]y far the vast majority of my tax cuts go to the bottom end of the spectrum." [Source: George W. Bush, 2/15/00]

NOW: The top 20 percent of earners received 69.8 percent of President Bush's tax cuts. [Source: CBPP, 4/23/04, p. 17]

There's more.

posted by chris at 2:28 PM
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