Government - August 2006

2006-08-20 08:19:50 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. Created 22.5 million jobs—the most jobs ever created under a single administration, and more than were created in the previous 12 years. Of the total new jobs, 20.7 million, or 92 percent, were in the private sector.

2. Overall unemployment dropped to the lowest level in more than 30 years, down from 6.9 percent in 1993 to just 4.0 percent in January 2001

3. The homeownership rate reached 67.7 percent near the end of the Clinton administration, the highest rate on record.

4. The surplus in fiscal year 2000 was $237 billion—the third consecutive surplus and the largest surplus ever.

5. Welfare rolls dropped dramatically and were the lowest since 1969. Between January 1993 and September of 1999, the number of welfare recipients dropped by 7.5 million (a 53 percent decline) to 6.6 million. In comparison, between 1981-1992, the number of welfare recipients increased by 2.5 million (a 22 percent increase) to 13.6 million people.

WHAT DID BUSH DO? NAME 5 IF POSSIBLE

2006-08-20 08:18:40 · 16 answers · asked by JUST ME 1

2006-08-20 08:05:27 · 4 answers · asked by biswajit s 1

2006-08-20 07:44:11 · 15 answers · asked by TTUO 1

IS IT BECAUSE HE WAS A RHODE'S SCHOLAR UNLIKE DUMBYA?

IS IT BECAUSE HE BALANCED THE BUDGET?

IS IT BECAUSE HE CREATED MORE JOBS THAN DUMBYA?

IS IT BECAUSE OF CHEAP ENERGY PRICES DURING HIS 2 TERMS?

IS IT BECAUSE A TERRORIST ATTACK ON LAX WAS PREVENTED?

IS IT BECAUSE HE STARTED A WAR THAT PREVENTED ETHNIC CLEANSING IN BOSNIA WHICH RESULTED IN 0 AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN ACTION?

IS IT BECAUSE HE BROUGHT TROOPS HOME FROM SOMALIA WHERE BUSH SR HAD SENT 150,000 TROOPS AND PROMISED TO RETURN THEM BY CLINTON'S INAUGURATION AND NEVER DID?

IS IT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T EMBARRASS HIMSELF AND THE COUNTRY EVERYTIME HE WENT SOMEWHERE?

IS IT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T CHOKE ON A PRETZEL LIKE DUMBYA?

IS IT BECAUSE USA WAS ACTUALLY RESPECTED BY THE WORLD WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT?

IS IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECESSION DURING HIS PRESIDENCY?

IS IT BECAUSE HE WASN'T AN OIL BARON WHO INVADES OIL RICH COUNTRIES TO LINE HIS POCKETS WITH BLOOD MONEY?

2006-08-20 07:21:58 · 26 answers · asked by JUST ME 1

our hard won rights and traditions ,destroyed , behind the fight against terror

2006-08-20 07:20:49 · 30 answers · asked by exilephone 2

2006-08-20 07:17:40 · 9 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5

Dont you think we should stop giving away all of the hard earned tax dollers to other countries??I agree that we should help other because we have so much, but there are things that need to be done HERE first. We need better schools, hospitals, and more libraries. We need to help feed and clothe the homless, we need more low-cost housing, but nothing EVER seems to get done because we continue to spend all the money! Also, maybe if all those rich co.ck-suckers would pay a little more taxes and quit buying god damn mansions and building ******** golf courses we could afford more!!Is the reason because we are hated so much that we have to give them money just so they dont get together and take us out?Is bush more concerned with winning a popularity contest then with the well-being of his own people??Anybody got an answer?
I apologize if i offended anyone but i just needed to get that out there.

2006-08-20 07:17:09 · 5 answers · asked by pot_smoker4567 1

it seems to me that latley americans have lost their who we are....we are americans,not liberals,not conservative,democrates,rebublican....we are a noation of one people,dems and rebub,constantly attack each other because of their thinking,what so wrong with try to persverve this country and trying to boost the economy,both sides have good and dumb arguments,but this is america the land of free speech......these two parties and their followers are destroying the meaning of this country and its constitution..........why..............

2006-08-20 07:10:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm looking for governments that have lasted longer than 200 years. Other than the U.S. of course. As I'm asking this, I feel like this is a stupid question. Give me grace please, if in fact it is obvious and I'm stumbling over the answer(s).

2006-08-20 07:00:42 · 14 answers · asked by WILLIAM W 1

then why oppose bush on wiring up america with a cia/federal marshall on every street corner tapping phones. faxs, internet, voice, photographing every room of you house including your bathrooms, showers, and bedrooms, and video capture every inch of your city, and why not your job, any public event you attend, why not your schools for your children, why not have federal officers patroling schools with high tech watching....I mean we are beggin bush to do it, he said so

if you have nothing to hide why ***** about a real-id card that constantly phones home where you are and has all knowm information about you on one card? Who needs it more, your or the illegals?

Are we hippocrites? Why can't we give up any and all rights to Bush so he can be the one responsible to protect us? Has he ever ignored anyone, say, on the Mexican border to either back up law enforcement or turned his head as Americans get killed? Don't you trust your government to save you?

2006-08-20 06:32:08 · 12 answers · asked by yars232c 6

why do the majority of cnn guest and Mr.Wolff keep saying the "Hezbola"is equipped from all countries -Iran-Syria-Pakistan- and now China?We have been giving Israeal tanks-planes-naval ships-and of course MONEY for years,mainly for defence,in all reallity we have subsidizing the mid-east war for years,no?

2006-08-20 06:13:39 · 5 answers · asked by curleyhead2000 1

If:

The government funds/subsidizes abortions. AND
Most abortions are performed on Minorities. AND
Abortions reduce geometric population growth. AND
Minorities remain minorities because they do not have the population of majorities.

Can we say that government subsidized abortions would be keeping minorities in a reduced position of power through denial of a growth in their ability to vote en masse?

2006-08-20 06:01:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

...and all so that Bush contributers can put solid 24K spoons in the mouths of their grandchildren???

http://blackmesais.org/McCain_bill0805.htm

Sacred Land...treaties...broken promises!
Where's the integity in our government?

2006-08-20 05:58:38 · 10 answers · asked by Helzabet 6

My amendment would be to get the money out of politics, I believe we need a arms length relationship between our government and the money, to protect the people, let money work freely in the free enterprise system just not to influence the government.

2006-08-20 05:15:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-20 05:13:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please..just post humorous responses...I think we, the conservatives, need to take a break after reading through all of the insanity posted in this category!!

2006-08-20 05:12:27 · 8 answers · asked by jbbrant1 4

2.Private pantry meetings in congress are called_?
3.Who guides a pantry's bill through congress?
4.Who is their assistant?
5.How many members are in the U.S. senate?
6.How long is a senator's term?
7.When are senators elected?
8.If a senator dies or resigns before their term is over, how are they replaced?
9.Congressmen may mail an official letter free of charge, this is called_.
10.Who may expel a senator or representative from their seat?
11.When does a congressional session begin?
12.Who is the lead of the House of representatives?(postition, not name)
13.Who decides when congress will adjourn a session?
14.Arranging political districts to favor the party in power is called_
15.Who may call a special session of congress?
16.If a representative dies or resigns before the end of their term, how are they replaced?
17.What does President pro tem por mean?
18.How are committee chairmen chosen?
19.List 5 sources of congressional bills.

2006-08-20 04:56:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am currently at home with a back injury, and I have not yet recieved compensation, what if anything can I do ?

2006-08-20 04:50:25 · 3 answers · asked by Charles M 1

see this
http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/

2006-08-20 04:36:38 · 20 answers · asked by drnael2000 2

MINE IS KAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

HE OBVIOUSLY HAS A BEEF WITH SOMEONE SO HE ERECTED THIS GIANT BOARD ABOUT 7x10 AND WROTE THE FULL NAME OF THE PERSON AND THE EXACT AMOUNT HE OWES HIM. AND THE CASE NUMBER OF THE TRIAL.

AND ANOTHER TIME HE STOLE A CONSTRUCTION SIGN AND PUT UP "ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION" BECAUSE A NEIGHBOR WAS MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO HIS HOUSE.

2006-08-20 04:32:51 · 15 answers · asked by Laff 1

2006-08-20 04:20:27 · 6 answers · asked by :)sml*now*cry*:(later* 1

YES, IT'S TRUE, GAS IS SEVEN DOLLARS A GALLON IN ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BUT, WHY AREN'T THE OIL COMPANIES REPORTING RECORD PROFITS IN ENGLAND IF GAS IS ALMOST TWICE AS MUCH AS IT IS COMPARED TO THE US?

BECAUSE, OF THAT $7, 70% IS FUEL TAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO ALMOST $5 IS TAX IMPOSED BY THEIR GOVERNMENT!!!!!!!!! TAX MONEY THAT IS USED TO FUND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT HELP THEIR CITIZENS. NOT THE RAW PROFITS THAT OIL COMPANIES MAKE IN THE US, WHICH IS USED TO PAY FOR OIL EXECUTIVE'S MISTRESSES AND VACATION HOMES IN ASPEN.

SO NEXT TIME A NEO-CON TELLS YOU THAT YOU SHOULD BE LUCKY YOU DON'T PAY $7, SLAP THE IGNORANT ***** AND TELL HIM/HER WHAT THE REAL DEAL IS.

2006-08-20 04:17:21 · 10 answers · asked by Laff 1

2006-08-20 03:52:54 · 23 answers · asked by bellissima 1

I can't beleive we were quick to asking to have clinton impeached for having sex yet president bush ignored a memo sent to him in august about a possible event and then lying about weapons of mass distruction in Iraq which was all lies then wire tapping which he got caught without permission and who know maybe even bought his presidency for a second term hum this looks like impeachment for me.

2006-08-20 03:46:11 · 20 answers · asked by kikilee 2

2006-08-20 03:42:11 · 19 answers · asked by Jared 2

Im not going to say I found something interesting there. Really I was wondering if anyone out there thought there was anything significant about Cambridge that they'd like to share?

2006-08-20 03:32:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I started work when I was 14, worked 51 years, mostly 6 days a week lots of overtime to support my family,of course I paid my due taxes and National insurance, additionally I paid a graduated amount, and later Serps to improve my pension. My pension for my wife and I is £172 While I am understanding of the GENUINELY sick or disabled. I now find if I had never worked never paid tax or NI We would be guaranteed £172 pension credit plus free or subsidised rent and council tax. Is it fair

2006-08-20 03:11:14 · 13 answers · asked by Curly Top 2

When will liberals come up with some solid solutions to things they say are wrong? You never hear anything productive. All you hear is them bashing our President.

2006-08-20 02:49:24 · 20 answers · asked by Bobby D 2.0 1

Why or why not?

2006-08-20 02:49:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous