Rugged,
Can't say I'm surprised to hear the National Esalante Monument bit thrown around. No one is saying he was perfect and undoubtedly he had his flaws. Perhaps your too young to remember Bills achievements, but I'll name 10 quick ones:
1) deficit-reduction plan - Which was well on its way to a balanced budget in 2002 until Bush got into office.
2) College-loan payback plan
3) The Family and Medical Leave Act
4) welfare reform bill that ended federal guarantees.
5) Significantly reduced the number of government workers in bloated programs.
6) Implemented fiscal policies led to 30-year low in unemployment, and the fastest real-wage growth in 20 years.
7) The 1998 fiscal year ended with a federal budget surplus of $70 billion, the first surplus in decades.
8) Introduced prescription drug benefit plan, that brought relief to consumers of prescription drugs.
9) Released oil from the nation's strategic oil reserve in an attempt to lower home heating costs.
10) Expanded earned-income credit for the working poor.
And what would have been his best achievement, had it not been for short-sighted politics was the overhaul of health care in America. More than a decade later its become more and more evident that our current system will eventually collapse on itself and record numbers go without health insurance year after year.
So what has Bush done other than wasted billions on a war in Iraq that is unwinnable? Oh wait I forgot, we already won that war right? That big sign on the aircraft carrier said so...my bad!!
