Jan 06 2008
The Legacy of George Bush
One more year left of George Bush. Can we make it? Well let us take a look back at the last 7 years and see what we have in a leader. First, we take a look at the first election. Bush barely won and in some people’s eyes he was not the real winner. How did Bush handle it? He went on television and claimed that he has the full support of the American People. This was not the true case but in his eyes, a win meant that he was fully supported by all of America.
OK, so let’s look at the first term. Bush passed a great tax refund for the middle class. This was great. The downfall was that the tax refund caused less funding to state and local programs. The fallout was that because of these refunds, our property tax, sales taxes, and state taxes increased much more than the original tax refund.
The second event of his first term was 9/11. This was a disaster that Bush turned into a hunt on terrorist. He had support from almost of all of the American people and Congress. He did do the right thing to go into Afghanistan. Of course then he decided to go into Iraq and piss off a majority of the world leaders and also most of our allies.
Let us not forget the improvement he has made to education. No Child Left Behind, this great program that was going to improve our education system. It was poorly funded, too much pressure put on students, and caused teachers to teach to the test or fear losing federal funding.
In the first term he managed to raise the federal debt and cause are men and women in uniform to be placed in the Iraq. He created a world where we are hated by many parts of the world.
Well along came the second election and again, Bush barely got by and won by a very slim margin. Once again, he went on television to exclaim that he has heard the confidence that the American people has in him. I can not understand who voted for him but I think it was a vote of no confidence in John Kerry more than a vote for Bush.
In the second term, Bush’s cabinet was under attack as with the first and many of his top members fell in the crossfire. We also saw another disaster in America in the form of Hurricane Katrina. We seen the Federal Government under George Bush’s leadership respond in such a slow and poor manner that we looked more like a third world country. Was it because the poor people of New Orleans really did not matter in Bush’s scheme? We will never know for sure but it was a sore stain on American history. FEMA was the last to respond and allowed many deaths to occur.
So after all this, are we Americans better off after seven years of Bush? I say no way. Prices are through the roof for just about everything we purchase. Gas and fuel prices are scary as rich oil companies are making all time high profits. Federal taxes are down but we are paying much more taxes over all. Hopefully the last year will be swift and the end will come soon.
How will history look at the legacy of George Bush? Well, we Americans do not wish to look at our past leaders in the negative so maybe he will look better in the books than he does in the present time. I for one will be glad to see the end of the Bush administration.
What is your opinion of George Bush’s legacy?
