Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:18:59 -0700 (PDT)

The great state of Texas (Courtesy of Lynn Ahrens) The State of Texas, under the leadership of Governor George W. Bush, is ranked:

50th in spending for teachers' salaries

49th in spending on the environment

48th in per-capita funding for public health

47th in delivery of social services

42nd in child-support collections

41st in per-capita spending on public education and ...

5th in percentage of population living in poverty

1st in air and water pollution

1st in percentage of poor working parents without health insurance

1st in percentage of children without health insurance

1st in executions (avg. 1 every 2 weeks for Bush's 5 years)

Statistic to ponder.

Just think of what he could accomplish on a national scale!

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