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Steve
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Steve asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

What would you consider to be the greatest accomplishments of the Bush presidency?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    North Korea is no longer a threat.

    There has been no attacks on U.S. soil since 911.

    No Child Left Behind was a good idea, but it was under funded.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Yeah, for almost a hundred years human beings have been rejecting state run well-being care, Obama have been given legislations exceeded that provides human beings a mandate to purchase a monetary product (scientific coverage) with a view to be a citizen in stable status. and you applaud Obama for this? have you ever even tried to ensure the form? Bush's superb accomplishment has been to maintain people who have been for even extra advantageous government tha he became out of workplace jointly as he did his incremental injury to the country that Obama is attempting to end in one fell swoop

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    bush uh he proved that uh even a retard uh can become president and stuff uh yeah and invent new words to keep up with the destruction of our language that our youth so aptly provide and uh lets see he proved once again that even though it says no we are not supposed to mix state and church well by golly he did

    and he gave frank caliendo another great impression to do on stage

  • 1 decade ago

    Helping connected companies like Halliburton, Blackwater, etc. contrinue to make profit while the economy tanked.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    . Signed two income tax cuts, one of which was the largest dollar-value tax cut in world history. 2. Supports permanent elimination of the death tax. 3. Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession, and deeply shocked as a result of the 9/11 attacks. 4. Is seeking legislation to amend the Constitution to give the president line-item veto authority. 5. In process of permanently eliminating IRS marriage penalty. 6. Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people. 7. Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts. 8. Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules would have shut down every home business in America. 9. Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals. 10. Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains. 11. Signed trade promotion authority. 12. Reduced and is working to ultimately eliminate the estate tax for family farms and ranches. 13. Fight Europe's ban on importing biotech crops from the United States. 14. Exempt food from unilateral trade sanctions and embargoes. 15. Provided $20 million to states to help people with disabilities work from home. 16. Created a fund to encourage technologies that help the disabled. 17. Increased the annual contribution limit on Education IRA's from $500 to $2,000 per child. 18. Make permanent the $5,000 adoption tax credit and provide $1 billion over five years to increase the credit to $10,000. 19. Grant a complete tax exemption for prepaid or college tuition savings plans. 20. Reduced H1B visas from a high of 195,000 per year to 66,000 per year.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Seriously , Bush has had no great accomplishments . He's just a clown in a suit.

  • 1 decade ago

    Laura Bush

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No repeats of the 9/11 attacks on U.S. soil. The shining new Democracy in the heart of the middle-east. We are still the most successful, prosperous, and powerful nation on the face of the earth.

  • 1 decade ago

    Doubling of the national debt.

  • 1 decade ago

    Beating the 2 geniuses - Al Gore and J-yawn Kerry.

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