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| The electoral statements of both
candidates for the November 2000 election
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Bush |
Gore |
| Tax
: top 1% of earners would benefit from nearly half of his projected $1.37
trillion tax cuts. |
Tax
: tax cuts worth $575 billion with better credits for couples and carers |
| Social
Security : voluntary retirement plan would invest 1.5% of pay roll taxes
in stocks with cut in guaranteed benefits. |
Social
Security : 'sweeterners' for poorer women and workers, but would use
social security surplus to pay off national debt and create reserve fund
for 'baby boom' cohort when it retires. |
| Health
Care : tax credits to buy health insurance, and new money for
prescriptions. A Patients Rights Charter would be introduced. |
Health
Care : would insure every child with tax credits for uninsured. Assured
federal Medicare coverage. |
| Education
: $48 billion for teacher recruitment and training. Vouchers to send
children to private schools and $300 million in loans for privately
managed 'charter schools' in deprived areas. |
Education
: $170 billion for teachers' pay and hire 100,000 more; $1.8 billion to
triple charter schools. |
| Guns
: opposes new gun control laws, but supports ban on concealed and assault
weapons. |
Guns
: wants registration of new guns and ID licensing ban on 'junk' guns and
compulsory child locks on weapons. |
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