George W Bush 2000 Research Paper

George W. Bush ran for president in 2000. Running against him was Al Gore, and a third party candidate Ralph Nader. The United States were dealing with different issues during the campaign. Some of these issues were health care and the economy (George). In 2000 George Bush was elected president. Bush’s campaign in 2000 was successful because of his domestic promises, Gore’s Failure, and a third party opponent. George W. Bush launched his campaign in March 1999. By the time Iowa’s polls came out Bush was clearly the winner of the Republican party (George). Bush made different domestic promises for his campaign that he said he would fulfill if he got elected. These promises gave him more votes due to people seeking help issues they were facing. Bush’s promises were based around the economy, and the health care system. Bush’s health care promises were made to make insurance affordable for low income families, and to provide more funds for projects addressing health risks. Bush’s attempt to make insurance more affordable failed. He did not live up to his promise when the number of people without insurance increased, and the premiums for insurance have risen 12.5 percent per year. Bush’s promise to have more …show more content…
Bush’s promise for Social Security was broken in 2002 when he spent $159 billion of the Social Security Trust Fund surplus. His welfare promise was to provide states with an additional $1 billion over five years for preventative services to keep children in, or return them to their homes whenever safely possible. His promise fell through when he let states use the federal funds for foster care room and board payments to be used for preventative services. All the states had to do was accept a spending cap on the amount of foster care funding they could receive (Broken