Did Bush make any contribution to American construction during his tenure?

Since becoming governor of Texas, George Walker Bush has always stressed the need to increase the responsibility of public schools for teaching results. After he became president, he began to actively put forward an education law called No Child Left Behind, which was also supported by Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy. The purpose of this law is to supervise the teaching level of schools, count students' academic achievements, provide more educational choices for students' families studying in schools with low education level, and provide more federal subsidies to low-income schools. The controversy caused by the policy of No Child Left Behind continues to this day. Critics believe that George W. Bush did not provide enough funds for this law, while Ted Kennedy criticized: "Sadly, when these delayed reforms finally began, the funds did not come." Many educators have also criticized this reform, arguing that the policy of "No Child Left Behind" will only give some students an excuse to leave failed public schools, but it has not really improved those schools. Others criticized the policy for focusing on some "high-risk experiments" and thought its consequences were quite negative. During his first term, George Walker Bush increased financial assistance to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and carried out some activities to enhance the ability of American high school students in science and mathematics. However, due to the inflation in 2004 and 2005, the financial assistance to NIH could not be maintained, and part of its budget had to be deducted in 2006. George Walker Bush also appointed laura bush to visit various states to supervise the implementation of the policy of "No Child Left Behind" to improve the education of children from poor families.

Social security and medical care

George walker bush advocated gradually abolishing the social security mechanism and privatizing social security to provide people with more choices. * * * In 2004, the party passed the medical insurance law, which included more prescription drugs in the coverage of medical insurance and created a health savings account system, so that people could choose to save some money from medical insurance to invest in other "important places". AARP, an organization representing the retired population, also supports the george walker bush administration's plan and agrees with it. The new system is expected to invest $4,000 in the next 65,438+00 years, which george walker bush said will give the elderly "better choices and more control over their own medical insurance".

George walker bush began a large-scale social security reform in his second term, when the American social security system was already facing an unprecedented budget deficit. Both Congress and the media regard social security reform as a thorny issue. Few people will try to change it for fear of public opposition. However, george walker bush has carried out reforms and made it the first priority. Social security has always been regarded as the domain of the Democratic Party, and the Communist Party of China (CPC) has been accused of trying to dissolve or privatize it in the past. In his inaugural speech in 2005, george walker bush discussed the possibility that the social security system was about to go bankrupt, and criticized that political prejudice hindered the reform process. He suggested that people should be given the opportunity to choose to set aside a part of social security tax to invest in other fields, so that the money can be "spent in more meaningful places" to promote economic growth. Although george walker bush constantly emphasized comprehensive preventive measures and plans to support reform, his proposal was criticized as too expensive, while the Democratic Party criticized it as an attempt to privatize the social security system. George walker bush made a 60-day national lecture tour and actively promoted his policies in the media, but these efforts did not get much public support. According to the results of the last opinion poll, george walker bush still failed to convince the public that the social security system was in deep bankruptcy crisis.

George walker bush opposes any stem cell research on the fetus, and announced on August 9, 2006 that it would stop the federal subsidy for stem cell research using the fetus. However, the restrictions on research have caused some controversy. However, subsidies for adult stem cell research are not restricted, and they are supported by george walker bush.

emigrant

In 2006, george walker bush gradually began to emphasize the importance of immigration reform and immigration policy. In addition to responding to the voices of * * * and the party who want to stabilize border security, george walker bush also asked Congress to establish a "temporary employment visitor program" to allow more than1.20 thousand illegal immigrants to retain their legal residence status. George walker bush believes that millions of people who lack legal identity protection will be in danger of poverty and exploitation, and employers who are in urgent need of migrant workers will lose many employment opportunities. On May 15, 2006, george walker bush also proposed an online system called "Basic Pilot", which enabled employers to easily confirm the employment qualifications of new employees, issue identity cards to all foreign workers, and increase the punishment for employers who violated immigration laws. George walker bush asked Congress to provide more funds to strengthen border security and deploy 6,000 national guards on the US-Mexico border to prevent more illegal immigrants from infiltrating.

economy

During the george walker bush period, inflation remained at a historical low of around 2%~3% every year. The economic recession of 200 1 and the price of "Walker-down" have even caused concern about deflation. During george walker bush's term of office, the unemployment rate peaked at 6.2% in June 2003, but now it has dropped to 4.4%. Although there was an economic recession from March, 20065438 to March, 20001year, at present, the U.S. economy still maintained a fairly strong growth, and many performances of the U.S. stock market set a record high, and the gross domestic product also maintained a steady growth.

During his first term, george walker bush proposed several major tax cuts to Congress. After Ben Bernanke, the new chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board of Directors, raised the threat of a possible economic recession, George Walker Bush believed that only tax cuts could successfully stabilize economic growth. Despite many people's opposition, George Walker Bush successfully passed a tax reduction bill of up to $35 trillion in 200 1, making it one of the largest tax reduction bills in American history. These tax reduction policies have reduced the tax revenue of almost all taxpayers, including the lowest tax band, increasing the tax deduction for children, cutting the inheritance tax and reducing the tax burden brought by marriage. George Walker Bush argues that unnecessary government funds should be returned to taxpayers, and tax reduction can promote economic growth and create employment opportunities.

Federal government spending increased by 26% under george walker bush. Tax cuts, the previous economic recession of 200 1, and the increase in national defense and domestic policy expenditures have made the budget deficit of george walker bush's term rise to a historical record. During george walker bush's term of office, government bonds rose sharply from the original 1 trillion yuan to 3 trillion yuan.

George walker bush usually supports free trade policies and laws, but occasionally it supports protectionist policies. In March 2002, the Presidential Palace imposed additional tariffs on steel imported from the United States and coniferous wood imported from Canada, which made George Walker Bush criticized by conservative supporters, but these tariffs were cancelled after being judged illegal by the World Trade Organization. On August 2, 2005, George W. Bush also signed a Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with Caribbean countries, which stipulated that a free trade area similar to the North American Free Trade Agreement would be established.

Referee

On August 17, 2006, the judge of Detroit District Court ruled that the telephone monitoring conducted by the federal government for anti-terrorism was unconstitutional because it was not authorized and approved by Congress. The judge agreed to stay her ruling pending further appeal. On August 28th, 2006, Congress passed a law to legalize the anti-terrorism interrogation policy of the federal government. This law is also aimed at solving the unconstitutional decision of the US Supreme Court in June. This is the second time that george walker bush has tried to pass the interrogation policy in Congress. George Walker Bush signed the law on June 65438+10/October 65438+July 2006.

Hurricane Trina

Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 became one of the most serious natural disasters in American history. Hurricane Katrina is the third largest landfall hurricane in history and the sixth largest Atlantic hurricane. Hurricane Katrina swept across the northern Gulf of Mexico, especially New Orleans.

George walker bush declared a state of emergency on August 27th and 28th, long before Hurricane Katrina landed on August 29th. After the hurricane landed, george walker bush also mobilized the National Guard and Coast Guard around to rescue 60,000 residents trapped in New Orleans.

However, both local and federal governments have been criticized for their progress in disaster relief. George walker bush was criticized by both parties for his appointment to FEMA. Some people also criticized that the slow progress of the federal government in disaster relief was caused by the huge expenditure on the Iraq war.

diplomatic policy

In foreign policy, the george walker bush administration withdrew its support for several international treaties, including the Kyoto Protocol, the International Criminal Court and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia. The george walker bush administration has also begun to implement the national missile defense system, which was previously restricted by the US-Russia Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and opposed by Congress, hoping to use this system to curb the attacks of rogue countries. George W. Bush publicly accused Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defense Commission, and called North Korea, Iran and Syria the so-called "axis of evil". George walker bush also said that the United States will not tolerate the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by the worst countries in the world for fear of threatening world peace. Within a few months, both the United States and North Korea withdrew from the DPRK-US nuclear agreement signed in June 1994 and June 10. In April, 20001,after the US military plane EP-3E collided with the China military plane and detained the pilot, George H.W. Bush also clearly expressed the determination of the United States to help defend China and Taiwan Province province. From 2003 to 2004, george walker bush authorized the U.S. National Defense Forces to launch war intervention in Haiti and Liberia to restore local capitalist democracy. Fearing the negative impact on economic development, george walker bush refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, declaring: "I think economic development is the solution to the problem, not the problem itself."

When talking about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, George Walker Bush stressed that the United States should adopt a "non-interference" attitude to correct the negligence in the negotiations during the Clinton administration. George W. Bush also condemned Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's support for revolution and war. With the support of EU leaders, george walker bush became the first president to adopt a state-to-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian war, allowing the Palestinian Republic to negotiate with Israel as an independent country. Bush also assisted Israeli Prime Minister Sharon in peace talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Abbas, but he continued to boycott Arafat. George walker bush also supported Sharon's plan to unilaterally stop military operations and praised the democratic elections held in the Palestinian Republic after Arafat's death.

George walker bush put forward a five-year plan to curb the global spread of AIDS in his State of the Union address in June 5438+ 10, 2003, which is called PEPFAR. George walker bush promised to raise a budget of10 billion dollars for this plan-20 billion dollars a year and maintain it for five years, but george walker bush didn't ask so much for the annual budget approval, although some members of Congress also proposed amendments to increase the funds for this plan. Shortly after george walker bush's speech, the United States allocated 15 countries with the most serious AIDS in the world with relief funds of RMB 1 100 million, and allocated1000,000 dollars to support other countries that have established cooperation plans with the United States, and also allocated1000,000 dollars to support them. These budgets also exceed the sum of AIDS relief aid funds of all other countries in the world.

George walker bush also condemned the attack by the Sudanese Defence Forces on the inhabitants of Darfur, which was considered as an act of genocide. George Walker Bush stressed that the peacekeeping task of the international community is the key to resolving the conflict in Darfur, but he opposed resorting to the International Criminal Court to resolve the conflict.

At the beginning of his second term, george walker bush emphasized the need to improve relations with EU countries. He appointed Karen Hughes, a senior adviser, to be responsible for improving the public image of the United States in the international community, and emphasized the ideal of promoting democracy and human rights worldwide. George W. Bush also praised the democratic movements in Georgia and Ukraine and supported Mahmoud Abbas as the president of the Palestinian National Authority. Syria also withdrew its troops from Lebanon under the pressure of the international community he led. In March 2006, george walker bush visited India and re-established the relationship between the United States and India, especially in civil nuclear energy cooperation and anti-terrorism actions.

The State Council and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) issued international development plans from 2004 to 2009. The principle of this plan is to realize the "national security strategy" (diplomacy, development and national defense) formulated by President george walker bush. President george walker bush's new plan will increase US subsidies to countries "governed by proper governments, investing in people correctly and encouraging market economy" by 50%. These countries must abide by the foreign policy of the United States, which means that the national development assistance agency will only support those countries that have implemented capitalist democratic politics and market economy and invested in people's education, health and development potential.

North Korea; South Korea

North Korea exploded an atomic bomb on June 9, 2006, which made President George W. Bush's foreign policy more complicated. The main goal of George W. Bush's foreign policy is to "defend the United States and the world from the threats of terrorists and those countries that try to acquire biological weapons, chemical weapons and nuclear weapons." President george walker bush condemned North Korea's move, reaffirmed the determination of the United States to maintain the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and pointed out that "if North Korea transfers any nuclear weapons to other countries or non-state organizations, it will be regarded as a death threat to the United States" and warned that North Korea must take responsibility for this situation.