George w bush education civil rights
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In the original draft, all buses had to be retrofitted to accommodate the disabled; the 1989 draft restricted that requirement to new buses.
For affirmative action, but not quotas or preferences
- Opposes quotas and racial preferences
- Supports �affirmative access� to open the doors of opportunity through programs such as the Texas 10 percent plan, where those who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class are automatically admitted to any state college or university
- Advocates needs-based contracting and breaking down government contracts to smaller sizes to encourage entrepreneurship in all communities
Reach out to minorities, but without quotas
Bush opposes quotas and racial preferences, but said the private and public sector should be encouraged to reach out to minorities.
A: I support what I call �affirmative access�-not quotas, not double standards, because those divide and balkanize, but access-a fair shot for everyone. In place of those who urged that Social Security be extended to pay benefits to people with disabilities, Eisenhower advocated the extension of vocational rehabilitation. One day he says he agrees with me, then he says he doesn�t.
But the celebration could not be sustained through the next Presidential election.
Leave decisions on flying Confederate flag to the states
Q: At the South Carolina state capitol building, the Confederate flag flies with the state flag and the US flag.
Second, he declared his pride that the legislation had been developed by a group he described as “15 Republicans appointed to the National Council on Disability by President Reagan.” Third, he pointed to a historical tradition of Republican support for disability rights. A: As an American citizen, I trust the people of SC to make the decision for SC.
English-plus, not English-only
Bush firmly rejected �English-only,� which has caused problems among Hispanics. Q: So therefore if a state were voting on gay marriage, you would suggest to that state not to approve it.
Affirmative access good; Gore�s affirmative action bad
Q: What about affirmative action?BUSH: I�ve had a record of bringing people from all walks of life into my administration, and my administration is better off for it.
If I am entrusted with the presidency it will be the first civil rights act of the 21st century.
BUSH: I can�t imagine what it would be like to be singled out because of race and harassed.
BUSH: No. If affirmative action means quotas, I�m against it.
In my speech, I emphasized that I am a uniter not a divider and that Americans can work together for the good of all.
I will be a tolerant person. In this regard, the legislation fit a long historical pattern. The proponents of Social Security wanted to pay people with disabilities not to work; Eisenhower proposed instead that they receive special counseling and other services, if necessary by means of federal funds, in order to get jobs.
Eisenhower’s 1954 program demonstrated that the Republican version of the welfare state, even in the 1950s, emphasized the provision of opportunity, rather than the maintenance of income.
In response to this threat, leaders of the disability rights movement shifted their rhetoric. But quotas are bad for America. For the first time, a section eight recipient who has a disability will be able to use up to a year�s worth of rental vouchers to finance the down payment on a home of their own, and continue using vouchers to pay the mortgage.
We will help Americans with disabilities to gain fuller access to community life.