bushes record as leader vs this Presidents record

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No wonder smirky wants him dead

We’ve had 1,500 days in government, almost 4 years. Let’s take the
balance of that time.

In the health sector, we have dramatically reduced infant mortality. It
was at 24 per 1,000 when I came to power, and it is now at 17 per
thousand. We should put that into human terms and scale, because
sometimes these numbers seem cold. Going from 24 to 17 means a 30%
reduction, which translated into real numbers means that thousands of
children’s lives have been saved and they have survived, where
previously they died just for being poor, or not having access to health
services. Before, many expecting mothers did not go to the hospital, or
their baby wasn’t vaccinated after birth. We have greatly improved
pre-natal care, and expanded the capability of hospitals. We’ve carried
through a successful immunization plan, in order to really get at the
causes of mortality.

For the first time in Venezuelan history, a president has advanced
massive child immunization campaigns against hepatitis B. We’ve brought
down the infection rate by 15%. We’ve reduced school truancy, and
school enrollment has gone up 30%—that’s 30% over what it was. With
this increase, we have brought 90% of truant children into the school
system. It’s a tremendous accomplishment. We’ve built schools all over
the place. We’ve hired thousands of new teachers. We’ve raised the
teacher salaries to their highest levels ever.

We’ve initiated the Bolivarian Schools program. We have one of the first
Bolivarian high schools opening this afternoon. It’s in Amazonas state,
where I traveled two and a half years ago. While there, I was
approached by a group of teenage boys, who complained about the lack
of money for their school. It was a dirty school without running water or
clean bathrooms. Today, it is a beautiful school! I’ll update you on our
progress up to today. We’ve created hundreds of schools across the
country. Schools that were operating at a third of their capacity, we’ve
invested millions of bolivares into these schools; we’ve made them like
new. School districts that used to serve only 3,000 kids now serve
thousands more. We’ve reduced school absenteeism from 10% in 1998
to 3% today. For the first time in Venezuelan history, anyone can be an
athlete. I suffered my whole life from lack of access to baseballs and
other sporting equipment. There was no equipment; there were no
baseball diamonds. We’ve redone all the sports facilities across the
country. We have the most and the finest sports installations in all of
Latin America. The focus of our investment is at
the school level.

In the educational field, we’ve opened up nearly 3,000 Bolivarian
schools, which represents about 10% of the total number of schools in
the country, where children learn only after having breakfast first. Before
these schools , kids would arrive at school without having eaten
breakfast. There’s not much you can learn on an empty stomach! Now
they eat first and then go to classes. They have mini libraries in each
classroom. They no longer have to work out of tiny individual desks, now
they work at larger tables with more legroom and where they can spread
out, and have some ownership of their personal space. They can pour
out their creativity, receive medical attention, they have computer labs
with internet access. They have theatres for dance, plays, music, sports
activities. Later in the day they eat lunch there and have a snack at tea
time, even if it’s just a little juice and a pastry. Education is very
important to me. I certainly care about the fiscal deficit, but I care about
children even more.

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1064


This is everything republicans fear. Equality for all. Not many would mind that kind of leadership here in the land of the free!