couraged the congress to pass the legislation to help keep guns out of schools. The Gun-Free Schools Act, also has helped to keep dangerous children out of schools because it requires that all states receive federal education funds and adopt policies that require a mandatory one year expulsion for any students who bring guns to school.Bush has previously spoken against government- demanded gun registration and says that it would be impractical to enforce mandatory child safety locks on firearms. He has been criticized by Democrats and Gore as being soft on gun control. "I believe innocent people, law-abiding citizens, ought to be allowed to own a gun. I believe they ought to be allowed to hunt and protect themselves," he said. Basically he emphasizes that certain people should be allowed to own guns if they wish to for the use of self-defense, if it is necessary. Gore's plan to strengthen social security benefits for elderly and disadvantaged is by continuing to balance the budget, paying down the national debt and using the interest savings from debt reduction to help with the Social Security Trust Fund. These achievements can help reduce poverty among single elderly women as well as discontinuing the limits on the amount of social security that older Americans can earn. He does not want taxes to become a threat to senior citizens who especially need money to purchase the drug prescriptions. He also thinks that taxes ought to be cut for the middle class in ways that can benefit social security and Medicare as well as in other domestic areas such as schools. Bush's proposal suggest that he can strengthen social security and appeal to younger people at the same time. He says that by enabling younger workers to put 15 percent of their payroll taxes into private investment accounts, this will ensure that all senior citizens will receive all the benefits they expect from social security. This plan allows the younger workers to put a part ...
