Send us your Feedback For our privacy policy, click here . For our user agree- ment, click here . The prospect of Texas Gov. George W. Bush becoming president, alluring enough for Oregon's fat-cat Republicans to fill his coffers with hundreds of thousands of dollars, is alarming for Oregonians with disabilities. His support of segregating people with disabilities in nursing homes rather than aiding them at home or in the community certainly explains why the nursing-home industry backs him. Texas maintains a wait list for community services of more than 20,000 people.
More children live in nursing homes in Texas than in any other state.
Texas has the largest percentage of uninsured people in the United States. Bush has ordered members of the Texas Governor's Committee on Disabled People not to discuss these issues and has been responsible for the arrest of dozens of protesters. George Wallace was talking about separating the races. Bush could adopt that slogan just as well and have it apply to all aging and disabled Americans.