Thursday, February 03, 2005
Infighting Cited at Homeland Security
Washingtonpost.com| "As its leadership changes for the first time, the Department of Homeland Security remains hampered by personality conflicts, bureaucratic bottlenecks and an atmosphere of demoralization, undermining its ability to protect the nation against terrorist attack, according to current and former administration officials and independent experts."
Bush Makes Case for Social Security Plan
Washingtonpost.com | "President Bush called last night for a historic restructuring of Social Security that would allow younger workers for the first time to invest some of their payroll taxes in the stock market, declaring in his annual State of the Union address that without change the venerable program is headed toward bankruptcy.
Speaking to a joint session of Congress and a national television audience, Bush sketched out in more detail than before the top domestic goal of his second term, but he stopped short of providing a complete blueprint, leaving himself negotiating room with skeptical lawmakers. Under his plan, workers younger than 55 could divert up to 4 percent of income subject to Social Security taxation into individual investment accounts beginning in 2009."
