Thursday, February 09, 2006

Bush Slips Social Security Plan Into Budget - Allan Sloan - Business Edge - Newsweek - MSNBC.com

Bush Slips Social Security Plan Into Budget - Allan Sloan - Business Edge - Newsweek - MSNBC.com
Here's the part I find most interesting. The previous commission examining Social Security had to agree to support private accounts.

Bush's 2001 Social Security commission had members of both parties, but they had to agree in advance to support private accounts. Their report, which had some interesting ideas, went essentially nowhere.

Is it really a fair, unbiased report when you predetermine the outcome?

Monday, February 06, 2006

Excite News

Excite News
Tax cuts for those with money, while those who are just scraping by have to dig even deeper. Most of these cuts have no chance of passing...in a year when members of Congress are running for re-election, but just wait until 2007 (assuming the Republicans retain control of the House). If this stuff passes, what it means is that state and local taxes will just increase to cover the difference, screwing the lower and middle class yet again. Who voted for this joker in office? Not me.

Thursday, February 02, 2006

New York Daily News - Home - Bush on move is Guzzler in Chief

New York Daily News - Home - Bush on move is Guzzler in Chief
So, just after he tells us we're addicted to oil, he goes on another of his "road trips" to tell us over and over and over again, using buckets and buckets of the addictive stuff. What a freakin' idiot.