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To: jttmab who wrote (19438)	9/6/2005 2:47:58 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 20773

Bush to lead investigation into his own failure ... Buffeted by criticism over the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, President Bush said Tuesday he will oversee an investigation into what went wrong and why — in part to be sure the country could withstand more storms or attack. Bush also announced he is sending Vice President Dick Cheney to the Gulf Coast region on Thursday to help determine whether the government is doing all that it can. "Bureaucracy is not going to stand in the way of getting the job done for the people," the president said after a meeting at the White House with his Cabinet on storm recovery efforts. "What I intend to do is lead an investigation to find out what went right and what went wrong," Bush said. "We still live in an unsettled world. We want to make sure we can respond properly if there is a WMD (weapons of mass destruction) attack or another major storm." Sad. -- Josh Marshall Copyright 2005 TPM Media LLC This document is available online at talkingpointsmemo.com

To: jttmab who wrote (19438)	9/6/2005 5:49:18 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Lets see how the SS-payments are handled for those evacuated from the Gulf Coast. PS ref cross checking SS-numbers and properties: Remember the millenium-bug problems??

To: jttmab who wrote (19438)	9/8/2005 11:12:53 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

The data should already be there and I think all you have to do is a relatively few cross checks. Yes, that is the problem. The data is already in a legacy format and the agencies do not have the budget to convert - so they keep going the way they have since the 1960s. That's the bigger problem. Enforcement. It's once again budget. Most of these discrepencies amount to very little money and the workers have long moved on to another job, maybe another SS-number. It's not like traffic tickets where enforcement can be a revenue source. These reports cost more money for each one that is looked into, money that might go to an overhaul in the supervisor's daydream. If any budget is saved it goes to Katrina or Cheney's yaght.