Yeah, the title of the post is from the files of "well, duh". But last night made it clearer than ever.
His proposal to reduce guaranteed benefits for everyone but the working poor is designed to provide specific direction to Congress on how to shore up the system -- and pressure Democrats to support a plan that protects those earning the least.
In other news from the morning papers - it's been a particularly bad day in Iraq. As part of these attacks there was an attack on Iraq's Interior Minister - after he'd been on the job for all of one day - but the SCIRI member survived the attack on his home. Of course earlier this week a member of the Allawi faction in the new parliament was shot to death at her home.
Posted by armand at April 29, 2005 10:06 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics