1) TSA 2) Dept. of Homeland Security
9)Ballooning National Debt
You can't find fault in these.
TSA is doing a fine job, show where they have faltered in their duties in safety concerns,
DHS, when is the last time that we were attacked? Did I miss it? I have been informed of unsuccessful attempts, but no attacks.
National debt? That's a gimmee, show stat's of previous Presidents in time of war, that cut taxes, and still brought the market up to reasonable levels.
All in all, IMHO, not bad.
You clearly have your own opinions and that's ok; that's what discussion is about.
TSA - the incompetence of the TSA is directly responsible for a bloated budget to fund a department that has a HUGE load of deadwood on board. You see more TSA employees standing around doing nothing than actually screening passengers. In addition, their policy of not profiling the people who are actively trying to destroy us is sheer insanity. These two points about TSA are more responsible for the slowness of the airline industry's recovery than any other single reason. More people will not get on airplanes today because of the harrassing activities of the TSA towards grannys and 3-year olds than toward the people determined to destroy us. Several airports have already announced that, after the mandatory 3-year honeymoon period with the TSA has expired, they will replace their TSA screeners with private security company screeners such as we had prior to 9/11.
DHS - The biggest claim to fame that the DHS has made is creating a confusing and pointless color code system of threat levels. Most people don't understand it and don't know the difference between one threat level and the next other than the change in colors. In addition, DHS, under Tom Ridge, has failed to perform the most fundamental function of such a department; secure our borders and crack down on illegal immigration. Illegal immigration is a large and growing problem and Ridge sits around yapping "Amnesty". This is a dangerous and irresponsible position for the head of the DHS to assume. Illegal immigrants are known to include Muslim terrorists slipping into this country from both Canada and Mexico. That Ridge and Bush are unwilling to push for secure borders is anathema to a department charged with securing our homeland. We may as well not have this department when this is the policy of the man at the top.
That's why I include these items on the list of what I consider to be Bush's less than stellar "achievements". These are incredible drains on the government's budget with little to show for them.