Republicans finally got around to screwing over our veterans.

[tinydancer]

These guys support veterans like they support children, in words only.

Fuck right off. They got an increase of 4.6 BILLION mother trucking dollars.

 

[tinydancer]

As per usual, the rest of the story isn't told.

Right from that website.

"What they don’t bother stating here is that the VA is getting a $4.6 billion budget increase (or 5.6 percent) over 2015.

The $1.4 billion cut is simply reducing the increase that was originally proposed. They are still getting more money than before".

And here's the link that was given.

Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2016 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Legislation Committee on Appropriations U.S. House of Representatives

I really don't want to read any twisted shit from a republicans site, Try something neutral and I may take more time looking into your links

What the hell?

It's the freaking Appropriations Committee Website for crying out loud.
There are Democrats on the Appropriations Committee as well.

This isn't some blog out there. It has the highlights of the legislation and links to the draft of the bill.

I'm linking you to your government.


For the complete text of the Subcommittee Draft of the FY 2016 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill, please visit: http://appropriations.house.gov/UploadedFiles/BILLS-114HR-SC-AP-FY2016-MilCon-SubcommitteeDraft.pdf

A mere third are Democrats.
That means there is nothing the Democrats can do. Duh!

That's the way the cookie crumbles when you win a majority. Deal with it. They still have input.

But the link is directly to the Appropriations Committee website.A no freaking spin zone with the draft legislation right on the website.

It's not a "republican website or blog" for crying out loud.

 

[rdean]

As per usual, the rest of the story isn't told.

Right from that website.

"What they don’t bother stating here is that the VA is getting a $4.6 billion budget increase (or 5.6 percent) over 2015.

The $1.4 billion cut is simply reducing the increase that was originally proposed. They are still getting more money than before".

And here's the link that was given.

Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2016 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Legislation Committee on Appropriations U.S. House of Representatives

Except it isn't enough. It wasn't enough before and it certainly isn't enough with cuts.

 

[peach174]

As per usual, the rest of the story isn't told.

Right from that website.

"What they don’t bother stating here is that the VA is getting a $4.6 billion budget increase (or 5.6 percent) over 2015.

The $1.4 billion cut is simply reducing the increase that was originally proposed. They are still getting more money than before".

And here's the link that was given.

Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2016 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Legislation Committee on Appropriations U.S. House of Representatives

Except it isn't enough. It wasn't enough before and it certainly isn't enough with cuts.

Just keep expanding the funds for all programs, refuse to deal with the debt and then we won't have anything for anybody rdean.