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Rep. Michele Bachmann's proposal to freeze health care funding for veterans drew a sharp rebuke from veterans groups.
Veterans groups blast proposed tea party cuts - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times
How does an idiot like this stay in office?
Veterans groups blast proposed tea party cuts
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jan 28, 2011 1626 EST
A proposal to cut $4.5 billion from Veterans Affairs Department health programs to reduce government spending has earned a quick, sharp rebuke from major veterans groups.
Proposed by Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., the freeze in veterans health care funding — along with a cut in disability compensation for veterans also receiving Social Security disability benefits — are part of a $400 billion package of spending cuts that the tea party leader says could be enacted to avoid increasing the $14.3 trillion cap on government borrowing.
Disabled American Veterans called Bachmann’s ideas “ill-advised,” “nothing short of heartless” and “wrong-headed.”
Veterans of Foreign Wars said she was “totally out of step with America’s commitment to our veterans.”
Veterans for Common Sense said they were “outraged” that her proposal “would leave veterans twisting in the wind.”
Veterans groups blast proposed tea party cuts - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times
How does an idiot like this stay in office?
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