GOP cuts funding for veterans administration, then blame General Shinseki

[hangover]

The scum of the cons goes on forever. They cut a billion dollars in funding for veterans, and now are blaming retired General Shinseki for lack of care given to wounded troops.

GOP's actual track record on supporting veterans

This investigation should come back to bite the cons in the ass just in time for the fall elections.

 

[Pennywise]

The scum of the cons goes on forever. They cut a billion dollars in funding for veterans, and now are blaming retired General Shinseki for lack of care given to wounded troops.

GOP's actual track record on supporting veterans

This investigation should come back to bite the cons in the ass just in time for the fall elections.

How would some bogus "jobs" initiative pissing away $1 Billion on a failed government boondoggle have affected the VA's failure to address the veterans' medical issues?

Did you even read beyond the bullshit Daily Kos headline, you fucking mental midget?

 

[The Rabbi]

The scum of the cons goes on forever. They cut a billion dollars in funding for veterans, and now are blaming retired General Shinseki for lack of care given to wounded troops.

GOP's actual track record on supporting veterans

This investigation should come back to bite the cons in the ass just in time for the fall elections.

The Obama Administration has cut the military to the lowest level since before WW2. When asked about how to cut the deficit, every liberal here mouths "Cut Defense Spending." So we cut defense spending and now you want to complain because the administration can't manage the VA.
Fuck you.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Exceptions would have been made for VA.

However, since sequestration is the law, the GOP and the Dems share in this equally.

 

[PredFan]

Yeah well the grilling and accusations are coming in a bipartisan roar, so as usual the OP has no clue.

 

[bedowin62]

look at the left-wing losers trying to get out in front of another devastating obama scandal

nothing to do with the budget here; this is ineptitude; and the cover-up (of course with these guys) of that ineptitude with the use of double ledgers to hide long wait times

 

[Katzndogz]

The VA had plenty of money.

VA Spends Close to $500 Million on Conference Room, Office Makeovers Under Obama | Washington Free Beacon

President Barack Obama has increased the Department of Veterans Affairs’ budget each year since he took office, claiming the funds would give veterans the health care they deserve. However, an analysis of records show the agency has spent close to $500 million on office furniture under the Obama administration -

The usual ploy is for democrats to load up some pork laden nightmare and stick in a provision for some little benefit to veterans. Then when the poison pill is rejected, they claim that the GOP rejected benefits for veterans. It used to work. It doesn't work any more.

 

[hangover]

The scum of the cons goes on forever. They cut a billion dollars in funding for veterans, and now are blaming retired General Shinseki for lack of care given to wounded troops.

GOP's actual track record on supporting veterans

This investigation should come back to bite the cons in the ass just in time for the fall elections.

The Obama Administration has cut the military to the lowest level since before WW2. When asked about how to cut the deficit, every liberal here mouths "Cut Defense Spending." So we cut defense spending and now you want to complain because the administration can't manage the VA.
Fuck you.

Moron, defense spending is different than veterans benefits spending. It has nothing to do with taking care of those that were wounded in Shrub's stupid war.

On top of that, defense spending has not been cut what so ever. Cons would obstruct any cuts in defense spending, and you know it.

 

[DiamondDave]

Lefty pols putting up a bill that they load with extra spending pork shit, to which they know it will be shot down.. but that is OK with them, because the goal is not to pass it but to make false claims about the GOP not supporting X, Y, or Z

 

[Sallow]

The scum of the cons goes on forever. They cut a billion dollars in funding for veterans, and now are blaming retired General Shinseki for lack of care given to wounded troops.

GOP's actual track record on supporting veterans

This investigation should come back to bite the cons in the ass just in time for the fall elections.

This has been an ongoing problem for some time now. President Obama actually raised the amount of money going to the VA.

However, although the investigation is partisan in nature? I am glad it's going on.

Veterans have been getting the shaft for far too long..and it really should be a priority to make sure they get the benefits they need.

 

[hangover]

The scum of the cons goes on forever. They cut a billion dollars in funding for veterans, and now are blaming retired General Shinseki for lack of care given to wounded troops.

GOP's actual track record on supporting veterans

This investigation should come back to bite the cons in the ass just in time for the fall elections.

How would some bogus "jobs" initiative pissing away $1 Billion on a failed government boondoggle have affected the VA's failure to address the veterans' medical issues?

Did you even read beyond the bullshit Daily Kos headline, you fucking mental midget?

Obviously you didn't read it. Here is some of it.......

Senate GOP Obstructionists Throw Veterans Under The Bus-Vote Down Bill To Help Vets In Need Of Jobs

GOP blocks COLA on benefits for disabled veterans and survivors

Meet the 40 Senate Republicans Who Betrayed Veterans By Killing $1 Billion in Jobs

GOP Voted Against 7 Bills to Help Veterans

Republicans Vote Against Increased VA Funding

Major GOP Donor Arrested in $100 Million Veteran Charity Scam

Bachmann Takes Heat From Veterans' Group for Proposing Benefits Cuts

 

[Sallow]

The scum of the cons goes on forever. They cut a billion dollars in funding for veterans, and now are blaming retired General Shinseki for lack of care given to wounded troops.

GOP's actual track record on supporting veterans

This investigation should come back to bite the cons in the ass just in time for the fall elections.

The Obama Administration has cut the military to the lowest level since before WW2. When asked about how to cut the deficit, every liberal here mouths "Cut Defense Spending." So we cut defense spending and now you want to complain because the administration can't manage the VA.
Fuck you.

Moron, defense spending is different than veterans benefits spending. It has nothing to do with taking care of those that were wounded in Shrub's stupid war.

On top of that, defense spending has not been cut what so ever. Cons would obstruct any cuts in defense spending, and you know it.

Absolutely.

And once veterans are no longer active military? It's no longer counted as defense spending.

 

[Sallow]

The VA had plenty of money.

VA Spends Close to $500 Million on Conference Room, Office Makeovers Under Obama | Washington Free Beacon

President Barack Obama has increased the Department of Veterans Affairs’ budget each year since he took office, claiming the funds would give veterans the health care they deserve. However, an analysis of records show the agency has spent close to $500 million on office furniture under the Obama administration -

The usual ploy is for democrats to load up some pork laden nightmare and stick in a provision for some little benefit to veterans. Then when the poison pill is rejected, they claim that the GOP rejected benefits for veterans. It used to work. It doesn't work any more.

I should hope so.

While researching our story on the Veterans Affairs benefits backlog, we saw this Veterans Affairs Administration Inspector General’s report that points out that at one VA center, a regional office in Winston-Salem, N.C., had so much paper that it “created an unsafe workspace for (VA) employees and appeared to have the potential to compromise the integrity of the building.”
Veterans Affairs Backlog Files Stacked So High, They Posed Safety Risk to Staff | The Rundown | PBS NewsHour

It's absolutely shocking you folks don't know how bad this situation was..

 

[bedowin62]

they have half a billion for furniture; then rant that the reason for the shocking mismanagement of our troops is budget cuts

libs are losers who lie to themselves

 

[DiamondDave]

But but but.. we don't have a spending problem

 

[tinydancer]

I picked up at Stars and Stripes that they got a 4% increase in 2011.

WASHINGTON — While many agencies are cutting back or barely holding steady, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ budget is growing.

The agency would get a modest 4 percent increase in its budget next year over its request for this year, bringing its funding to $132 billion.

As has been the case the last two years, the focus of the increased spending is on the needs of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. More than $6 billion will go to mental health and traumatic brain injury needs.

Budget breakdown: Veterans Affairs - News - Stripes

 

[tinydancer]

The scum of the cons goes on forever. They cut a billion dollars in funding for veterans, and now are blaming retired General Shinseki for lack of care given to wounded troops.

GOP's actual track record on supporting veterans

This investigation should come back to bite the cons in the ass just in time for the fall elections.

How would some bogus "jobs" initiative pissing away $1 Billion on a failed government boondoggle have affected the VA's failure to address the veterans' medical issues?

Did you even read beyond the bullshit Daily Kos headline, you fucking mental midget?

Obviously you didn't read it. Here is some of it.......

Senate GOP Obstructionists Throw Veterans Under The Bus-Vote Down Bill To Help Vets In Need Of Jobs

GOP blocks COLA on benefits for disabled veterans and survivors

Meet the 40 Senate Republicans Who Betrayed Veterans By Killing $1 Billion in Jobs

GOP Voted Against 7 Bills to Help Veterans

Republicans Vote Against Increased VA Funding

Major GOP Donor Arrested in $100 Million Veteran Charity Scam

Bachmann Takes Heat From Veterans' Group for Proposing Benefits Cuts

This shit has nothing to do with this scandal. Good grief. The garbage that comes out of Daily Kos is mind boggling.

 

[Care4all]

I picked up at Stars and Stripes that they got a 4% increase in 2011.

WASHINGTON — While many agencies are cutting back or barely holding steady, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ budget is growing.

The agency would get a modest 4 percent increase in its budget next year over its request for this year, bringing its funding to $132 billion.

As has been the case the last two years, the focus of the increased spending is on the needs of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. More than $6 billion will go to mental health and traumatic brain injury needs.

Budget breakdown: Veterans Affairs - News - Stripes

too bad the President's budgets were not passed, he has proposed a minimum of a 10% increase in VA spending for every year in office....

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Is there ANY PART of this administration that is honest enough to accept responsibility for their fuck ups?

You liberal cock suckers blame the GOP for EVERYTHING

 

[The Rabbi]

I picked up at Stars and Stripes that they got a 4% increase in 2011.

WASHINGTON — While many agencies are cutting back or barely holding steady, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ budget is growing.

The agency would get a modest 4 percent increase in its budget next year over its request for this year, bringing its funding to $132 billion.

As has been the case the last two years, the focus of the increased spending is on the needs of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. More than $6 billion will go to mental health and traumatic brain injury needs.

Budget breakdown: Veterans Affairs - News - Stripes

too bad the President's budgets were not passed, he has proposed a minimum of a 10% increase in VA spending for every year in office....

Why is that Democrats voted No on the president's budget?