With 900,000 Vets on Food Stamps, Obama Cuts Military Benefits

[DGS49]

It is not a cut!

You fucking idiots!

 

[Edgetho]

whining about military retirees. LOL. The real scandal was the processing of disability claims stemming from perpetual war, and believe it or not, the administration has made some headway.

And I'm not an obama fan.

At VA, Shinseki seeks to tackle disability claims backlog, homelessness - The Washington Post

I'm a fan of that guy, and Obama hired him after Bushii fired him.

The final cost of the Iraq, including the medical costs for the tens of thousands maimed for life could easily top 6 trillion. I suspect that figure is way too low.

US Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq to Cost $6 trillion | Global Research

Add in the Bush Tax cuts not offset with any spending cuts and the shattered economy from deregulation and you have most of the deficit.

Course, the two wars, the tax cuts, the deregulation, obviously it's all Obama's fault.

You and all your gutless dimocrap pals can live with the comforting fact that none of you will ever have to worry about sacrificing anything for your Country.

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

You and all your gutless dimocrap pals can live with the comforting fact that none of you will ever have to worry about sacrificing anything for your Country.

Get real, (W)Edgie. You're not only dickless, but you're clueless, too.


Republicans Seek To Cut Benefits for Disabled Veterans
https://www.disabledveterans.org/2011/04/16/republicans-seek-to-cut-1-3-million-veterans/

Bush Thanks Veterans, Then Cuts Their Health Care
Bush Thanks Veterans, Then Cuts Their Health Care


President Bush spent the Memorial Day weekend thanking the nation's veterans for their service, saying "we acknowledge the debt [we owe them] by showing our respect and gratitude."[1] Yet, his rhetoric came just hours after the Bush Administration announced new plans to slash veterans health care funding if it returns to power in 2005.

Late last week, the Administration released a memo detailing a plan to cut $1 billion from the Veterans Administration[2] in the first budget of its second term. The cut would come even after the White House has tried to close veterans hospitals throughout the country,[3] and has proposed veterans health care budgets that have been criticized by veterans groups and the President's own Veterans Affairs secretary.[4] It also comes after the president decided to cut off 164,000 veterans from their existing prescription drug coverage,[5] and threatened to veto[6] any bill that would allow veterans to receive both the military pension they were promised, and any disability compensation to which they are entitled.

Sources:
1. Presidential Weekly Radio Address Speech,
WhiteHouse.gov, 05/29/04.
Briefing Room | The White House
2. "Democrats rip Bush's outline for cuts in domestic
programs," Palm Beach Post, 5/28/04.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/auto/epaper/editions/
today/news_046b8a51b0d3412100f5.html
3. "VA Seeks Major Hospital Overhaul," CBS News,
8/05/03.
VA Seeks Major Hospital Overhaul - CBS News
4. "President Bush's Veterans' Budget Called Woefully
Inadequate and Inexcusable," Senate Democratic Policy
Committee, 2/12/04.
http://democrats.senate.gov/dpc/dpc-doc.cfm?doc_name=fs-108-2-39
5. "VA Cuts Some Veterans' Access to Health Care,"
Washington Post, 1/17/03.
Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis
6. "Bush Threatens Veto of Defense Bill," Washington
Post, 10/7/02, p.A02.

 

[strollingbones]

frankly i think it's a pretty good place to cut. i don't know any retired military under that age that aren't working anyhow - and the money is all restored when they may not be able to continue in that second career anymore.

It is true a "military retiree" is not really a retiree. We go right into the corporate workforce when we "retire".

you should only speak for yourself...saying that....i know a lot of retirees who are retired for good...they cannot enter the corporate workforce for many reasons.....and my father was a true lifer....30 yrs till he was medically outed....

 

[bianco]

Meanwhile, on his latest $4M vacation in Hawaii….

With 900,000 Vets on Food Stamps, Obama Cuts Military Benefits | FrontPage Magazine

Charming.

Seems it doesn't pay to be a Vet, so to speak.

Cannon fodder for stoopid wars in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan...now this insult.
Not to mention all the homeless Vets.

Still sending space ships to Mars etc I notice...at great expense.

 

[Edgetho]

You and all your gutless dimocrap pals can live with the comforting fact that none of you will ever have to worry about sacrificing anything for your Country.

Get real, (W)Edgie. You're not only dickless, but you're clueless, too.


Republicans Seek To Cut Benefits for Disabled Veterans
https://www.disabledveterans.org/2011/04/16/republicans-seek-to-cut-1-3-million-veterans/

Bush Thanks Veterans, Then Cuts Their Health Care
Bush Thanks Veterans, Then Cuts Their Health Care


President Bush spent the Memorial Day weekend thanking the nation's veterans for their service, saying "we acknowledge the debt [we owe them] by showing our respect and gratitude."[1] Yet, his rhetoric came just hours after the Bush Administration announced new plans to slash veterans health care funding if it returns to power in 2005.

Late last week, the Administration released a memo detailing a plan to cut $1 billion from the Veterans Administration[2] in the first budget of its second term. The cut would come even after the White House has tried to close veterans hospitals throughout the country,[3] and has proposed veterans health care budgets that have been criticized by veterans groups and the President's own Veterans Affairs secretary.[4] It also comes after the president decided to cut off 164,000 veterans from their existing prescription drug coverage,[5] and threatened to veto[6] any bill that would allow veterans to receive both the military pension they were promised, and any disability compensation to which they are entitled.

Sources:
1. Presidential Weekly Radio Address Speech,
WhiteHouse.gov, 05/29/04.
Briefing Room | The White House
2. "Democrats rip Bush's outline for cuts in domestic
programs," Palm Beach Post, 5/28/04.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/auto/epaper/editions/
today/news_046b8a51b0d3412100f5.html
3. "VA Seeks Major Hospital Overhaul," CBS News,
8/05/03.
VA Seeks Major Hospital Overhaul - CBS News
4. "President Bush's Veterans' Budget Called Woefully
Inadequate and Inexcusable," Senate Democratic Policy
Committee, 2/12/04.
http://democrats.senate.gov/dpc/dpc-doc.cfm?doc_name=fs-108-2-39
5. "VA Cuts Some Veterans' Access to Health Care,"
Washington Post, 1/17/03.
Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis
6. "Bush Threatens Veto of Defense Bill," Washington
Post, 10/7/02, p.A02.

Die scum-sucking faggot.

You're gonna have to try a lot harder than that.

 

[Edgetho]

From your own link, cock breath...

Republican Paul Ryan and the House of Representatives are looking to end VA healthcare benefits for disabled veterans – that’s for over 1.3 million veterans who are Priority 7 & 8. These veterans are the least disabled veterans using the system, usually with disability ratings of 0 percent or no service-connected disability.

I am so goddam sick and tired of Veterans who have NO Service Connected disability clogging up the works, I can't stand it.

I am a Priority Group 1 -- Service Connected Disability.

But when I go to the VA, I have to wait in line behind a bunch of rear echelon types who have never heard a shot fired in anger in their lives.

The VA treats everybody the same...... No matter your priority group, when you go to the VA, they just don't care.

It's galling.

I see Nothing wrong with keeping those people out of the VA system.

As to gutless cowards like you? The sooner you die, the better off the entire world will be.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Edgetho self describes with: "You . . . can live with the comforting fact that none of you will ever have to worry about sacrificing anything for your Country."

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

If only businesses would do tge same and return 1% of their profits to employee.

You think a business's payroll comprises less than 1% of their gross income?

 

[rdean]

You and all your gutless dimocrap pals can live with the comforting fact that none of you will ever have to worry about sacrificing anything for your Country.

Get real, (W)Edgie. You're not only dickless, but you're clueless, too.


Republicans Seek To Cut Benefits for Disabled Veterans
https://www.disabledveterans.org/2011/04/16/republicans-seek-to-cut-1-3-million-veterans/

Bush Thanks Veterans, Then Cuts Their Health Care
Bush Thanks Veterans, Then Cuts Their Health Care


President Bush spent the Memorial Day weekend thanking the nation's veterans for their service, saying "we acknowledge the debt [we owe them] by showing our respect and gratitude."[1] Yet, his rhetoric came just hours after the Bush Administration announced new plans to slash veterans health care funding if it returns to power in 2005.

Late last week, the Administration released a memo detailing a plan to cut $1 billion from the Veterans Administration[2] in the first budget of its second term. The cut would come even after the White House has tried to close veterans hospitals throughout the country,[3] and has proposed veterans health care budgets that have been criticized by veterans groups and the President's own Veterans Affairs secretary.[4] It also comes after the president decided to cut off 164,000 veterans from their existing prescription drug coverage,[5] and threatened to veto[6] any bill that would allow veterans to receive both the military pension they were promised, and any disability compensation to which they are entitled.

Sources:
1. Presidential Weekly Radio Address Speech,
WhiteHouse.gov, 05/29/04.
Briefing Room | The White House
2. "Democrats rip Bush's outline for cuts in domestic
programs," Palm Beach Post, 5/28/04.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/auto/epaper/editions/
today/news_046b8a51b0d3412100f5.html
3. "VA Seeks Major Hospital Overhaul," CBS News,
8/05/03.
VA Seeks Major Hospital Overhaul - CBS News
4. "President Bush's Veterans' Budget Called Woefully
Inadequate and Inexcusable," Senate Democratic Policy
Committee, 2/12/04.
http://democrats.senate.gov/dpc/dpc-doc.cfm?doc_name=fs-108-2-39
5. "VA Cuts Some Veterans' Access to Health Care,"
Washington Post, 1/17/03.
Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis
6. "Bush Threatens Veto of Defense Bill," Washington
Post, 10/7/02, p.A02.

Die scum-sucking faggot.

You're gonna have to try a lot harder than that.

Republicans worked tirelessly for ten years to block first responders from having health care. If the GOP doesn't care about them, why would they care about veterans. And if Democrats were fighting for 10 years to get them health care and were blocked again and again, who blocked them? That only leaves the GOP. Sorry.

Senate GOP blocks 9/11 first responders health plan bill | TheHill

“Republicans denied adequate health care to the heroes who developed illnesses from rushing into burning buildings on 9/11. Yet they will stop at nothing to give tax breaks to millionaires and CEOs, even though they will explode our deficit and fail to create jobs. That tells you everything you need to know about their priorities,” Reid said in a statement.

 

[rdean]

whining about military retirees. LOL. The real scandal was the processing of disability claims stemming from perpetual war, and believe it or not, the administration has made some headway.

And I'm not an obama fan.

At VA, Shinseki seeks to tackle disability claims backlog, homelessness - The Washington Post

I'm a fan of that guy, and Obama hired him after Bushii fired him.

The final cost of the Iraq, including the medical costs for the tens of thousands maimed for life could easily top 6 trillion. I suspect that figure is way too low.

US Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq to Cost $6 trillion | Global Research

Add in the Bush Tax cuts not offset with any spending cuts and the shattered economy from deregulation and you have most of the deficit.

Course, the two wars, the tax cuts, the deregulation, obviously it's all Obama's fault.

You and all your gutless dimocrap pals can live with the comforting fact that none of you will ever have to worry about sacrificing anything for your Country.

And invading Iraq helped America, how? Give details.

 

[9thIDdoc]

Just how far off topic do you guys wanna wonder?

 

[Poltergist]

The 20% cut in military benefits over the next 20 years boils down to a simple business choice. The cost of caring for soldiers after the war was budgeted for before the war began. When planning campaigns analyst can give estimates of the expected causalities and roughly figure how much they will owe their veterans according to the benefits they promised. The war ran over budget by a large margin, because the war went on longer than anticipated, which would left a deficit in the military's overall budget and increased the total amount of benefits they needed to pay. So they did the pragmatic thing. Instead of buying less equipment so that they can pay the soldiers, something that provides no direct payoff. They instead decided to allocate funds for other ventures, like funding rebels who can't afford to pay for guns, to help in conflicts they are interested in. It's an invest and when push comes to shove, the American soldier is the most expendable asset in that investment. In fact, a former soldier on benefits is nothing more than a negative number on the balance sheet for as long as they collect. A sad state of affairs really.

 

[rdean]

Just how far off topic do you guys wanna wonder?

When Republicans say it's not our fault, you have already wandered far from the topic.

 

[Edgetho]

Just how far off topic do you guys wanna wonder?

When Republicans say it's not our fault, you have already wandered far from the topic.

Read your own articles, douchebag.

Republicans didn't oppose the legislation about helping 9/11 responders, dimocrap scum sneaked a fucking TAX into it that Republicans objected to.

Lying fuck. It passed by unanimous vote only a very few days later.

9/11 First Responders Health Care Bill Passed By House & Senate

Lying scumbag