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November 14, 2007 at 13:08:08

Democrats Fail at Promise of VA Budget on Veterans' Day

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I've been doing a lot of Bush-bashing; pointing out, for example, that under President Bush the number of veterans without health insurance has increased by more than 200,000, that under Bush disabled veterans have to wait six months for the VA to process their paperwork, and that under Bush the Pentagon has been concealing the real number of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.

So it seems only fair to point out that the Democrats are able to break their promises to veterans too. Democrats are able to break their promises to veterans too. Two weeks ago, Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid promisedthe American Legion Congress would pass a VA budget by Veterans Day.

VA Watchdog writes: "I figured it was only fair to let the Republicans have at the Democrats over the matter."

The delay is important because hundreds of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are being discharged from the military and need care from the VA, which is already stretched far too thin. Democrats in Congress have been planning to increase funding for veterans' medical care and disability benefits, but the money won't actually be there for veterans unless the appropriations bill makes it to President Bush and the President signs it.

Did you know?

Only 3% of the veterans who started college in 1995 earned a bachelor's degree by 2001 compared with 30% of the students who were not veterans.

How well do you know your facts about U.S. veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan? Take the War Comes Home "Did You Know?" Quizand find out!

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Pacifica radio network reporter Aaron Glantz is author of the new book "How America Lost Iraq" (Tarcher/Penguin). More information at www.warcomeshome.org

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Conservative prolife anti-death penalty tree hugger. Believe that less government is good government, government cannot solve anyone's personal problems, the government taking money from one group of people and giving it to another group of people is a crime, and that people should take responsibility for their own lives.
Mad JayhawkConservative prolife anti-death penalty tree hugger. Believe that less government is good government, government cannot solve anyone's personal problems, the government taking money from one group of people and giving it to another group of people is a crime, and that people should take responsibility for their own lives.

Abject Failures

The Democratic congress is one of the worst congresses in US history and everyone knows it. All this bunch has done is investigate non-issues like Valerie Plame and pass stupid legislation doomed to be vetoed. They were elected with a mandate to change things in Washington. They have not. They will not. They are only interested in playing stupid politics. We will not get one substantial piece of legislation out of these people. Not one.

Of course, these funny little people will continually run at breakneck speed to the cameras and tell the world "It is George Bush's fault" (that we are incompotent boobs) not knowing that the world is on to them and doesn't give a rodent's rear end. And after guaranteeing that they are going to raise taxes if a Democrat is elected president they might as well bend over and kiss their rear ends goodbye.

by Mad Jayhawk (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 311 comments) on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 9:16:24 PM