Sunday, May 04, 2003
A grateful president has a unique way of rewarding our armed services.
I wonder how warmly Bush would have been received if the sailors on that air craft carrier knew that Bush is pressuring Congress to pass his budget? A budget, which by the way, will cut over $25 billion from their veteran benefits and health care.
It seems like everything this guy touches is marked with deceit. I hope those sailors that shook his hand, checked to see if they still had their wallets afterwards.
Bush is the oily, slimy kind of guy that takes people's money, kills their dog, gets them fired, shoots their neighbors, and leaves the victims smiling afterwards. Are we stupid or is it that we just don't care?
I guess time will tell how long these future vets will hold Bush in high esteem. Should Bush's budget pass, how many of them will smile when they get that letter from the VA explaining the details of their slashed benefits package.
I said it before and I'll say it again. What a hypocrite! He sends our young men and women into combat and he wants to cut their health benefits and $150 million in school aid for their kids! But not worry, those people that have the fewest number of relatives in the armed services, known as "the rich" will get reduced taxes on their dividends.
Joe Fox Sr., head of Paralyzed Veterans of America, calls the cuts “an in-your-face insult to the veterans of this country.” The reduction will slam the poorest disabled veterans and cut GI Bill benefits for soldiers who are currently serving in Iraq. The plan could also mean the loss of 9,000 VA physicians in a shorthanded VA system.
How many of the reservists will have jobs when they come back? Many were already part of the 8.8 million unemployed workers before they were called up.
Besides loosing a lot of their benefits, the physically and the mentally wounded that come back, may also be unemployed and unemployable. Some reservists will not have jobs when they come back. Chances are, many were already part of the 8.8 million unemployed workers, before they were called up.
Do you think they'll put that on Government recruitment posters. "Join the army, avoid the army of the poor for a while anyway."
Sources cited:
BBC News
Joe Fox Sr., head of Paralyzed Veterans of America,
I wonder how warmly Bush would have been received if the sailors on that air craft carrier knew that Bush is pressuring Congress to pass his budget? A budget, which by the way, will cut over $25 billion from their veteran benefits and health care.
It seems like everything this guy touches is marked with deceit. I hope those sailors that shook his hand, checked to see if they still had their wallets afterwards.
Bush is the oily, slimy kind of guy that takes people's money, kills their dog, gets them fired, shoots their neighbors, and leaves the victims smiling afterwards. Are we stupid or is it that we just don't care?
I guess time will tell how long these future vets will hold Bush in high esteem. Should Bush's budget pass, how many of them will smile when they get that letter from the VA explaining the details of their slashed benefits package.
I said it before and I'll say it again. What a hypocrite! He sends our young men and women into combat and he wants to cut their health benefits and $150 million in school aid for their kids! But not worry, those people that have the fewest number of relatives in the armed services, known as "the rich" will get reduced taxes on their dividends.
Joe Fox Sr., head of Paralyzed Veterans of America, calls the cuts “an in-your-face insult to the veterans of this country.” The reduction will slam the poorest disabled veterans and cut GI Bill benefits for soldiers who are currently serving in Iraq. The plan could also mean the loss of 9,000 VA physicians in a shorthanded VA system.
How many of the reservists will have jobs when they come back? Many were already part of the 8.8 million unemployed workers before they were called up.
Besides loosing a lot of their benefits, the physically and the mentally wounded that come back, may also be unemployed and unemployable. Some reservists will not have jobs when they come back. Chances are, many were already part of the 8.8 million unemployed workers, before they were called up.
Do you think they'll put that on Government recruitment posters. "Join the army, avoid the army of the poor for a while anyway."
Sources cited:
BBC News
Joe Fox Sr., head of Paralyzed Veterans of America,