Think Bush'll mention the $2.7 Bil Shortfall in Vets Health Care tonight?

[cyberpj]

Shortfall in Veterans’ Health Care Set at $2.7 Billion Next Year

The shortfall in funding for veterans’ health care is likely to total $2.7 billion in fiscal 2006, more than double the gap anticipated for this year, the administration conceded today.

Senate Republicans were preparing to offer an amendment to the fiscal 2006 Interior spending measure to address the current year’s $1 billion shortfall, according to Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Larry E. Craig, R-Idaho.

The House last month passed the fiscal 2006 spending bill (HR 2528) that funds the VA. It provided more than $28 billion for the Veterans Health Administration, about $1 billion more than the administration had sought. But it was only last week that members were told of the shortfall for fiscal 2005 — and not until today that they learned the size of next year’s gap.

VA Secretary Jim Nicholson today provided the latest shortfall calculation to worried lawmakers.

“There’s a huge hole in the Veterans Administration health care funding, and it is growing,” said David R. Obey of Wisconsin, ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee.

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[dbeach]

1. 07 budget will hit the VA the worst

nicolson who is the ultimate repuke insider and former RNC chairman who helped finace the rise of the busheviks /neo-cons
will be the ax man as bush slashes the VA to buld the war effort..every penny spent on the buseviks wars is coming from some middle class program..

nicholson will be worst VA director in history

the Vets better wake up cuz the elite are out of control

watch as they play one Vets group against the other ,smile as they slash benefits..then boast of how they love the Vets..

GOTTA link to this?

[cyberpj]

3. The info came in an email I get daily from this place -

I signed up for the daily emails but I'm not a subscriber for all the info - maybe I will now...

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[jedr]

2. they need that money to pay the 1.3 bil overcharge by Halliburton.

[ThomWV]

4. In The Same Breath

As mentioning a stock market that is at the same level today it was 5 years ago when he took office.

Might also point out the 74% increase in the budget of the State Department.

Does anyone remember the tax cuts? Might we have had use for that national income?

[dbeach]

5. bush had 5 tax cuts

dressed up in different packages....I lost $ 50,000 from 2000-2002 and ya know what that money is gone...

the next cut will be the SS scheme...bush will get some portion of it..he has gottem most of his agendas passed maybe not in their totality but most..in any event..bush fully plans to destroy the middle class cuz then there will be no voice to speak out against these fascists

create a problem
offer a solution
complicate the problem
profit from each step
repeat

VA is in huge problem