Veterans Admin has all the money it needs?

[TayTay]

Just when you think these bastards can't get any f*cking lower they come out with a new piece of slime-licking bastardry that just makes you want to hurl up your oatmeal.

http://kerry.senate.gov/v3/cfm/record.cfm?id=240659

Did anyone see this on Kerry's website:

Statement of Senator John Kerry: White House Claim that Too Much is Being Spent On Veterans’ Health Care is “Outrageous”

I am appalled that this White House thinks too much is being spent on veterans’ health care. We’ve got veterans being turned away at the VA, veterans who can’t get prescriptions filled, and we had a one billion dollar shortfall in the VA budget. What planet are these Administration officials living on if they think we’re spending too much on veterans? What veterans are they talking to? Not the ones I’ve met, that’s for sure.
“Year after year, this administration has failed to request enough money for VA health care. They have closed hospitals and shortened hours. They excluded an entire class of veterans from care. And they have repeatedly tried to shift the burden for funding care onto the backs of veterans themselves through higher co-pays and enrollment fees. To suggest now that Congress has spent too much on veterans’ health care is an insult.

“We are creating new veterans in Iraq and Afghanistan every day, many of whom will need a lifetime of care as a result of their wounds. The last thing our veterans need is more cuts. We should honor their service in word and deed. Comments like those by Josh Bolten do neither.”

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Below is the transcript from today’s House Budget Committee hearing in which OMB Director Joshua Bolten said that more was spent on VA healthcare than was actually needed -- despite the current VA budget shortfall for 2005 and 2006.

Chairman Jim Nussle (R-Iowa): One note of concern that I would forward is that obviously a lot of attention has been given to the underprojection this year. But as I understand it, this is on the heels of I believe at least two, maybe three years, where we had more than enough resources available in VA health. . . we ought to hit this a little bit tighter if we're going to be able to make plans for the future in our V.A. health and V.A. budget.

Chairman Joshua Bolten: . . . There have been there consecutive years preceding this one in which there was more money requested by the administration and more money appropriated by the Congress for the medical care portion of veterans' services than was actually needed in that year.

I think the appropriations have exceeded the V.A. medical care needs preceding three years by over half a billion dollars in each of the preceding three years.

I swear by all that is holy (I swear on my kid's heads) these friggin bastards are going down. They should be in prison for treason based on just how they treat America's veterans.

More than enough resources my fat ass. Maybe that's why the suicide rates are up. I have a friend who's job is dealing with PTSD people in-hopsital. (She has 22 years of experience sitting up all night helping bad off folks get through the night when the demons attack.) She has to move to Phoenix for health reasons. (Can't take the cold anymore.) She called the Veterans Admin and asked if they needed help. (Slam dunk, right. Vets coming back from the war need treatment.) She was told that there are NO TREATMENT plans for Phoenix area vets who might be suffering from PTSD. NONE. At all. No programs and no in-hospital treatment from the VA. I shudder when I think what will happen to all these Vets who come back and have problems.

I hope these people burn in the hottest section of hell. This is a national disgrace.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Use up the troops, use them as a political shield, then ignor them when

they are no longer useful

[atreides1]

3. The military has allowed itself to be used, now they have to live with it.

The military has allowed itself to be used up, the generals are loyal to Bush and don't give a damn about their troops. The Repukes don't want to spend money on their broken "toy soldiers", when they can get more cannon fodder for less then what it costs to pay for treatment of PTSD.

And the little sheep that keep supporting this cabal, are the worst of all. They bury their heads in the sand and by doing that they
"spit" on the troops that need the VA.

Let's face it, how many Repuke sheep have come forward and said that not providing for our veterans is wrong and have denounced their Reps
in the Congress for screwing the troops over.

If anyone has any links that show our adversaries stepping up to the plate to support the needs of our veterans, please send them to me.

[rox63]

2. They are lower than a snake's belly

:mad: :grr:

They deserve to be sent to Iraq to get wounded in combat, then have to come back and beg for services.