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| The President and veteran's benefits? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 21 2004, 09:09 PM (273 Views) | |
| doctortobe | Apr 21 2004, 09:09 PM Post #1 |
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This post has been edited by Dandandat. Hello all, the good Doctor asked this question in the Bush for president thread. As that thread is merely for campaigning and not for real political debate this did not belong there. But since it was a good question (thought out and mature) and it deserves an answer, I have moved it here instead of just deleting it. I hope this is acceptable Doc. -------------------------------------- Okay Dante, riddle me this*. I want to know what the President is planning to do about the cutbacks on veteran's benefits. If I'm going to go overseas and risk my life, I expect to have certain benefits when I retire. I have recently heard that the Bush Administration has upheld an order given by the Clinton Administration to cut the free health care given to WWII soldiers that stayed on to train the next generation of soldiers. This is very alarming to me as I know that the promise was made in everything but writing (which is why President Clinton felt he could legally break the word of a previous President). As Bush is leading the War on Terror, is he going to promise to at least sustain, or even increase the benefits for retired veterans? Also, a new round of base closures is around the corner. We are in the middle of a long term War on Terror where we do not know how large a force will be needed to combat Al Quida and other enemies. As such, should Bush not urge Congress to hold off on base closures? The logistical nightmare of transplanting men and equipment to new bases surely interferes with the training of the men and women who are going to go fight for our country. *I'm assuming that you can contact some superior about this as all these forms that you are posting here must mean something. |
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| Dandandat | Apr 21 2004, 09:50 PM Post #2 |
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* Sorry Doc I do not have accesse to any one importanty in the Bush adminstaion. I just signed up to get e-mails form their web site, and when I get one worth posting I do. As to your question, I regret that I am not up to speed on veteran benefits as I am not one my self, and I have never had reason to research the topic. But I am sure this question will get its day on the board with some of the more knowledgeable members. |
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| doctortobe | Apr 21 2004, 10:10 PM Post #3 |
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Oh, my mistake. I thought that the thread was for campaigning and for questions about the candidate. Got any e-mail addresses that I can forward this to? |
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| Dandandat | Apr 21 2004, 11:01 PM Post #4 |
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BushCheney04@GeorgeWBush.com http://www.georgewbush.com/ContactUs/ |
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| Dr. Noah | Apr 27 2004, 03:09 PM Post #5 |
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This is a good question. Why is the Bush administration cutting vetrans' benefits while sending more young people into a hostile situation? I actually considered service until after the first Gulf War when soldiers came back with Gulf War syndrome and the government denied any knowledge or responsibility for thier illnesses. |
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| Dandandat | Apr 27 2004, 03:16 PM Post #6 |
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Who said that the bush admin was cutting benefits? The Doc was asking what the agenda was as he didn’t know, he never said that it was to cut benefits. |
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| Dandandat | Apr 27 2004, 03:32 PM Post #7 |
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![]() http://veterans.house.gov/news/108/12-16-03.html |
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| Dr. Noah | Apr 27 2004, 03:35 PM Post #8 |
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Bush, GOP take aim at vets' benefits By Phoebe Sweet / Staff Writer Friday, April 11, 2003 As American troops complete their assault on Bhagdad, President George W. Bush and the Republicans in Congress are launching their own attack on war veterans' medical benefits. According to Mary Ellen McCarthy, a staffer for ranking House Veteran' Affairs Committee member Lane Evans, D-Ill., a GOP-controlled Congress is readying to slice $14.6 billion from veterans benefits over the next 10 years. |
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| Dandandat | Apr 27 2004, 03:39 PM Post #9 |
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http://qando.net/archives/002328.htm
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| Dandandat | Apr 27 2004, 03:42 PM Post #10 |
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There are three branches of government here in America – the legislature, the judicial, and the Executive. The president of the united states is responsible for the Executive branch, not the legislature. Your beef should be with the republicans in the legislature. |
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| Dr. Noah | Apr 27 2004, 03:44 PM Post #11 |
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Veterans' Benefits Cut by David Smith The U.S. House of Representatives approved billions of dollars in cuts to veterans’ programs over the next 10 years—on the same day it unani-mously passed a resolution of “unequivocal support” for the nation’s troops overseas. Proposed by President Bush as part of his 2004 budget plan, the reductions —estimated at $28 billion—would erode health-care benefits already stretched by other budget shortfalls, raise costs, and decrease veterans’ access to medical care. Voicing the dismay of representatives opposed to the measure, who narrowly lost the 215-212 vote in the Republican-controlled House, Rep. Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA) said, “These cuts to veterans’ programs are indefensible. We are at war and our current troops will be our future veterans and this funding is inadequate, it’s wrong, and it’s an insult.” Republican congressmen claim that Veterans Affairs spending will actually increase, but Democratic lawmakers say that would be true only if one ignores rising health care costs. According to Ashley Decker, writing in an article at Commondreams.org, the cuts could cause approximately half of all veterans to lose their only source of medical care and might prevent them from receiving their disability pensions. VA hospitals treated 4.2 million veterans in 2001, and 70 million Americans are potentially eligible for VA benefits. |
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| Dandandat | Apr 27 2004, 03:45 PM Post #12 |
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http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=144
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| Dandandat | Apr 27 2004, 03:48 PM Post #13 |
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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2.../7/142502.shtml
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| Dr. Noah | Apr 27 2004, 03:53 PM Post #14 |
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More Patients, Less Money For the country's ex-warriors, many of them aged and ailing and Thousands of them homeless, medical and psychological treatment is being rationed at home like meals and bullets sometimes were in battle. Last year, the VA, the second-largest government agency (behind the Defense Department) which operates the nation's largest hospital system, treated 1.4 million more veterans than in 1996, with 20,000 fewer employees. Since 1995, its hospital enrollments have shot up from 2.9 million to more than 4.5 million annually. At least another 600,000 of America's 25 million surviving male and female veterans will enroll this year. Some will have to stand in line, others will be refused, and still others may face new $250 enrollment fees. Though hospital and outpatient care are readily available, outreach programs are being downsized, and a lack of funding will force a quarter-million vets to wait up to 10 months for specialized treatment and surgery. Some clinics and hospitals have shut their doors to new patients, and the VA has just closed enrollment to about 164,000 vets who have no service-connected health complications and rank in the VA's "highest income" bracket (about $35,000 for a vet with no dependents, for example). More than 450,000 disability claims are pending, and vets who are denied face another long wait for appeals decisions. The future looks even worse: A House Budget Committee is now proposing to cut VA spending by $15 billion over 10 years, starting with $463 million slashed from next year's budget. Legislators claim they're cutting fraud, waste, and abuse. But Joe Fox Sr., head of Paralyzed Veterans of America, who calls the cuts "an in- your-face insult to the veterans of this country," says 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, he says. For decades, vets say, they've watched their benefits fade in tandem with the diminishing national consciousness of their earlier sacrifices. |
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| Admiralbill_gomec | Apr 27 2004, 04:00 PM Post #15 |
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Do you believe in links, or are they against your religion? What is it with you lefties, calling a reduction in the rate of growth as a cut? |
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