GOP Budget Doesn't Even Say the Word "Veteran"

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/gop-budget-doesnt-even-sa_b_1370899.html?ref=politics

Do Republicans care about keeping our promise to veterans?

Looking at the recently released GOP budget, written by Rep. Paul Ryan, it's hard to see how they do. In fact, looking at the nearly 100 page document, the word "veteran" doesn't appear once. Not once.

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It's unconscionable that they'd do this at a time when so many Iraq veterans have just come home and rely on veterans care. Over 45,000 US troops were wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, and more will come who will rely on VA services, on top of veterans of other wars and eras who depend on the VA. But, this shortsightedness isn't new.

Back in 2005, President Bush underfunded the Department of Veterans Affairs by about a billion dollars, despite its need. The result? Secretary Jim Nicholson was forced to crawl before Congress and plead with it to pass emergency supplemental spending, just so it could keep the doors open. After that debacle, I have to admit, I never thought Republicans would do the same thing again, if for no other reason than that it just looks bad politically, leaving aside the horrible effect it would have on veterans in need.

Additionally, after the backlash against ending Medicare the last time Paul Ryan released a budget, they're at it again. That, too, affects veterans. I was speaking with one veteran in Missouri, who lost both of his legs in Iraq. His entire primary care now relies on Medicare. It pays for all of his primary care, as it does for so many veterans with 100 percent disability. So, no, I couldn't believe that Paul Ryan and the GOP would again propose ending Medicare.

[GopperStopper2680]

1. Republicans are Deluded

In fact one might use the term 'criminally insane'. They think that their power and wealth garantees them a permanent majority despite how poor their behavior and performance. They believe that everything has a price-for the right price you can buy the rulership of a nation. Then of course where money doesn't work they have their 'zombie voters' to prop them up-the 'Redneck Right', 'values voters', the teabaggers, etc.

[Omaha Steve]

2. K&R!