Lieberman rolls out veterans plan“Did the administration think nobody would notice that they’re cutting service members’ pay while giving a huge tax credit to the richest Americans?” Lieberman asked rhetorically while addressing the roughly 200 students, adults and political supporters squeezed into the The Common Thread, the campus’ student center.
“They’re also shortchanging our Veterans Administration hospitals to the tune of $2 billion, while veterans have to wait months, sometimes even years, to get that first appointment (for admission). This has got to stop, and when I’m president, believe me, it will stop,” Lieberman added to vigorous applause.
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Say what you will about our Joseph Lieberman, after the 2000 fiasco, he does have an odd legitimacy regarding veteran rights. He was the Democract who most vocally supported the counting of illegal ballots because they were cast by veterans. No matter what, the fact he is pressing this issue is good for Democratic candidates as a whole.
Bush is using the armed forces as his personal imperial guard while trying to balance budgets on their backs. Far better to scrap the fraudulent Ballistic Missile Defense thingy and use that money to fund hospitals and give pay raises than continue this farce, pretending to care about our servicemen as they are injured and killed daily for an illegal war and occupation.
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