Why didn't Bush and the Congress adequately fund the VA when Republicans ran the show?

Question

I thought they supported the troops. Or what are all those yellow ribbon car magnets for?

Susi: Ah, but where does the buck stop? Who has been in charge for over 6 years? I am guessing you'd blame Clinton if this scandal of a broken down system came to the attention of the public - on his watch. Of course I blame Republicans.

Scot T: Too little , Too late.

Answer 1

Bleeding resources from America and Iraq is what Halliburton is best known for. New Orleans is still waiting on FEMA to show up you know. Walter Reed is just a portion of the Bush Administration health care proposal.....CUT's, CUT's, CUT's.... It's real easy to call it a balanced budget when nothing is included to begin with.
Supporting troops is hating Liberals on the web, and $1.00 stickers on your bumper from 7/11...

Answer 2

In the lingo of the Republicans and the right-wingers, "supporting the troops" means sending them to harm's way to be killed or maimed. It does not mean to care for them once they've returned. Hence, the horrible conditions at Walter Reed and at most VA hospitals.

Also in their lingo, wanting to end a senseless war and bringing our troops out of harm's way is being cowards, to "cut and run"!
The world will now have the opportunity of determining who the real cowards are. Sending those brave men and women to bear the brunt of battles on their behalf and mistreat them once they are no longer of use.

All of this from the men who avoided active service during the Vietnam War by hiding in the National Guard or avoiding service altogether by resorting to deferments.

Answer 3

This administration is famous for saying something and then doing the complete opposite from the very beginning.
Bush had, for example, hyped the crap out of no child left behind, then submitted the budget with absolutely no funding.

The VA has always had problems with funding, but it has been exacerbated under this administration because we have better medical technology, since they started a war of choice- Iraq adn we are getting more wounded in vs. dead bodies unlike Vietnam.

While they were still in charge, the Republican led Congress being the hypocrites that they were had voted in the 2004 budget to cut funding for veteran's health care and benefit programs by nearly $25 billion over the next ten years. It narrowly passed in a vote along party lines by 215 to 212, and came just a day after Congress passed a resolution to "Support Our Troops." How exactly did this vote support our troops? Did leaving our current and future veterans without access to health care and compensation qualify as supporting them? I guess so
Then it even gets better. President Smart One in an effort to justify his tax cuts to his rich friends had already partially planned his 2009 budget, which would go in front of the Congress next year, to cut funding to the VA to balance the budget. Huh!?! This is supporting our troops?
It looks to me the troops he is referring to are the private troops from Blackwater who have the necessary body armor and are paid anything from 3-10 times what our boys in uniform get.

Answer 4

Va funding has been a joke since the Johnson administration.

Answer 5

those yellow ribbon magnets are just a part of American mentality. make a product, sell it and make money thats how it works here. money talks

Answer 6

bush has been too busy fighting a war his father started. as the old saying goes, :out of sight, out of mind." our veterans have too much bureaucracy to deal with before they begin to receive monetary and health care benefits from good ole uncle sam.

atp

Answer 7

In the past year alone, funding was increased by the Bush Admin by 83%.

Nice try.

God Bless your heart.

Answer 8

None of us knows exactly under whose administration all the physical deterioration of these hospitals began.....so stop your Republican blame!!!!

Answer 9

http://www.bushflash.com/vets.html

Answer 10

Because they needed to give more tax cuts to their rich buddies.