30,000 troops backlog at the VA for initial evaluation dating back 3 years? what about supporting troops?

Question

The head of the VA resigned in disgrace today (another "heckuva job brownie" moment) Tell me again how the repubicans support the troops.

Answer 1

Doesn't surprise me! Bush cut 100 MILLION out of the VA Hospitals butget and they are currently treating 105,000 Iraq Vets!

Bush doesn't support the troops! Never has, Never will!

And another one falls on a sword for Bush! How many is that now?

And Richard, it is like "No Child Left Behind"! YOU HAVE TO FUND IT!

It was Bush who cut the VA in his budget in 2006, and it was the Republican Congress that went along with him! He tried it again this year, but it got REMOVED! He wanted to cut them again!

And this was in 2003

Washington Talk; Closing V.A. Hospitals Has Congress Squirming
By CARL HULSE
Published: August 16, 2003
The Department of Veterans Affairs is relearning a truism about Congress the hard way: Nothing gets a lawmaker riled up faster than a plan to shut something down.

Always available for a ribbon cutting, members of Congress have a pathological fear of seeing the doors shut to any federal facility back home, whether it be a military base, Social Security office, or in the relevant example, a veterans hospital.

So it is no surprise that the department's new proposal to close seven hospitals and change the services available at dozens of others landed with a thud on Capitol Hill this month, even though the plan called for spending billions of dollars to build new centers and open scores of outpatient clinics in areas where veterans have migrated.

Senators and representatives fired off angry letters, vowing to fight any closings. Emergency community meetings were convened. Advocacy groups were mobilized.

''There is a lot of unhappiness,'' said Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, who noted that a potential cutback at three sites in his state ranked right up there with the economy as he held town meetings in the past week. ''You are talking about a huge veterans population, and they basically have no place to turn.''

In New York, the Congressional delegation is fuming about the department's plan to close or eliminate inpatient care at three hospitals -- Canandaigua, Montrose and Manhattan. Lawmakers are also upset in California, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and other states with hospitals on the block.

Peter Gaytan, a deputy director at the American Legion headquarters, said, ''We don't see how closing a hospital can solve any problem when we have 100,000 veterans standing in line waiting for appointments.''

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9F02E4DA1430F935A2575BC0A9659C8B63

Answer 2

Before you put blame out of shear liberal blindness, Congress controls the money, also it is both a Dem and Rep, problem.

also under Bush administration the VA budget is 30% higher than Clinton, yes still not enough, but if we had more liberals that would stop politizicing the issue to gain votes and work to fix the un doing that has happened through both administartions... but as you prove votes and posturing is more important...

How come Nancy Palosi Pork ladden and ear mork bills do not adress the issues of VA care.. and libs are screaming for goverment health care.....gotta love the moveon.org talking points on YA....

Watch on 08, if Hillary is like her husband (Don't forget Clinton cut military budgets 36% to pay for social programs)
Her health care will be record breaking..... so do Dems support the troops.... histroy doesnt show us

Answer 3

Its a damn shame,,but lets be open minded about it OK,,,Americans are responsible for allowing that to go on.not republicans,and definitely not log cabin republicans.neo-cons have failed not only the troops but the whole system from food safety to immigration.Bush is doing more damaged each day.good god on the fox news right now that moron guy your talking of steps down.. this is bull shiit,,,how the helll is running this madness....I'm out of here enough,,by F.P

Answer 4

how many bureaucrats are on vacation this week...care to wager?..

the failure is within the public sector..which is exclusively Democrat GSA union members..and mediocre at best.

wonder why it takes 3 months to get a Passport..same answer

Answer 5

oh the many ways Bushco shows they care.

Answer 6

not sure the question is clear??????