Posted on 03/19/2009 1:04:10 PM PDT by Ed Hudgins
March 19, 2009 – We’ve seen this week just what sort of warped morality guides Barack Obama and his administration. And we’ve seen just what we can expect if we allow them to take from us our freedom to make decisions concerning, among other things, our own health care.
The rapacious gang in Washington wanted to generate $540 million in revenue by refusing to pay for treatment of military veterans who suffered disabilities and injuries in the line of duty. Instead, the Obama administration wants to force veterans’ private insurance providers to reimburse the government for such treatment.
This proposal was not some overlooked line in the recent spending-spree bill, which the Democrats who control Congress refused to allow anyone to read before voting on it. Rather, it was put forward in a White House meeting by Obama, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and Veterans Secretary Eric Shinseki while meeting with an incredulous David Rehbein, the head of the American Legion.
Obama, who claims inspiration from Abraham Lincoln, clearly had forgotten the Great Liberator’s admonition from his second inaugural address near the end of the Civil War, “to care for him who shall have borne the battle.”
After several days of outrage from veterans and others, the administration decided to drop the plan. But this episode should not be forgotten because it showed how this administration is morally rotting from the head down.
First things first: The proper function of government is to protect its citizens. Soldiers in our military volunteer for this high calling. They risk and often lose their lives, and many of them come home with life-altering injuries. It is the moral obligation of government—to say nothing of the legal obligation—to assist those who have so suffered in their efforts to protect us.
(Excerpt) Read more at atlassociety.org ...
“After several days of outrage from veterans and others, the administration decided to drop the plan. But this episode should not be forgotten because it showed how this administration is morally rotting from the head down. “
I haven’t forgotten and won’t. Neither will any one that I know.
Obama = Loser
Obama supports = BIGGER LOSERS
dyslexic ......
Obama Supporters = Mega losers
Remember these evil creatures the Dems when mid term elections come around.
Obama says.... buy your own legs, you’re the fool that volunteered to “kill in cold blood”.
The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
March 17, 2009
Dear Mr. President:
It has come to my attention this week that your Administration has proposed a policy change that would require the Veterans Administration to bill a veteran’s personal insurance company for certain healthcare costs associated with a service-related disability. I am writing to voice my vehement opposition to any such proposal that shifts the burden from the VA to veterans and their insurance providers.
It is the duty and responsibility of the VA to care for the men and women who have served our country and who have sustained injuries from combat or other related military service. I believe it is entirely inappropriate to consider such a proposal, and I ask that you publicly withdraw this plan that would add additional burdens on our veterans.
Should your Administration continue advocating a plan that would cause increased hardships for veterans, I will introduce legislation and work with my colleagues in the House and Senate to defeat any such proposal.
Within the last few weeks you have signed into law a massive spending increase for federal government programs – the largest annual discretionary spending increase since the Carter Administration – and you have supported sending hundreds of billions of borrowed taxpayer dollars to failing corporations.
Providing billion dollar bailouts for corporations one week and increasing burdens for our veterans another week is not a message we should be sending our brave men and women who have served in harm’s way on behalf of our nation.
Thank you for your quick and responsive attention to this important issue on behalf of our nation’s veterans. I look forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Todd Tiahrt
Member of Congress
Obama Drops Controversial Health Care Plan for Wounded Veterans
Obama’s teleprompter already told him to pull this idea.
Guess I should have read further down, it does state he dropped this in your article, my apologies.
A BTT for a great headline.
I bet they will sneak it in the next porkulus package that the Dems won’t read ....
With Obama, Americans are the biggest losers of all.
Obama’s teleprompter already told him to pull this idea
ROFL....best line of the day! Great one
“Honorable?” That is in question.
If GWB had tried a move like this it would have been treated like another Katrina.
Obama is not an American in his heart, so who could recognize Obama as President of the USA? The wounded American soldiers are yours and mine! That will forever be true.
Obama is not an American in his heart, so who could recognize Obama as President of the USA? The wounded American soldiers are yours and mine! That will forever be true.
Coz, no matter what happens, I will never be a bigger loser than them. Because I know what it is to be American. We will lose but not what really matters
Check out this video, a comparison of Marines welcoming two CIC’s, Bush vs Obama:
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/video/what-do-our-marines-think-of
GWB would have never done such a thing.
Wow, thanks for this post
Here is a comment from the site
Comment by Joyce........ 18 minutes ago
“Gosh, what a contrast. The Marines know a scum bucket when one walks on stage.... “
Yep, we are all seeing the same thing
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