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Senate vote today, November 19th: Disabled vets care versus subsidies for the UN bureaucracy
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Posted on 11/18/2009 2:20:39 PM PST by Ooh-Ah
Edited on 11/18/2009 2:29:33 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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To: Brad from Tennessee
S. 1963 – Caregiver and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act
This bill unfairly discriminates against severely disabled veterans from prior wars, many of whom have needed caregiver assistance for decades and were not the beneficiary of recent advancements in military medical care.
There are currently 35,000 veterans receiving aid and attendance benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Out of this population, around 2,000 veterans received their injuries after September 11 and would qualify for extra caregiver assistance in this bill. Caregivers for 33,000 veterans of prior wars would not.
Our nation faces a severe long-term fiscal crisis. If we don’t start paying for new programs we’re not going to have a country left to defend. The bill is not paid for by identifying any wasteful, duplicative, or obsolete federal programs and represents a false promise intended more to help DC politicians and lobbyists than veterans in need.
CBO estimates that the bill will cost $3.9 billion over five years if all funds are appropriated that are authorized. However, if the funds are not appropriated, then this benefit will amount to an empty promise to veterans. As written, this is a press release bill intended to bolster the image of politicians and lobbyists among veterans. When the bill passes, no funding is ensured and any funding that may eventually be provided will be borrowed.
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11/18/2009 8:31:21 PM PST
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MestaMachine
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To: MestaMachine
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posted on
11/18/2009 8:41:20 PM PST
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Freedom2specul8
(I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
To: Nachum; nutmeg; null and void; Slings and Arrows; bamahead; STARWISE
Sure could use some ping lists for our disabled veterans!
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11/18/2009 8:43:43 PM PST
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Freedom2specul8
(I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
How many phone calls and/or emails? That’s what I want to know.
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11/18/2009 8:44:30 PM PST
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MestaMachine
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To: MestaMachine; ~Kim4VRWC's~; HollyB; Saoirise; NoObamaFightForConservatives; thouworm; freema; ...
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11/18/2009 8:48:58 PM PST
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444Flyer
(We will not stand down! Psalm 34:7)
To: MestaMachine
Called my Senators and left messages for both. Will be calling them again first thing in the A.M.. (I have had a crazy night! Good to see so many hits in the last hour or two!)
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posted on
11/18/2009 8:51:22 PM PST
by
444Flyer
(We will not stand down! Psalm 34:7)
To: MestaMachine
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posted on
11/18/2009 8:51:30 PM PST
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Freedom2specul8
(I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
To: 444Flyer
Thanks, 444Flier. It’s a love thing.
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11/18/2009 8:53:29 PM PST
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MestaMachine
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
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11/18/2009 8:54:00 PM PST
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azishot
To: azishot
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posted on
11/18/2009 8:55:14 PM PST
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Freedom2specul8
(I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
To: All
The problem is these seantors do not know that there are so many of us out here that are watching them. We know the difference between fancy words and real deeds.
We have GOT to let them know this is important to us as Americans. Our Veterans deserve whatever we can possibly do for them. The UN deserves sh1t on a stick without the extra cost of the stick.
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11/18/2009 8:57:57 PM PST
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MestaMachine
(One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1. Afghanistan Updates Daily on My Profile)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Rut Ro
Dyslexia kickin’ in at midnight.
SENATORS
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posted on
11/18/2009 9:00:49 PM PST
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MestaMachine
(One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1. Afghanistan Updates Daily on My Profile)
To: MestaMachine
901 views...
It’s pickin up
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posted on
11/18/2009 9:09:57 PM PST
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Freedom2specul8
(I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
To: MestaMachine
Sean(tor) doesn’t mind, it gave another bump for correction purposes. ;)
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posted on
11/18/2009 9:13:55 PM PST
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Freedom2specul8
(I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
To: MestaMachine
919 views-
WHERE ARE THE BUMPS FOR VETS PEOPLE?
(In a polite caps yell of course..more like a bullhorn and a cheer sort of way)
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11/18/2009 9:19:35 PM PST
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Freedom2specul8
(I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
To: MestaMachine
Will check in after awhile.
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11/18/2009 9:21:22 PM PST
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Freedom2specul8
(I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
Couldn’t resist to look once more..
930 views
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posted on
11/18/2009 9:26:14 PM PST
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Freedom2specul8
(I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Me too. Getting groggy now. And watching The End of days on TV. We live in dangerous times.
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11/18/2009 9:27:43 PM PST
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MestaMachine
(One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1. Afghanistan Updates Daily on My Profile)
To: MestaMachine
Yep, and you must have a stomach made of iron. I can only take so much bad news in a certain amount of time.
est 100+ views in 45mins.
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11/18/2009 9:36:10 PM PST
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Freedom2specul8
(I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
To: MestaMachine
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11/18/2009 9:38:53 PM PST
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Freedom2specul8
(I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
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