It is way too early to claim Bachmann is toast. Calm down.
She is only proposing freezing the VA's Budget at current levels and not allowing 100 percent Service Connected veterans from double dipping by collecting BOTH VA disability compensation and SSDI compensation, which would affect approximately 150,000 veterans if enacted.
Check out the Army Times article below, it spells out what specifically Michele Bachmann is proposing (remember, these are only proposals). Thanks to Freeper TwelveOfTwenty in reply #42 of this thread for originally posting this link.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/01/military-michele-bachmann-veterans-budget-cuts-012811w/
Remember, we can only post titles and links to Army Times articles here on FR.
Also, since there are over 20 million living military Veterans, the vast majority will not be affected by stopping the double dipping of VA Disability and SSDI Disability by approximately 150,000 100 percent Disabled Veterans. Heck, the vast majority of military Veterans do not have ANY service connected disabilities/conditions.
The Veterans who will be mad about this more likely tend to vote DemocRAT anyways, the 'Gimme Brigade' I call them. These Veterans of the 'Gimme Brigade' tend to be the scammers who are not IMO legit 100 percent disabled Veterans (or even legit over say 30 percent Service Connected for that matter) and are fully capable of still being able to work and holding down a job. Their focus in life is to work the system till they get 100 percent Service Connected status.
I know of two Veterans who are now collecting 100 percent VA Disability Pay who are not that bad off (probably would legitimately rate no more than 30 to 40 percent Service Connected disability) and can still work most types of jobs just fine. They just knew how to work the system for full Disability.
Outside of those with Service Connected disabilities that use VA Hospitals, those non-service connected Veterans that use VA Hospitals are mostly poor/homeless welfare types who almost totally vote DemocRAT, so the GOP will not lose votes there either. The VA use Means Testing to prevent non-service connected Veterans who make over a certain amount from using most VA Hospital Service.
You should read the book "Stolen Valor" to read up on how these scam artists make out big courtesy of us tax payers. One of the Veterans Organizations making a stink about this, Vietnam Veterans of American, put out a pamphlet a few years entitled "A Veterans Guide to Tax Free Living" or similar sounding title that showed how to work the system to get a 100 percent Service Connected rating even though you didn't warrant this.