"Veterans:
$4.5 Billion Cap increases in Department of Veterans Affairs health care spending, and reduce disability compensation to account for SS disability payments. Reduce Veterans’ Disability Compensation to account for Social Security Disability Insurance payments."
Please note that the cuts proposed are as follows: Department of Veteran's Affairs health care spending (which might just cut inefficiency and waste in the system, ideally not cutting actual benefits to veterans), and an end to the SSDI/VA disability double-dip.
I'm not sure how I feel about the latter. In some cases, both should apply, in some, as others here have outlined, neither, but I am not in favor of cutting medical benefits to our service people.
There is nothing wrong with cutting out the double dipping. I support semi annual reviews on all ssi payments and making people that get it for their kids account of every dime.
$4.5 Billion : Cap increases in Department of Veterans Affairs health care spending, and reduce disability compensation to account for SS disability payments. Reduce Veterans’ Disability Compensation to account for Social Security Disability Insurance payments."
What's wrong with Michelle Bachmann proposing to cap spending increases and to stop double-dipping?
This thread should have been about four posts long, but for the power of self-interest.
It's not Michelle who has the tin ear.