FYI I also know retired Vets and they are PISSED as HEll at George for breaking his promises to them.
This is in the same vein as many of the posts.
BUT, his last sentence is one that must be paid attention to.
We really have screwed the Vet.
HOW LONG have these men and women that we are discussing, been VETERANS? Quite a while,huh. HOW LONG HAS GEORGE BUSH been President? Not too long.
Maybe he hasn't been able to get a bill through for them, like he intended yet, but that is not the same as blaming him for what we have/haven't done for the VETS for about 60 years, now is it?
To: nmh;
Bush does not want to help our veterans get the free health care promised to them. In fact, if Congress passes a law helping the veterans, President Bush has promised to veto it.
UCANSEE2, Lazamataz has a tagline you might want to borrow.
"PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!"
From the article:
One is a longstanding complaint that some disabled vets, in effect, have to pay their own disability benefits out of their retirement pay through a law they call the Disabled Veterans Tax. Since 1891, anyone retiring after a full military career has had their retirement pay reduced dollar for dollar for any Veterans Administration checks they get for a permanent service-related disability. However, a veteran who served a two-or-four-year tour does not have a similar reduction in Social Security or private pension.
A majority of members of Congress, from both parties, wants to change the law. A House proposal by Rep. Jim Marshall, D-Ga., has 345 co-sponsors.
But it would cost as much as $5 billion a year to expand payments to 670,000 disabled veterans, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld earlier this month told lawmakers that the president would veto any bill including the change.