And we are in charge of telling them what we do and don't want, or else we won't reelect them. I keep stating this, but no one wants to acknowledge it. IT IS OUR FAULT, and not President Bush's.
I even believe that the whole thing is a statement used out of context to what is going on with the bill. No one seems interested in knowing if there is any other reason for the President wanting to veto it, other than, because he's a meany wants the veterans to suffer.
woodyinscc - Not one Party or Adm. has changed this law since 1891!
I think Bush wants to spend the money on something more "important" than veteran's benefits.
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It is not our fault that a law passed 112 years ago has not been changed.
It is President Bush's fault that he said he would veto an increase in veteran's benefits that would counteract that 112 year old law.
You believe that Rumsfeld's words were taken out of context? Not likely, it's too easy to countradict a report that says
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.