John Wayne's Parents Lived in Waterloo, Iowa

American Spectator ^ | 6.29.11 @ 4:50PM | By Jeffrey Lord

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Greetings Lumper20:

Sometimes even our veterans organizations get caught up in the lame stream media spin jobs.

FWIW, VFW, MOC, AL, and CGCV membership here.

Cheers,
OLA

[TwelveOfTwenty]

Sometimes even our veterans organizations get caught up in the lame stream media spin jobs.

What about bachmann.house.gov?

BTW, I honestly think she has her heart in the right place when it comes to Vets.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Greetings TwelveOfTwenty:

"One point on my discussion list was a $4.5 billion proposal that would affect payments made to our veterans."

Yes, she proposed a budget freeze for the VA, as opposed to a budget cut.

Cheers,
OLA

[TwelveOfTwenty]

How do you get a freeze, and not a cut, out of "One point on my discussion list was a $4.5 billion proposal that would affect payments made to our veterans."? If the effect she referred to wasn't a cut, then what do you think it meant?

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Greetings TwelveOfTwenty:

Appropriate the same amount for next FY as this FY, a freeze; less for next FY, a cut. That's the engineer in me, attention to detail matters.

When the Medical Care and College Education Inflation Rates are factored in, Bachmann has no choice but admit a VA spending freeze affects veterans. Deny that fact, Bachmann would have lost favor with me.

All this pales in comparison with what Pres_ _ent 0bama proposed for VA, and why even democRat Senators slam(med) plan for wounded vets to use private insurance.

Cheers,
OLA

[TwelveOfTwenty]

From http://bachmann.house.gov/UploadedFiles/01_27_11_Potential_Spending_Cuts_and_Estimated_Money_Saved.pdf, "Reduce Veterans’ Disability Compensation to account for Social Security Disability Insurance payments."

Don't get me wrong, I'll support Bachmann. This wasn't a reflection of her views of the importance of Veteran's benefits, but a reflection of the dire straits our economy is in. The bottom line is that if the economy and country collapses, the Vets will get nothing. We can't let that happen

She has been a supporter of Veteran's issues in the past, and I believe she will be in the future. This was a bad move on her part, one she quickly backed away from.