We've already had decades, of underfunding and ignoring, where the public didn't Sacrifice, nor Demand To, as to Korea and Especially our Brothers of Vietnam, as well as Gulf War I being ignored and the now Decade plus of these two wars of choice, the supporters of especially not only not demanding but rarely mentioning unless they want to wave their false patriotism flags!
August 17, 2011 - As 12 members of Congress begin their work on the next step in the ongoing debate about national debt, U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said Tuesday that he is optimistic that his agency's wide-ranging benefits programs will be protected.
"I'm not sure how that will come out," Shinseki said in an interview after he addressed the National Veterans Small Business Conference and Expo in New Orleans. "But I can tell you veterans benefits is a high priority among many members of Congress, and that has always been bipartisan."
And, in case any austerity-minded representatives and senators need reminding, he added: "We are still a nation at war. We have veterans coming back in need of care."
The 12-member "Super Congress," created as part of the recent deal to increase the nation's borrowing limit and prevent a national default, must by Thanksgiving submit to the whole Congress a budget blueprint that reduces federal deficits by $1.5 trillion during the next decade, either through spending reductions, increased tax revenue or some combination. Each chamber of Congress will give the plan an up-or-down vote. The process is marked by entrenchment and brinkmanship on both sides of the aisle, as most Republicans oppose any tax increases or steep Pentagon cuts, while most Democrats draw a line in the sand over changes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. read more>>>
Already known through decades of our brothers and sisters living those false patriotic? meme's and cheap phony symbols of including their 'purple heart bandages'!
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