This isn't only about the Presidential race for the top job in the Country, it's as important for all the down ticket races for Congressional seats as well as State Legislatures and the direction of the Responsibility of the Country towards how they treat those very few of us who've served as well as those serving now, serving to defend Country and Constitution, the whole Constitution not just spun cuts from.
September 27, 2012 - Biden said Obama has increased funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs by more than any other president in the last 30 years and focused on helping soldiers after their service ends by supporting tax credits for businesses that hire veterans and working to pass the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill when he was in the Senate. The administration also put resources toward hiring 1,500 claims processors to address the backlog resulting in a lengthy waiting period for returning wounded veterans to receive services.
snip "Their priorities are that we give a tax cut to the wealthiest 1 percent," he said. "But they want to cut benefits to the point-seven-five percent of us that have served in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Biden said Ryan's proposed budget that has brought him both support and criticism would cut Department of Veterans Affairs spending by about $11.1 billion, 85 percent of which would be for health care expenses, while extending Bush-era tax cuts enacted after the nation went to war. He also criticized Romney's proposal last year that veterans could receive vouchers for health care, as opposed to the government providing it.
Biden said the latter proposal amounts to privatizing the VA and giving veterans a coupon and saying "go find your own" care. read more>>
Sept. 26, 2012 - Martineau, a wounded war veteran, disagrees with the Romney campaign's statement."We've got to help them so they can let it out and work on it. That's the important thing. That's why we need this president. (Obama) is not going to cut 20 percent out of this budget. (Obama) is going to keep it. Maybe even, say, add," Martineau said.
"The choice could not be more clear for President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden," Gentile said. read more>>> {there's a video clip with this report}
The reality of the record stands for itself, the contrast of the previous eight years and that administration to the almost four of the present administration and almost total congressional obstruction of everything. Six of which of those previous eight had a republican controlled congress and in that the surplus left to them was depleted rapidly Before 9/11 thus deficits started rising. The response, along with the countries promises to the people of the country invaded, once again, to the 9/11 attacks was abandoned with the first drum beats of war pointed at another country and reasons for built on ginned up intelligence from within that administration.
While the congresses were rubber stamping all war costs for both, off the books till the present administration and still all borrowed, along with their other ideological policy wants of that administration, very little was not only done but not even mentioned in relation to the Veterans of both of these present wars and the norm, underfunded and politically run VA, continued for us older vets especially of our previous wars. That started changing in the 110th and 111th congresses even with the ability of obstruction in the Senate with the use of filibusters and not a democratic stable of majority vote but needing a 60 plus vote.
Those in the present Executive Administration it's Cabinet, even beyond the VA and for the present Veterans, and those around same have been doing what they can as the Executive Branch and even gone well beyond, often away from the camera's and the news outlets, but there's still much much more needed that can only be accomplished fully by the people doing their responsibility through their representatives in the Congress and the State Houses.
Just a small example of what this Administration and the Veterans Administration accomplished, the rest is all archived and those archives are still growing, VA Observes Recovery Act Anniversary With More Progress Nationwide, you can find some more examples with a write by another of the younger brother vets of these two wars as Beau Biden is, while still grossly underfunded and yet no demand from congressional, and state, representatives that the country sacrifice, which ends up costing the country, especially the Veterans in needed help, much more to correct, maintain or innovate with advances.
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