[Grovenet] A little vindication . . . .

[muriel Gordon]

Thank You for that,,,,, ummmmmmm may I repeat.. politics are becoming very confusing
or maybe it's just the politicians.  Thank God for all the Veterans interest groups to help us keep an eye out... and the DAV is an awesome group....
btw any Marines out there.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
 Muriel
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Morelli<mailto:jo.david at verizon.net> 
  To: Forest Grove local interests list<mailto:grovenet at rdrop.com> 
  Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 1:34 AM
  Subject: Re: [Grovenet] A little vindication . . . .



  On Nov 9, 2006, at 9:18 AM, muriel Gordon wrote:

  > Used to love the admin.. he helped our family with our benefits,  
  > 100 % disabled ... our children get to go to collage and so on.......

  >
  > Muriel

  Muriel,

  As a reminder, this administration was pushing cuts in the veteran's  
  budget back in 2003, even when they were preparing to invade Iraq.   
  Veteran's groups were successful in reversing those cuts.  It was  
  their effort that maintained the contract with our disabled veterans,  
  not any interest by the administration.

  <quote>
  Violante stated, "To pay for the Bush Administration’s $1.7 trillion  
  tax reduction plan, the majority leadership and Budget Committee  
  Chairman in the United States House of Representatives are pushing a  
  fiscal year 2004 budget resolution that would drastically slash  
  veterans and other Federal programs. This budget resolution would  
  require reductions in spending on discretionary programs such as  
  veterans’ medical care and would also require the Veterans’ Affairs  
  Committees to report legislation to eliminate or cut mandatory  
  programs such as disability compensation."

  DAV National Commander Edward R. Heath, Sr. expressed the  
  organization’s outrage at the spending cuts proposed in a March 12  
  House Budget Committee hearing. "You are asking veterans to swallow a  
  bitter pill to remedy an illness of your own making," National  
  Commander Heath said in a letter to Committee Chairman Jim Nussle (R- 
  Iowa). "Cutting already under funded veterans’ programs to offset the  
  costs of tax cuts is indefensible and callous."
  Heath cited a Congressional Budget Office report that the President’s  
  tax cut plan would cause a $1.8 trillion budget deficit over the next  
  10 years.

  "You will be cutting benefits and services for disabled veterans at a  
  time when we have thousands of our servicemembers in harm’s way  
  fighting terrorism around the world and when we are sending thousands  
  more of our sons and daughters to fight a war against Iraq,"  
  Commander Heath stated.
  </quote>

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  David
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