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Congresswoman Bachman Gives Up On Supporting the Troops |
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Posted by Fred G on Sat Feb 5 08:27:32 2011 http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/04/bachmann-withdraws-cuts/LINK Last week, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) unveiled a plan to cut $400 billion in federal spending, and included a controversial target. The Tea Party favorite proposed freezing the Veterans Affairs Department’s health care spending and cutting veterans’ disability benefits. Her plan sliced $4.5 billion from the VA and reduced 150,000 veterans’ disability compensation and the amount they receive in Social Security Disability Income. Veterans groups blasted the proposal as “totally out of step with America’s commitment to our veterans,” and as something that shows “contempt for American servicemembers’ sacrifices.” Rest of Story at this LINK tsk tsk, I guess there's more to supporting the troops than tying a yellow ribbon around a tree. I'm glad the Congresswoman reversed direction on this. your pal, Fred |
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