So the first thing the Republicans came up with for their agenda this week is taking 4.5 billion dollars away from the Veterans administration? On top of talking about making Vets that qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance do without?
OK, then I am done, yes done. Done listening to them at all. Done thinking that any Veteran will ever be treated as anything other than a disposable prop for their latest talking point, or war to make them rich and keep them in power.
Update
Ok I tweaked the website and got it up and running.
Michelebachman2012.com
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I am going to explain why this particular idea of Michele Bachman and her Tea Bagger cronies is so wrong headed and obscene.
When a Veteran is wounded, injured, or becomes sick, they can apply for compensation from the VA for that disability, that part of themselves that was lost or impaired in duties performed for their country during their service.
Yes actually receiving it is another matter, as the VA is quite frankly backlogged and broken and has been for more years than I can count.
And for those Vets that have PAID into social security and become too injured, sick or wounded at work at all, they can apply for and receive SSDI (disability insurance) based upon their actual earnings they paid into social security.
A young soldier extremely disabled in Iraq or Afghanistan might receive $2600 from the VA, and perhaps $400 or $500 from the Social security administration for being totally disabled. If a Vet had worked longer, they would receive more, simply because they had paid more into the system.
That is the key to why this is so obscene, any small payout these Veterans get is what they paid into the system. The pay they receive, is what they are due and it is expected for someone that puts everything they have on the line and get called to suffer for to at least not be thrown into the street and discarded.
Social security is there (at least right now) for those who can work until the minimum retirement age of 62. What about the boys and girls that are so broken they cannot work at all at age 22? What about paying them for the contributions they made for this country, and into the system they believed in and defended?
The Republican answer is screw you, we cannot afford to let you live anything like a decent life, but thank you for your service anyway.
WTF...!!
Where are all the flag pins on their collars, to show their support and grand patriotism? (Long gone as far as I can tell, If you actually see one let me know).
Where is the REAL support for the fallen troops?
Why is the Republican party seeking to make wounded and injured Veterans bear the brunt of the fiscal crisis?
My grandfather marched with the bonus marchers in Washington DC in 1932, perhaps it is time for another march of Vets on DC.
This is insane, this is a republic dying.
When the people in leadership no longer value and respect the contracts made with those that defend them, then the country is doomed.
Michele Bachman and her tea party friends are done.
I am not going to push back on this, I an going to SHOVE back.
I already e-mailed the VFW leadership in DC, to let them know that I expect them to hammer her over this.
And they are going after her, I might add.
On a final lovely note, I purchased the web domain www.michelebachman2012.com and will be setting it up to show her as her lovely best, would love some help from anyone with time to spare and better knowledge of web coding than my own.
It has taken the Egyptians 30 years to finally push back against gross tyranny, how long will it take you?
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How do you treat someone that is willing to fight or die for you?
We saw this once in 1932 when Vets were whipped, shot and driven out by cavalry into the woods from the tent cities they had set up for their families to live in.
We are not there yet, but the only thing stopping it, is people like you.
Willing to say enough, and fight back.
Good luck.