BoJester

Part of his budget plan is to INCREASE funding for the VA by over 10 billion dollars for fiscal year 2015.

Of course, the teapartycaonservatives have already pronounced his budget DOA.

Wonder how much teapartyconservatives in congress will increase funding for the VA

Just waiting for all of the h**ers and bashers to jump on this.




http://www.stripes.com/news/va-budget-to-get-10-1-billion-increase-under-white-house-plan-1.271196

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

Bo,

Thank you for this information, it is uplifting. I did notice that the proposed increase does not directly affect the pay these people will receive, but I am glad to see the medical care increase. Again, thank you.

jay-are

Who does Obama say is going to put up this money? Where do you think it comes from?

Where is the budget item that pays off the 8 trillion dollars that has been borrowed since 2009?

Kevyn

The lack of money is the result of outrageous corporate wellfare combined with very irresponsible tax cuts for the most wealthy and the people paying for this gift to the rich are our Vet***s, children and elderly. End all corporate wellfare, raise the top marginal tax rate, tax Capitol gains as income for both income and payroll tax purposes and pay down the debt.

Retired669

You know Kevyn.....If you look at the economic indicators 30 to 40 years before Reagan and look at them since this countrys working class has taken a beating by the greedy. I can't remember where I read this article but it had charts for every year till bush left and the first couple of Obama's. It was a business site maybe Business Insider or something like that was using governments statistics. I had it saved on our other computer before it bit the dust and ruined the hard drive. Best article I've seen about what has taken place in this country and with consumers.

Dummy Boy Loc: Michigan

...if they aren't for the increases they would be i***ts. The VA doesn't need more money, they just to make sure that veterans with genuine or legitimate claims are taken care of. There is as much fraud in VA as there is in other departments.

LurkingTom Loc: North Dakota

ninetogo

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Kevyn;

Hope you are doing well. I can agree with the portion of
your post regarding ending all corporate welfare. I recently read an article regarding General Motors excursions into China. General Motors has exercised an agreement with two Chinese Government owned entities to form joint ventures in China. General Motors has built 11 different manufacturing facilities in China, as GM management feels that is the new and most dominant market for GM. GM stills owes the US Government 11+ billion dollars due to the bankruptcy bail out, which has not been repaid. The corporate bond holders were repaid $.10 on the dollar in that deal and contrary to 200 years of bankruptcy law, placed at the tail-end of the revenue stream. The UAW now is a 35% stakeholder in the 'new' GM. What say you about this agreement structured by the current administration?

$1 trillion in 'shovel ready' projects paid to Wall Street investors, Democrat funding bundler's, and other party contributors. Seems the 'shovel ready' projects were a myth. Either this Administration was naive or Congress was naive in going through the legislative process to fund this boondogle.

A government guaranteed loan to Solyndra to to the tune of $500 million + to build solar panels. Inept US trade agreements with China allowed Chinese solar panel manufacturers to flood the US market and bankrupt this company where US Taxpayers paid the loan guarantee bill.

As far a "irresponsible tax cuts for the most wealthy", I would consider Bush and Obama responsible for this issue. Remember the AIG bailout, where brokers were still paid their $ 1 million bonuses despite the US taxpayer bailing out the company. I can only guess, but have a very sound idea the true reason WHY is the AIG held the Congressional Pensions as one of their major accounts. US Senators and Representatives had to protect their own.

Raising top marginal rates will force the wealthy to remove their funds beyond the reach of IRS in offshore accounts, shell companies, offshore investments, etc. Look at Mark Zukerberg, CEO of Facebook. Mark earned $16 Billion on the Facebook IPO. He found that his US Treasury tax bill would generate $7+ billion and became and Ex-Pat, gave up his US Citizenship and moved offshore. He currently tele-commutes to work and continues to run the business. Capital can and will flee the country if the tax rates are punitive.

I am glad the veterans are finally getting the financial remedy needed for medical treatment. We hired them, set them into battle and received damaged troops as a result. We have a moral obligation to remedy these troops andd make them whole.