Meanwhile, medical care for veterans, at least, is still free -- even if the Bush Republicans don't want veterans to know that, and have tried to cut the budget for veteran health care (by an amount less than what's set aside for Halliburton), and also want to cut combat danger pay, and to gut family separation leave, and reduce re-enlistment bonuses, and to strip away education funding for children of military families ... Oh, and they oppose increasing the $6,000 payment to families of soldiers killed in action; and have pretty much stolen money (again, for Halliburton) that American courts say belongs to American POWs who were tortured by the Saddam Hussein regime during the 1991 Gulf War; and they're skimping on everything else imaginable, from basic pay raises to military housing to sensible military-targeted tax relief.
So when Dick Cheney promises, "Help is on the way!", that an $8.10 a day will buy you a cup of cold hospital coffee.
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You're worried about soldiers getting $8 per day for meals?!!! Meanwhile Bush and Cheney steal billions and placate clueless fools with income tax rebates. Nice. BTW, I'm a Cheney hater. Bush is irrelevant. |
