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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (3503)	2/21/2004 2:14:44 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 81568

Bush cuts veterans’ benefits veteransforpeace.org Every body claims to support the troops. Some do so by backing war. Others by not wanting to send young people to fight an illegal and immoral war. To the pro-war side, I ask, did you know that the Republican majority on the House Budget Committee in March rammed through a resolution that would cut $844 million from veterans’ medical care for next year? At the same time, they managed to come up with $900 million to give to Dick Cheney’s old company Halliburton and a few other big Republican sugar daddies who will quite conveniently be rebuilding Iraq after the war. Over the next 10 years, the Republican changes would cut $24.7 billion from veterans’ medical care, disability compensation and other benefits. Just when they send our young men and women into military action in Iraq, the Republicans back home chop their current and future benefits. This includes, by the way, payments to their families, should they be killed in action. This is just the first step. Veterans can expect more cuts. The rich can expect more tax breaks. And the rich seldom have their children serve in the military. And guess what? Of the 434 members of Congress in the House, how many do you think has a son or daughter in the military? Just one. Thank you, Congress, for supporting our troops. Wake up, people. JOZEF HAND-BONIAKOWSKI Wells, Vermont On Veteran's Day, why do the news media fail to go to the Veterans Hospitals and intervew those who have been there for years, wasting away in their beds and/or roaming the halls in a drug-induced stupor? len

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (3503)	2/21/2004 4:00:50 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 81568

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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (3503)	2/21/2004 6:21:04 PM
From: tonto	Respond to of 81568

Congress approves the budget. It is not an individual thing... Blame should be given to all who approve the massive waste of money...something that has continued for decades and why I do not want them to steal my money. NO MORE INCREASES intaxes, cut the budget to where we can afford it. It is stupid to promote increased spending and taxes. I do not understand how one can exclude the individuals that approved the budget and added more pork to it. It is not realistic...it only promotes their team which is based on false information. . In other words BushCo stole MY MONEY.