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Politics : Sioux Nation -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (40524)	9/27/2005 4:38:28 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362342

Question.. Is this Still in the works..?? Operation Offset is the tough-sounding, pretend-military name some House Republicans and their backers in the Bush administration have given their plan to deal with the devastation of Hurricane Katrina--and soon Rita--without rolling back the $336 billion in new tax cuts that the richest 1 percent are slated to get over the next five years. It is a plan for no tax hikes and mammoth spending cuts in everything from medical care for the elderly to homeland security. Notable among the cuts they're looking to make is "trimming military quality-of-life programs, including health care," reports the current issue of Navy Times . The article goes on to say that troops will be asked to "accept reduced health care benefits for their families." And that's not all. "The stateside system of elementary and secondary schools for military family members could be closed." Sound familiar? It should. This was Rumsfeld's program when he first took over as SecDef, "Why am I running stores? Why am I in education?" An outburst of anger from within the ranks stopped the big cuts bringthemhomenow.org